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Shining a Light on Cancer
We all know that early detection is the key to survival in all types of cancer and this fact drives homes most when it comes to renal cancer, more commonly known as kidney cancer. Kidney cancer is the 6th most prevalent cancer in Canada. This year 5100 Canadians will be diagnosed with this disease and it’s on the rise. That means that it is likely that 11 people will be diagnosed with this disease in Delta this year. Of those 11, 4 people will succumb to kidney cancer. This terrible survival rate is in part a result of the fact that there s no screening program for kidney cancers... learn more!
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Changes in cancer treatments, and investments in cancer research, have increased the survival rates by almost 30 percent in adults with cancer in Canada over the last 40 years. Though many lives have been saved because of these advances, cancer is still the 2nd most common cause of death today.





