Cancer survival improves, but liver cases increasing.
5th Oct 2005, 16:53 GMT
Rates of new cases are holding steady for men. But a small but stubborn increase in female diagnoses continues - 0.3 percent a year since 1987 - fueled mostly by steadily rising rates of breast and thyroid cancer, melanoma and lymphoma.
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