Most cancer death rates down over decade: report
Thursday, April 12th, 2007The overall death rates and incidence for most cancers stabilized or declined over the last 10 years, according to a new report released Wednesday that focuses on breast cancer.
An estimated 159,000 Canadians will be diagnosed with some type of cancer this year, and 72,700 will die of it, according to Canadian Cancer Statistics 2007.
Since cancer is primarily a disease of aging and Canada’s population is living longer, the total number of cancer cases will increase, despite a decline in the death rate.
