Canadian Cancer Statistics, 2012 - Cancer death rate down but increase in new cases

MONTREAL , May 9, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - The cancer death rate is going down in Canada , resulting in nearly 100,000 lives saved in 20 years (from 1988 to 2007). These are two of the findings contained in ...

Smoking-related cancer statistics reveal gender divide

CALGARY , May 9, 2012 /CNW/ - Lung cancer deaths among Canadian women this year will be nearly double that of breast cancer deaths.Lung cancer - the most preventable cancer - continues to be the number ...

P.E.I. cancer statistics 'startling'

New numbers from the Canadian Cancer Society this morning suggest fewer Islanders will be diagnosed with the disease this year, but rates are still well above the national average.

Gazette.Net: Woman honors deceased husband with lung cancer walk

Lung cancer... Ÿ Will be diagnosed in 226,000 people this year. Ÿ Is one of the most deadly cancers. The five-year survival rate for breast cancer is 89 percent; for colorectal cancer 64 percent; and for prostate cancer 99 percent. The five-year survival rate for lung cancer is 16 percent.

Cancer death rates show decline

Death rates for the four major cancers — lung, colorectal, breast and prostate — are declining, thanks to falling smoking rates and increases in screening and treatment, the Canadian Cancer Society says.