Source: Xinhua
04-17-2009 09:52
Special Report: Tech MaxOTTAWA, April 16 (Xinhua) -- An increasing number of young Canadians are developing cancer, but it is not clear what is behind the rise in the young cancer patient rates, which is more pronounced in young women than it is in young men, the Canadian Cancer Society reported Thursday.
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| An increasing number of young Canadians are developing cancer, but it is not clear what is behind the rise in the young cancer patient rates.(File photo) |
Rates of new cases are rising by about 1.4 percent a year among females aged 15 to 29, while in young men in that age group, the increase is just under 1 percent a year.
According to the report, roughly 2,075 young Canadians receive a diagnosis of cancer and 326 people in this age group die from the disease each year.
The most common cancers among young men are testicular cancer and lymphoma, while lymphoma and thyroid cancer are the most common cancers among young women. The most common cause of cancer death in this demographic is leukemia.
What makes the picture brighter is the five-year survival rate for all cancers in this group is 85 percent, up five percent from 1992 and 1995.
The cancer death rates declined in both young women and young men in the decade from 1996 to 2005, dropping by 1.4 percent a year in females and 2.9 percent a year in males.
