Show cancer mortality on the decline encouraging indications of a decline in cancer mortality are reported by statisticians who base their findings upon the postwar experience ol 01 of millions of industrial policyholders policy holders favorable developments I 1 in the we cancer picture are m9st mast evident the statisticians point out when the recent trend of mortality is studied according to whether the primary site of the disease is accessible ces sible or inaccessible to diagnosis for the accessible sites as a group both men and women to in the insurance experience recorded declines in the death rate from 194647 1946 47 to 194950 1949 50 men by 24 2.4 per cent and women by 72 7.2 there was a reduction in female mortality from almost all the accessible ces sible specific types of cancer in the case of the inaccessible sites as a whole the death rate among women declined 11 1.1 per cent but on the other hand that among men showed an increase of 4 per cent however both sexes showed decreases for such specific sites as the stomach intestines other digestive organs bladder and liver considerable increases in death rates were recorded for cancers of the lungs and other respiratory areas greatly intensified efforts have been put forth on om all au fro fronts ants nts since the end of the w war to fight cancer these have included the expansion of diagnostic facilities the opening of more special cancer hospitals and intensified cancer research in addition the statisticians state great emphasis is stig still placed upon early recognition tion and treatment of the disease |