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Better treatment and detection methods have also improved the survival rate for people with cancer, and for the first time in history, this year the absolute number of cancer deaths in the U.S. has decreased.

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Ike Skelton
Age: 81 †
Born: 1931
Born: December 20
Died: 2013
Died: October 28
Former U.S. Representative
Lawyer
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Lexington
Missouri
Isaac Newton Skelton IV
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