Cancer in Canada: What the latest projections are – CTV
May 3, 2022
The overall rate of cancer diagnosis is declining in Canada, but an aging and growing population means the number of cases and deaths due to the disease are estimated to rise, according to a new study. The projected cancer rates for 2022 expect lung cancer to account for nearly a quarter of all cancer deaths.
The study, published on Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), estimates that 233,900 new cancer cases will be diagnosed in Canada this year, up from an estimated 229,200 cases in 2021. An estimated 85,100 deaths are projected for 2022, up from 84,600 last year.
“Although the estimates for diagnoses and death in 2022 are estimated to be higher than past years, we’re seeing that we are making tremendous progress against cancer in Canada,” co-author Dr. Darren Brenner, an epidemiologist at the University of Calgary’s Cumming School of Medicine, said in a phone interview on Monday.
“Since 1988, where we have a peak rate of cancer deaths, it’s decreased almost 30 per cent since that time, so that’s really a positive news story.”
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