The phrase "a decrease in cancer" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing trends or changes in cancer rates, treatments, or research findings.
Example: "The latest study shows a significant decrease in cancer rates among the population due to improved screening methods."
Alternatives: "a reduction in cancer" or "a decline in cancer".
Advances in treatment have succeeded in bringing about a decrease in cancer deaths, though mainly in developed countries.
PTEM also induces a decrease in cancer cell proliferation due to cell cycle arrest in the G1 phase.
There is a caveat to the observational research linking use of the insulin-lowering drug metformin to a decrease in cancer incidence: Studies of this kind are incapable of establishing a causal relationship.
Knockdown of DDB2 by small interfering RNA in MCF-7 cells caused a decrease in cancer cell growth and colony formation.
Consistently, PKCα knockdown leads to a decrease in cancer cell invasion [ 31, 36, 37].
A decrease in cancer cell lactate levels is expected to be associated with an increase in ATP production.
Higher pre-diagnosis 25(OH D scores were found to be associated with a decrease in cancer-specific and overall mortality (P trend=0.03 and 0.01, respectively).
We found high expression of GEM and EDNRA to be significantly associated with a decrease in cancer-specific survival, when analyzing the protein expression on a cohort of 368 patients.
In those patients with a UISS risk classified as 'low' or 'intermediate' (n=91) an elevated C-reactive protein concentration was associated with a decrease in cancer-specific survival (P=0.008, Figure 1).
The reduced incidence of gastric cancer in western countries reflects a decrease in cancers arising in the distal stomach (body and antrum).
In the same year, Chao and colleagues reported that physical activity was significantly related to a decrease in rectal cancer, but that colon cancer was not related.
