A Glance at Cancer
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Non-melanoma skin cancers are the most commonly diagnosed forms of cancer in Canada (approximately 72,000 cases across the country in 2002). After this type of skin cancer, prostate, breast, colorectal, and lung cancers are the most frequently diagnosed and account for 56% (57% provincially) of total reported cancer cases in Waterloo Region within the past five years. They are also the leading causes of cancer mortality, contributing to 48% (49% provincially) of total cancer deaths.
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