Calcium may help to protect against colorectal cancer

Gaps in decreasing mortalityAn estimated 618,120 people will die of cancer in 2025; this represents approximately 1700 deaths per day.Smoking continues to be the leading cause: It accounts for nearly 500 deaths each day, mainly because of lung cancer, which causes nearly 2.5 times more deaths than the second most common cancer, colorectal, and the third most common cancer, pancreatic.Although lung cancer deaths continue to decline overallwith a 61% drop among men from the peak death rate in 1990 and a 38% drop among women from the peak in 2002, as well as more recent accelerated declines since 2013 and 2014 of up to 5% per year in men and up to 4% per year in women due to early detection and improved treatments-the burden still remains high, with most cases (43%) diagnosed at a late stage and with screening rates remaining low.Colorectal cancer also has seen sustained reductions due to screening, improved treatment, and changes in risk factors such as declines in smoking.However, the incidence of pancreatic cancer has gradually increased.