Title: U.S. States With The Highest Cancer Rates - WorldAtlas
Headings: U.S. States With The Highest Cancer Rates
U.S. States With The Highest Cancer Rates
Causes of High Cancer Rates
States With Highest Rates of Cancer
Most Common Types of Cancer
Treatment Options
U.S. States With The Highest Cancer Rates

Content: Many of these are treatable with early detection. Treatment Options
Cancer treatment options in the US include surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, targeted therapy, hormone therapy, stem cell transplant, and precision medicine. The treatment module chosen depends on the kind of cancer and its level of advance. Scientists are currently working on immunotherapy, a treatment that will retrain immune systems to fight cancer cells. It involves removing white blood cells and genetically modifying them with a new targeting method. So far this has only been used with leukemia patients and has yet to be fully developed. U.S. States With The Highest Cancer Rates
Rank
Area
Cancer Cases (Per 100,000 Residents)
1
Kentucky
512
2
Delaware
491
3
Pennsylvania
483
4
New York
482
5
New Jersey
480
6
Louisiana
478
7
Minnesota
475
8
Iowa
470
9
Arkansas
470
10
Connecticut
469
11
Illinois
468
12
Maine
468
13
West Virginia
468
14
New Hampshire
466
15
Ohio
461
16
North Carolina
461
17
Tennessee
460
18
Georgia
459
19
Rhode Island
458
20
Mississippi
457
21
Wisconsin
456
22
Nebraska
456
23
Kansas
453
24
Massachusetts
453
25
South Carolina
453
Amber Pariona September 28 2018 in Society
Home
Society
U.S. States With The Highest Cancer Rates