Each year, the NCI, along with various other health organizations, compile a report that statistically assess the nation’s progress in the war against cancer. This year, the report focuses on how an aging population could lead to a doubling of the burden of cancer in the United States by 2050. The report also examines current incidence, mortality and survival trends. Because a number of changes occurred this year in the way that statistics were assembled and reported, BenchMarks talked with two of the NCI authors to get a better handle on what these changes mean for cancer in this country.