5 cancer types where screenings save the most lives

Early detection is widely seen as key to cancer survival, which is why screenings and prevention are so widely recommended. And the message seems to be getting across, according to a study led by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)'s National Cancer Institute (NCI) and published in JAMA Oncology. Researchers found that over a 45-year span -- between 1975 and 2020 -- improvements in cancer screenings and prevention strategies have reduced deaths from five common cancers more than any advances in treatments. "In fact, prevention and screening interventions accounted for eight out of 10 deaths averted," co-lead investigator Katrina A. B. Goddard, Ph.D., director of NCI's Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences in Maryland, told Fox News Digital via email. Over a 45-year span -- between 1975 and 2020 -- improvements in cancer screenings and prevention strategies have reduced deaths from five common cancers more than any advances in treatments.