Experts: Big drop seen in colon cancer deaths

ATLANTA: Colon cancer deaths could drop dramatically in the US during the next decade because of better screening and treatment, according to an optimistic new prediction by top researchers.

The estimate was made in an annual report that shows that, overall, the US cancer death rate is continuing to decline, as it has since the 1990s.

The report released on Monday focuses largely on cancers of the colon and rectum, which together are the third leading cancer killer in the US. An estimated 50,000 people will die from it this year.