Not enough Americans are following government recommendations for getting regular cancer screenings, and there are significant disparities among racial and ethnic populations, according to the Centers Disease Control and Prevention and the National Cancer Institute.
According to the CDC, nearly 350,000 Americans are diagnosed with breast, cervical or colorectal cancer annually, leading to about 100,000 deaths from these cancers.
In 2010, breast cancer screening rates were 72.4 percent, below the target of 81 percent; cervical cancer screening was 83 percent, below the target of 93 percent; and colorectal cancer screening was 58.6 percent, below the target of 70.5 percent, according to the study, "Cancer Screening in the United States – 2010."
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