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Doctors troubled by rise of lung cancer in non-smokers
CTV News
Lung cancer remains the single biggest cause of cancer death in Canada, accounting for a staggering quarter of all cancer deaths.
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More research funding needed to quell lung cancer mortality rates
The Globe and Mail
Lung cancer causes 27 percent of cancer deaths among Canadians. This year alone, Statistics Canada estimates that there will be 25, 400 new cases of lung cancer diagnosed.
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Lung Cancer is a Women's Disease Too
Raising money for "women’s cancers” made the event more distinctive while also broadening its appeal. In addition to breast cancer, funds now go to research into for five gynecological cancers: ovarian, cervical, uterine, vaginal and vulvar.
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CANCER ORGANIZATIONS BY PROVINCE

Cancer Care Nova Scotia www.cancercare.ns.ca

Cancer Care Ontario www.cancercare.on.ca

Cancer Care Manitoba www.cancercare.mb.ca

Saskatchewan Cancer Agency www.scf.sk.ca

Alberta Cancer Agency www.cancerboard.ab.ca

B.C. Cancer Agency www.bccancer.bc.ca

Newfoundland Cancer Treatment & Research www.nctrf.nf.ca

GENERAL RESOURCES

Global Lung Cancer Coalition www.lungcancercoalition.org

The Lung Association www.lung.ca

Canadian Partnership Against Cancer www.partnershipagainstcancer.ca

Canadian Cancer Society www.cancer.ca

Clean Air Champions www.cleanairchampions.ca

Health Canada www.gosmokefree.ca

The Roy Castle Lung Foundation (UK) www.roycastle.org

On Line Organizations listings (US) www.lungcanceronline.org

Smokefree Kids www.smokefree.gov

Stop-Tabac.ch (en francais) www.stop.tabac.ch

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Canadian Thoracic Society www.lung.ca/cts

The Cancer Research Society www.cancerresearchsociety.ca

The National Cancer Institute www.cancer.gov

CLINICAL TRIALS

www.clinicaltrials.gov