title: Cancer surpasses heart disease as leading cause of death for all but the very elderly.
authors.forename: Renee
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Twombly
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000401:mortality; D002423:Cause of Death; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000401:mortality*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality*; D012307:Risk Factors; D015996:Survival Rate; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology