Cancer is the second leading cause of death in America, exceeded only by heart disease. Every year, cancer is diagnosed in more than a million people. The number of new cancer cases can be reduced substantially, and many cancer deaths can be prevented. Adopting healthier lifestyles—for example, avoiding tobacco use, increasing physical activity, achieving optimal weight, improving nutrition, and avoiding sun exposure—can significantly reduce a person's risk for cancer. Making cancer screening, information, and referral services available and accessible to all Americans is also essential for reducing the high rates of cancer and cancer deaths. Cancers that can be prevented or detected earlier by screening account for about half of all cancer cases in the United States.

	Screen for Life Campaign Actor Jimmy Smits delivers an important health message in both English and Spanish, as part of CDC's Screen for Life: National Colorectal Cancer Action Campaign.
	United States Cancer Statistics: 2004 Incidence and Mortality Report Covers 98% of the U.S. population for incidence and 100% of the population for mortality.
	Breast Health Publications CDC offers two new fact sheets on breast health and mammograms, and a brochure entitled Mammograms and Breast Health.
	La Detección del Cáncer de Próstata: Una Guía para Hispanos en los Estados Unidos This booklet encourages Hispanic men to decide if prostate cancer screening is for them.
	The Cancer Atlas* The first edition provides compelling, evidence-based data to help cancer control experts around the world combat the disease.
	The Tobacco Atlas* The second edition maps the history and current situation, and makes some predictions for the future of the tobacco epidemic.
	A Lion in the House This documentary offers an unprecedented look at the cancer journey of five young people and their families over a six-year period.

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