Lung cancer in Canada

In this report Considerable advances in knowledge about prevention, diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer have been made, but it remains the leading cause of cancer death for Canadians and is the second most common cancer diagnosed in Canadian adults. [...] While conditional relative survival for lung cancer is poor, particularly in relationship to some other cancers, the pooled data from the four participating provinces in Canada (Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta and Manitoba) had the best five-year survival for lung cancer of the countries examined.3 For those diagnosed in these four provinces between 2005 and 2007, and having survived the first [...] A follow-up to a Senate Committee of Canada report in 2005 found that the provision of end-of-life care in Canada was characterized by uneven access to services for Canadians.9 The health system needs around end-of-life care for Canadians first require identification of the type of care currently received at the end of life and the extent to which it is coordinated and appropriate so that optimal [...] The recent closure of the National Lung Cancer Screening Trial in the United States has accelerated the need for an interim analysis of the Canadian study data in 2011. [...] Lung Cancer in Canada: A Supplemental System Performance Report Risk Factors Smoking accounts for 80% of the worldwide lung cancer burden in males and at least 50% of the burden in females.13, 14 There are variations in lung cancer rates and trends across countries and between males and females within each country, and these differences largely reflect differences in the stage and degree of tobacc