Cancer Trends Progress Report

The March 2024 Update to the Cancer Trends Progress Report was released. All measure pages with new available data have been updated. Please consult the table above for a full list.

New measures were added this year for Adolescent Physical Activity.

The August 2023 Update to the Cancer Trends Progress Report was released. All measure pages with new available data have been updated. Please consult the table above for a full list.

New measures this year include Cancer Survivors and UV Exposure, Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS), Healthy Eating Index, Tobacco Company Marketing Expenditures for E-Cigarettes, and Systemic Therapy Treatment for both Bladder and Kidney Cancers.

The October 2022 Update to the Cancer Trends Progress Report was released. The Incidence, Stage at Diagnosis, Survival, Breast Cancer Treatment and Kidney Cancer Treatment measure pages were updated to reflect SEER Incidence data through 2019. The Mortality and Years of Life Lost measure pages were updated to reflect NCHS mortality estimates through 2020.

The April 2022 Update to the Cancer Trends Progress Report was released. All measure pages with new available data have been updated. Please consult the table above for a full list.

New measures this year include Sleep, Melanoma of the Skin Treatment and Evidence-based Cessation Aids.

The October 2021 Update to the Cancer Trends Progress Report was released. The Mortality and Years of Life Lost measure pages were updated to reflect NCHS mortality estimates through 2019.

The July 2021 Update to the Cancer Trends Progress Report was released. All measure pages with new available data have been updated. Please consult the table above for a full list.

Where applicable, all measures have been updated to reflect the Healthy People 2030 targets .

The November 2020 Update to the Cancer Trends Progress Report was released. The Incidence, Stage at Diagnosis and Survival measure pages were updated to reflect SEER Incidence data through 2017. The Mortality and Years of Life Lost measure pages were updated to reflect NCHS mortality estimates through 2018.

The March 2020 Update to the Cancer Trends Progress Report was released. All measure pages with new available data have been updated. Please consult the table above for a full list.

New measures this year include E-cigarettes on the Youth Tobacco Use page and Colorectal Cancer on the Genetic Testing page.

Graphs for e-cigarette usage among high school students were added to the Youth Tobacco Use measure page. The new graphs are based on data through 2018 from the National Youth Tobacco Survey.

The graphs for Cost of Cancer Care by Cancer SIte and Cost of Cancer Care by Cancer Site and Phase of Care on the Financial Burden of Cancer Care measure page were incorrectly labelled as 'in billions of dollars'. These graphs and associated tables have been updated to have the correct label of 'in millions of dollars'.

The February 2019 Update to the Cancer Trends Progress Report was released. All measure pages with new available data have been updated. Please consult the table above for a full list.

New measures this year include Processed Meat Consumption, Genetic Testing, Long Term Trends in Adult Cigarette Use, Inorganic Arsenic Exposure, UV Exposure and Sun-Protective Behaviors By Sun Sensitivity, and Healthy Weight/Overweight estimates for Cancer Survivors

The February 2018 Update to the Cancer Trends Progress Report was released. All measure pages with new available data have been updated. Please consult the table above for a full list.

Measures for Lung Cancer Screening and Prostate Cancer Screening are new to this release.

The Healthy People 2020 targets cited on the Fat Consumption measure page were updated to reflect the latest revision of the applicable Healthy People targets.

The January 2017 Update to the Cancer Trends Progress Report was released. All measure pages with new available data have been updated. Please consult the table above for a full list.

• The Incidence, Stage at Diagnosis, and Survival measures were updated to include the SEER November 2014 release.
• The Mortality and Person-Years of Life Lost measures were updated to include U.S. mortality estimates through 2012.
• Graphs highlighting additional by-groups were added for the Arsenic, Benzene, Cadmium and Nitrate measures.
• The cost of cancer care graphs in the Financial Burden of Cancer Care measure were updated to 2015.
• The Alcohol Consumption measure was updated to include estimates through 2013.