Everything is always happening everywhere, sometimes good and sometimes bad. It’s up to us to decide what we want to highlight in our world, so why not choose the positive?

Did you know that globally, mortality rates for all forms of cancer have been consistently plunging since the 90s? According to Cancer.org, the cancer death rate for men and women fell 32% from 1991 to 2019. One reason why it has been falling is because of the decreasingly earlier diagnosis of cancer, leading to a longer lifespan for those with cancer. 

Rachelle MacColl ‘24 didn’t know that cancer mortality rates were declining, but she has a personal connection to it.

“My grandma had [cancer] and she got cured,” MacColl said.

Previously in the early 2000s and late 90s, that wouldn’t have been as common to hear as it is today.