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Cancer Survival Rates Rise Amid Threatened Research Funding
9/15/2025
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Story summary
- America’s cancer research has progressed significantly since Nixon's war on cancer over 50 years ago.
- About 40% of Americans will face a cancer diagnosis in their lifetime.
- The five-year survival rate has risen from 49% in the mid-1970s to 68% today.
- Government investment of $326 in cancer research adds one year to life expectancy.
- Proposed budget cuts threaten the National Cancer Institute and ongoing research initiatives.
