Analysis of changes in cancer mortality rates and cancer prevention programs shows that the states that experienced the sharpest increases in cancer mortality during the last thirty years have the weakest cancer-prevention programs. The federal government should intervene to increase cancer prevention, especially in these laggard states.
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