Cancer facts
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Alberta cancer statistics
- This year, nearly 16,000 people will be diagnosed with cancer
- More than 6,000 people will die of cancer this year
- Nearly one in two Albertans will develop cancer in their lifetime
- One in four Albertans will die of cancer
- The four most common cancers in Alberta are breast, prostate, lung and colorectal cancers, accounting for 54 per cent of diagnoses and 51 per cent of cancer deaths.
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 Carol Cass
Researcher.
“I understand the complexity of
the disease, the funding necessary to advance research and just how it affects
people.”
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