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  • Cancer Survivors in U.S. Climbed 19% in 2007 From 2001, CDC Says in Report

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    The number of U.S. cancer survivors increased to 11.7 million in 2007, a 19 percent rise from 2001.

    About 4.7 million Americans received their cancer diagnosis at least 10 years earlier, according to the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, published by the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. People living with breast cancer are the largest group and comprised 22 percent of the patients, followed…