Cancer survival rates reach record high, but deadliest types still put Americans at risk

People who have received a cancer diagnosis are living longer than ever, according to a new report from the American Cancer Society (ACS).

Decades of cancer research have led to more effective treatment of the disease, so that cancer is "becoming less of a death sentence and more of a treatable chronic disease," the 75th annual Cancer Statistics Report stated.

The five-year cancer survival rate is now 70% in the U.S., compared to 50% in the mid-1970s.

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