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Study shows state cancer rates are declining
According to the study "Wisconsin Cancer Facts & Figures 2011," released earlier this year by the state Department of Health Services and the American Cancer Society, cancer rates have declined 14 percent for men and 7 percent for women from 1997 to 2007. The overall cancer mortality rates for both men and women also declined about 11 percent and 8 percent, respectively. (WISCONSIN RAPIDS TRIBUNE, 3/14)