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... ACS :: New Cancer Drugs Offered Hope in 2004 #div2 { position:absolute;left:0px;top:0px;} #parent {position:absolute;} #endtop {position:absolute;left:top:0px;} .menuItem {font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:1em} .globalnav {font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#003399} .clipHead {font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13pt;color:#ffffff} Home Sign In In 2004, researchers from around the world reported progress against the 4 most common and deadliest cancers in the United States.

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Learn more New Cancer Drugs Offered Hope in 2004 Improvements in Treating Breast, Lung, Colon, and Prostate Cancers Article date: 2004/12/31 Lung, colon, breast, and prostate cancers are the most common and deadliest cancers in the United States.

Together they account for around 55% of all cancers in men and women and cause around 50% of all cancer-related deaths.

But in 2004, researchers from around the world reported progress against all of these diseases.

Most of the advances came in the form of new drugs, many of which can help people with advanced stages of cancer.

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