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ACS sets goal to reduce overall cancer mortality 40% by 2035

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The American Cancer Society has set a challenge goal to reduce overall cancer mortality 40% between 2015 and 2035, a goal set by applying favorable cancer mortality trends among college graduates to the population as a whole. The report is published in the ACS’s peer-review journal, CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.

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