# Siegel 2013: Cancer statistics, 2013

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## TL;DR

The American Cancer Society's 2013 report projected about 1.66 million new US cancer cases and put the overall cancer death rate 20 percent below its 1991 peak, with chronic myeloid leukaemia showing the fastest fall in deaths of any cancer.

## Summary

Siegel, Naishadham and Jemal projected 1,660,290 new cancer cases and 580,350 cancer deaths in the United States for 2013. Over 2005 to 2009 incidence declined slightly in men (0.6 percent a year) and was stable in women, while death rates fell 1.8 percent a year in men and 1.5 percent a year in women. The overall cancer death rate had dropped 20 percent from its 1991 peak of 215.1 per 100,000 to 173.1 in 2009, with continuing declines in lung, colorectal, breast and prostate cancer. Over 2000 to 2009 the largest annual falls in death rates were for chronic myeloid leukaemia (8.4 percent, the imatinib era), stomach cancer (3.1 percent), colorectal cancer (3.0 percent) and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (3.0 percent).

## Fields

- Kind: Key paper
- Last checked: 2026-09-08
- Journal: CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
- Year: 2013
- DOI: 10.3322/caac.21166
- Authors: Siegel R, Naishadham D, Jemal A.
- Findings: Projected 1,660,290 new cancer cases and 580,350 cancer deaths in the United States in 2013.; Overall cancer death rate down 20 percent from 215.1 per 100,000 in 1991 to 173.1 in 2009.; Fastest annual falls in death rates for chronic myeloid leukaemia (8.4 percent), stomach cancer, colorectal cancer and non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
- What it means: The clearest population-level signature of a targeted drug: the fall in chronic myeloid leukaemia deaths after imatinib.
- Caveats: Projections rather than counts.; US-specific.

## Sources

- Full text (DOI): https://doi.org/10.3322/caac.21166
- ACS Cancer Facts and Figures: https://www.cancer.org/research/cancer-facts-statistics.html

## Connected records

- key papers: [Siegel 2023: Cancer statistics, 2023](https://onco.cc/key-papers/paper-siegel-cancer-statistics-2023-cacancer-2023/), [Siegel 2024: Cancer statistics, 2024, the American Cancer Society's annual US report](https://onco.cc/key-papers/paper-siegel-cancer-statistics-2024-cacancer-2024/)
- terms: [Incidence versus prevalence](https://onco.cc/terms/incidence-vs-prevalence/), [Mortality](https://onco.cc/terms/mortality/)

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