Congress finds diagnoses up more than 700 percent in recent decades
What the document says“esophageal cancer is one of the fastest growing cancer diagnoses among all Americans, increasing more than 700 percent in recent decades”
The second of the section's eleven findings. It widens the first finding from men to all Americans and attaches a figure to the increase: more than 700 percent, over a span the finding describes only as recent decades.
What the document actually says“esophageal cancer is one of the fastest growing cancer diagnoses among all Americans, increasing more than 700 percent in recent decades”
Congress says this is one of the fastest growing cancers in the country. It says cases went up more than 700 percent in recent decades.
The first finding was about men. This one is about all people here. Both say the same thing: more cases each year.
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