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Cancer Survival Depends on Where You Live
Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English
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TORONTO - Canada consistently ranks near the top in a worldwide estimate of five-year survival rates for cancer patients, according to an international study, which found huge variations from country to country and even within some nations' borders. (article 4)
The CONCORD study directly compares survival rates in 31 countries for four malignancies - breast cancer in women, prostate cancer, colorectal cancer in men and colorectal cancer in women. (article 4)
Economic differences among countries, access to health care, and the availability of cancer treatments feed the disparities in survival, the report said. (article 2)
" There is a very wide global range in the odds of survival after a cancer diagnosis said lead researcher Michel Coleman (article 2)
A prostate cancer study that could change how doctors treat some patients found that widely used hormone-blocking drugs did not improve survival chances for older men whose disease hadn't spread. (article 9)
In fact, men given the drugs alone were slightly more likely to die of prostate cancer during the next six years than men who 'd gotten medical monitoring but no or delayed treatment, another common treatment approach. (article 9)
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cancer, survival, prostate, colorectal, study |
Source articles
- TOPIC OF 'CANCER' (NY Post, 07/16/2008, 453 words)
- Cancer Survival Depends on Where You Live (Washington Post, 07/16/2008, 692 words)
- Huge gap in world cancer survival (BBC News, 07/16/2008, 508 words)
- Canada among top countries worldwide for surviving certain cancers: study (cbc.ca, 07/16/2008, 669 words)
- Canada among top countries for surviving some cancers: study (cbc.ca, 07/16/2008, 907 words)
- Colon Cancer Screening Rates Remain Low (Washington Post, 07/14/2008, 297 words)
- Breast cancer database has weaknesses: advocate (cbc.ca, 07/15/2008, 339 words)
- Imaging Advance Tracks Prostate Cancer in Lymph Nodes (Washington Post, 07/15/2008, 310 words)
- Hormone-blocking drugs ineffective for prostate cancer :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Health News (suntimes.com, 07/14/2008, 669 words)
- cell division and cancer (Nature Journals, 07/17/2008, 333 words)
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