A recent study conducted by Health Canada as part of the Canadian Health Measures Survey has revealed that lung cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and leading cause of cancer death in Canada. While exact figures have not been tabulated, it is estimated that 21,000 Canadians will have died from lung cancer in 2021, more than colorectal, pancreatic and breast cancers combined. The study further reports that "about half of all lung cancers are diagnosed at stage IV, at which point survival is extremely low: five-year survival is 4%."
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