Ottawa Herald in Ottawa, Kansas

Cancer survival rates improve, throat cancer stalls in study

An Atlanta dispatch reports overall cancer survival is rising in the United States, but oral and pharynx cancer survival remains around 52 percent for five years. The CDC notes 9,742 deaths from oral cancer in 1987, with tobacco use and alcohol as major risk factors. The piece contrasts improving breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer survival with the stagnant throat and mouth cancer outlook. First published June 29, 1990, last published July 13, 1990.