BPK 140 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Colorectal Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Lung Cancer

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Cancer is the leading cause of death in canada. Four major cancers (lung, breast, colorectal, and prostate) account for the majority of newly diagnosed cancers in canadians. Death rate declined in canada for all four of these major cancers. Death rate decline could be due to improvements in screening and early detection and to the discover and use of more effective/less toxic cancer treatments. Non-melanoma skin cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in canadians, but it accounts for very few deaths. Leading cause of potential years of life lost. Pyll calculated by subtracting age of death from life expectancy. If a person has a life expectancy of 70 years, who dies at. Cancer involves the uncontrolled multiplication of cells. Cell multiplication and division create extra cells needed for growth and repair. Normal cells have a biological clock in that they"re programmed to reproduce a certain number of times or for a certain time period and then to die.

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