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Changes to This Summary (03/17/2017)

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Description of the Evidence

Updated statistics with estimated new cases and deaths for 2017 (cited American Cancer Society as reference 1 and Howlader et al. as reference 2).

Revised text to state that from 2004 to 2013, incidence rates increased by 1% per year among whites and declined by 2% per year among blacks.

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