The 2019 report on cancer statistics is now available on the Canadian Cancer Society website. While current estimates suggest that lung, colorectal, breast and prostate cancer will account for half of all cancers diagnosed this year, new figures also indicate that 63% of Canadians diagnosed with cancer will survive for at least 5 years after their diagnosis. Further, the report shows that over the past 20 years, 5-year survival for blood cancers has increased significantly since the early 1990s. Of particular note, the survival rate for non-Hodgkin lymphoma, multiple myeloma, and leukemia has gone from 49% to 68%, 27% to 44%, and 43% to 59% respectively.
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