Cancer death rates stay stagnant

USNews reports Cancer death rates stay stagnant.

Cancer death rates seem to have stagnated, a new report shows, as the smoking prevention and mammography screening efforts that fueled recent declines appear to have leveled off. The trends, detailed in the American Cancer Society's annual report, Cancer Prevention & Early Detection Facts and Figures 2008, point to a need for more effort.

There is a lot of good news in this report, too.  Substantial progress has been made, and it is behavioral factors that matter the most.  Obesity, especially among young people, is the next biggest hurdle in terms of lowering the risk factors for cancer.