10-21-13 cancer surpasses heart disease as number one killer in wi

More people in Wisconsin will die from cancer this year than from any other cause, according to a new report.  American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network government relations director Allison Miller tells WFDL news an estimated 11,220 Wisconsinites will die from cancer this year…the first year cancer has surpassed heart disease as the state’s leading cause of death.  Miller says the figures show more work needs to be done.  She says lung cancer is the state’s top cancer killer claiming 2100 lives this year.  The report shows from 1995 to 2010 the mortality rates for prostate, colon and breast cancer declined significantly.  For breast cancer, the death rate declined by 28 percent due in part to early detection and improved treatment.