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Plots of patient death vs. attained calendar year (from 1973 to 2012), for cancer sites with <20% decline in death due to index-cancer. Death was characterized as due to ‘index-cancer’, (black lines; i.e. the cancer originally diagnosed in the patient) and ‘cardiovascular disease’ (red lines). Attained calendar year refers to the year in which the death occurred.
