American Cancer Society Annual Cancer trends The report revealed a mix of news and statistics for 2025.
Cancer mortality rates fell 34% between 1991 and 2022. We believe this is due to early detection, reduced smoking and improved treatment.
While these numbers are encouraging, oncologists and cancer experts still have concerns about several other factors.
While cancer mortality rates drop, new diagnoses in some groups are surged, the report says
The report shows the continuation of progress in many ways, but certain areas remain “significant concerns,” says Dr. Josh Astraus, an associated oncologist in Advanced Care Oncology and Haematology at Atlantic Medical Group in Morristown, New Jersey, shares with FoxNews Digital.
Oncologists share cancer trends of most interest in 2025. (istock)
According to experts, the following are some of the most concerns about trends:
1. Cancer deaths have not improved in young people
The prevalence of cancer in young people and adolescents continues to increase, with the proportion of teenagers gradually increasing by 0.7% each year, according to the report.
Cancer is a major disease-related cause of death Children and young people – Most commonly leukemia, brain tumors, lymphoma.
In 2025, ACS estimates that 9,550 children and 5,140 adolescents between the ages of 14 and 19 were diagnosed with cancer, with 1,050 children and 600 adolescents going to die.
According to ACS, cancer is a major disease-related cause of death among children and adolescents. (istock)
Dr. Paul Oberstein, a gastrointestinal medical oncologist and head of GI medical oncology at the Nyu Langone Perlmutter Cancer Center, has repeatedly said that people under the age of 50 have a high rate of cancer mortality.
“It’s shown in multiple cancers,” he told Fox News Digital. “I think I’ll have the greatest discovery Young woman With breast cancer. ”
Prevalence of GI (gastrointestinal) cancer It is also increasing among young adults, including pancreatic and colon cancer.
According to Oberstein, experts have made various hypotheses about why young people are diagnosed more frequently, including diet, microplastic exposure and other environmental triggers.
One medical oncologist called for more research across patients and institutions to “know what’s going on.” (istock)
“We don’t have a good explanation, and we need to Invest in discovery So that we can change why this is the case,” he said.
2. Cervical cancer continues to cause unnecessary threats
Cervical cancer It is one of the few cancers that can be prevented, but thousands of women are still at risk.
The incidence of neck cancer fell more than half from the mid-1970s to the mid-2000s due to screening uptake, but these numbers remain stable.
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13,000 women were diagnosed with neck cancer in 2025, with 4,000 deaths, according to Dr. Jessica Shepherd, a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist in Dallas, Texas.
Cervical cancer risk and mortality rates correlate with connectivity with healthcare providers, one expert said. (istock)
“Cervical cancer is on the rise in women from 30 to 44,” she told Fox News Digital. “But this is also a cancer that can be eradicated if not excluded because we understand HPV and know the prevalence of disease.”
HPV (human papillomavirus infection), the most common cause Cervical cancercan be detected in a test.
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“There are innovations and techniques that should reduce the incidence of certain cervical cancer,” Shepherd said.
3. Some communities do not have access to healthcare
The ACS report found that Native Americans and blacks continue to die at a higher rate than whites with several different cancers.
Among cervical cancer patients, mortality rates for black and Native American women are 50% and 70% higher than for white women.
The five-year relative survival rate of cervical cancer in black women is reported to be 58% compared to 67% in white women.
Black women are reportedly 50% more likely to die from cervical cancer than white women. (istock)
This discrepancy in mortality is likely due to lack of access to physicians and regular screening, shepherds who sought more research, awareness and public education added.
“Cervical cancer can be prevented through screening and simultaneous testing for PAP and HPV,” she said. “The ability to detect more potential early things could have seen cell abnormalities before the cells could actually reach and take the time to deal with it.”
4. GI cancer diagnosis is worsening
Gastrointestinal (GI) cancers such as pancreas, liver and colorectal cancer are all considered to be extremely fatal.
The ACS report highlighted that Colorectal diagnosis The number of men and women under the age of 65 continues to increase.
Between 2012 and 2021, the incidence of colon cancer increased by 2.4% per year in people under the age of 50 and 0.4% per year in 50-64 adults.
According to ACS, colorectal cancer diagnosis in men and women under the age of 65 continues to increase. (istock)
Opposite progress Pancreatic cancer Other cancers are chasing other cancers as the incidence and mortality rates for men and women increase by 1% each year, according to the report.
In 2025, ACS noted that an estimated 67,440 new cases of pancreatic cancer were diagnosed in the United States, resulting in 51,980 deaths.
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Pancreatic cancer mortality rates increase by 0.2% and 0.3% each year for men and women, with a relative survival rate of 13% over five years, Strauss said it was “brooding.”
GI expert Oberstein says that these types of cancers “often have very bad outcomes,” but there have been some improvements in early detection and treatment over the past decades.
Gastrointestinal cancer “often has very bad outcomes,” the oncologist warned. (istock)
“The biggest advantage we’ve seen in terms of mortality comes from the early detection of cancer,” he told Fox News Digital, adding that colon cancer has the best results when detected early.
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“But we need to double the early detection of stomach cancer, liver cancer, especially pancreatic cancer, to make a big difference,” Oberstein said.
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Melissa Rudy of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
