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Facts about Cancer in Canada:
- An estimated 171,000 new cases of cancer (excluding 75,100 non-melanoma skin cancers) and 75, 300 deaths from cancer will occur in Canada in 2009.
- Three types of cancer account for the majority of new cases in each sex: prostate, lung and colorectal in males and breast, lung and colorectal in females.
- Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death for both men and women.
- Overall, colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of death from cancer.
On a more positive note:
Mortality rates have declined for all types of cancers combined and for most types
of cancer in both sexes since 1994. Exceptions are lung cancer in females and liver
cancer in males.
Excluding lung cancer, mortality rates have dropped 20% in women since 1978.
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