That really makes you stop, that's a startling drop in the death rates for breast cancer," said Heather Logan, director of cancer-control policy for the society. "In addition, we're starting to see the (breast cancer) survival rate is one of the best of all of the cancers diagnosed. "We're diagnosing cancers at an earlier stage because women are being screened," said Logan. "And as you screen women regularly you'll be able to shift the stage of diagnosis, so the breast cancers are being diagnosed at an earlier stage when we can treat them more effectively." Yet Dr. Pam Goodwin, director of the Marvelle Koffler Breast Centre at Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital, said the new Cancer Society statistics indicate "real progress" is being made against the disease. "We're seeing the lowest mort...
Estimated number of deaths annually by all cancers in Manitoba, all ages** **Canadian Cancer Statistics 2009, Canadian Cancer Society. "All Cancers" exclude the estimated new cases of non-melanoma skin cancer (basal and squamous).
Canadian Cancer Statistics, an annual snapshot compiled by the Canadian Cancer Society and released last month, projects that Manitoba will see 2,800 deaths from cancer this year. That's 46 per cent of the new cases diagnosed. That's a higher rate than the projected Canadian average of 44 per cent, and it's markedly higher than Alberta's rate of 37 per cent. If Manitoba had the same success ratio, nearly 225 lives could be saved. Either Alberta is much healthier than Manitoba, which I doubt, or prevention, diagnosis and treatment aren't done as well in Manitoba," said [Jon Gerrard] Monday during question period. "Is it that it's not detected early enough? Does it have something to do with smoking rates or is it also being affected by an aging population?" said [Lorena Gerl]. "We need t...
... dystrophy, diabetes and various forms of cancer (breast, stomach, colorectal etc). (2) The Canadia...Consider some general statistics available from the American context. The United St...
Cancer is a scourge against humans, but it's also devastating to animals. Statistics reveal that one in three pets will receive this diagnosis. It's easy to read numbers like these. On the page, they're merely figures. But when you watch one of your pets, one of you family members, suffer, statistics mean nothing. Many experts agree that cancer isn't usually diagnosed in pets younger than 10 years old. This proved true with two of my family's cats. One lived until 18 years old before she was painfully taken by bladder cancer. She died while being cradled in my mother's arms. Another one of my cats was 17 when we learned the bad news. But my Samoyed, Shamoo, was a mere pup when we discovered he had leukemia. He deteriorated from an energetic dog to a frail canine in a matter of weeks. Dr...
The statement comes as no surprise to [Claudia Simpson]. "It was exactly what we anticipated them to say," she said, and that was why the health board requested that Alberta Health Services not release the findings of the report. "They undermined us by not counting the statistics as we had recommended. The latest statement from Alberta Health Services regarding cancer numbers in Fort Chip was made in February, but Simpson pointed out that the same report was initially released in 2008. Field's latest statement is based on revisiting the report "to ensure everything had been counted," said Simpson. "They're essentially saying the same thing. They're saying the prevalence of cancer is the same throughout Alberta." If an 80-year-old Elder is saying, 'I've never seen this kind of cancer i...
Frank Cormier, in his response to Bob Marshall (Not soft, or tough but smart, Free Press, Aug.10) says that he is "smart" on crime rather than "hard or soft." Cormier compares crime and cancer in his analogy. Further, neither crime nor cancer is reduced by number crunching or statistics. Nor do criminologists have any impact on crime reduction, so it doesn't matter how "smart" Cormier considers himself. Only a change of laws enacted by politicians, pushed by voters, can stop this ridiculous revolving-door policy in our courts and our parole system. How do I know? My son was murdered at his workplace in 1987 by four gang members, all of whom were newly out on bail, parole or early release. I have seen our court system's "soft" treatment of criminals. I have watched as our courts and paro...
Dear ST: Don't say it that way. Nobody knows exactly how long you might live. At best your doctors have given you an educated time frame based on statistics. Even if 95 per cent of patients with this type of cancer live less than 10 years, there's still 5 per cent who live longer. And why shouldn't you be one of the people in the longest survival group? You must balance the reality of your diagnosis and the fact that life is available and singing out today. New treatments also become available.
For many years the federal and the provincial/territorial governments have stressed that indicators of population health must include considerations of mental health status and that mental health services must be included in our health-care system. Yet, as psychologists are well aware, mental health services tend to be marginalized and underfunded relative to the importance of mental health factors in determining the health and prosperity of our nation. As Romanow and Marchildon noted, the dominant focus of our health-care system is on "physical diseases," especially potentially fatal diseases (p. 285). When viewed from a public health perspective, the folly of this emphasis is all too evident. This can be illustrated by taking depression as an example: In 2003, Statistics Canada report...
... focus less on "physical diseases" such as cancer or coronary heart disease - on the contrary, as ev...
... life as a primary caregiver for a terminal cancer patient. For an entire year, Bettens spent 24 hour...The Canadian Cancer Statistics 2010 report estimates a family caring for a termin...
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