Decline in cancer mortality rate must accelerate to reach Moonshot goal, NCI study finds

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Cancer death rates will need to drop faster—by an average of 2.7% per year versus the current rate of 2.3% per year—to achieve the Cancer Moonshot goal of a 50% reduction by 2047.

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