Experts, including CDC researchers, think broader screening and better diagnosis have largely contributed to that.
Dr Dafydd Roberts, a consultant dermatologist stated that melanoma had increased significantly world wide due to better diagnosis.
The council said the rise was due to medical advances and better diagnosis.
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The author, Marion Kerr, said better diagnosis and early treatment - particularly from GPs - could make a big difference.
Some scientists say that this is simply a function of more awareness, better diagnosis and a broadening of the definition of what constitutes the disorder.
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Antidepressants can be very effective for people with depression and anxiety, and it may be that better diagnosis is revealing large numbers of new people who are benefiting from some excellent drugs now available.
But at the moment, the apparent increase could be attributed to any number of factors, such as better diagnosis, or random fluctuations in the incidence of the disease, rather than the start of an epidemic.
Which is why any serious progress in treatment and care of lung cancer requires a combination of better and earlier diagnosis with a more adequately funded research effort.
This has the enormous potential to empower scientists and clinicians to achieve better and more affordable diagnosis and cure for some of the most devastating and challenging diseases and to accelerate the progress made in this field.
Another key feature in making health care more affordable is early diagnosis, and better management of chronic disease via prevention efforts.
"It includes ambitious plans to increase diagnosis rates and provide better services for people with dementia, " he said.
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This increase in survivorship is largely attributed to earlier diagnosis and detection, and better treatments and follow-up care.
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Early diagnosis and treatment in men offer better protection against osteoporosis and other related conditions.
And, she adds, she is doing much better than some of her peers who have the same diagnosis.
My awareness helps me to make better choices and take preventative measures to hopefully avoid a diagnosis in the future.
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Six years on from her diagnosis, Mrs Drayson's health has changed for the better after a long course of antibiotics.
However Dr Atul Gawande, author of "Better - a surgeon's notes on performance", says his intuitive diagnosis saved a woman's life.
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Diagnosis at a later age reduces the chances of early treatment, which is thought to produce a better outcome.
In the near-term, that could allow pharmaceutical researchers to better study drug interaction, and one day such tissue might be implanted in a live person, allowing treatment or diagnosis.
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