However, rates of cancer incidence and death are going down, if slowly, in Appalachia. Rates of new cases in Appalachia have ...

Fewer people than before are being diagnosed with and dying from cancer in Appalachia, but cancer incidence and death rates remain substantially higher, especially in certain areas of Central ...

“It has been a mission from day one, being from Eastern Kentucky, we always want to represent the region in a positive way or ...

Fewer people than before are being diagnosed with and dying from cancer in Appalachia, but cancer incidence and death rates remain substantially higher in the region compared to elsewhere in the U.S.

Some of the findings were grim: For example, between 2017 and 2021, Americans living in Appalachia were 5.6% more likely to be diagnosed with cancer and 12.8% more likely to die from the disease ...