Cancer treatment and survivorship statistics, 2019
The number of cancer survivors continues to increase in the United States because of the growth and aging of the population as well as advances in early detection and treatment.
To assist the public health community in better serving these individuals, the American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute collaborate every 3 years to estimate cancer prevalence in the United States using incidence and survival data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results cancer registries; vital statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics; and population projections from the US Census Bureau.