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June 27, 2016 / CCSN News

Asbestos-related cancer costs Canadians billions

A first-ever estimate of the toll of asbestos-related cancers on society pegs the cost of new cases at $1.7-billion per year in Canada, and notes that is likely an under-estimate....
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June 21, 2016 / News

Family doctors don?t always give smokers lung cancer tests

Many family physicians don’t believe lung cancer screening can reduce deaths from these tumors, and some of them don’t offer tests even to longtime smokers, a U.S. survey suggests. Nearly...
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June 21, 2016 / News

Smoking, drinking could cost an unhealthy guy more than $8.6 million over lifetime: study

Hey guys, you may want to think twice before you reach for that bottle of beer, the hamburger and French fries and an after-dinner smoke. It’s not only bad for...
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June 21, 2016 / News

Cancer survivors fight again, for fairness

    Deborah Maskens was told she had a year to live when she was first diagnosed with stage four kidney cancer in 1996.   Twenty years later, the Guelph...
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June 16, 2016 / CCSN News

CCSN Webinar – Private Insurance Plans – Do they have a future in Canada?

Watch the webinar on YouTube: View the slides on Slideshare: Private Insurance Plans - Do they have a future in Canada? from Canadian Cancer Survivor Network Webinar Information On Thursday,...
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June 15, 2016 / News

Chronic disease more prevalent among aboriginals: Cancer Care Ontario

Cancer Care Ontario is calling on the province to take urgent action to help a number of chronic health problems among aboriginal communities.The organization says rates of disease are higher among First...
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June 13, 2016 / CCSN News

Tories expand cancer drug coverage

Premier Brian Pallister prefaced his announcement of more funds for drugs for cancer patients in Manitoba on Monday with an emotional memory.   “I will always remember the most difficult...
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June 13, 2016 / News

Here?s a list of changes to Canada?s sun safety guidelines, the first update in 20 years

When should you avoid the sun and when you are outside, what kind of SPF should your sunscreen be? Canadian cancer care experts tried to answer these questions Monday when they...
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June 13, 2016 / News

Bone-marrow transplant can halt progression of aggressive MS: study

More than 10 years ago, Jenn Fraser looked into her future and saw an image of herself in a wheelchair, the likely result of rapidly progressing multiple sclerosis that was...
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June 13, 2016 / News

It can take 30 tries for some to quit smoking, study finds

It takes some people as many as 30 attempts to quit smoking for good, a far greater number than previously believed, according to a new study in BMJ Open, an...
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