Cancer: Spinal Cord, Lung, Breast, Cervical, Prostate, Head & Neck Cancer (Health and Human Development) - Hardcover

Lechner, Breanne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1634839048 ISBN 13: 9781634839044

Publisher: Nova Science Publishers, Inc, 2015

Synopsis

In Canada over the past fifteen years, there has been a 39% rise in new cancer patients, necessitating the expansion of current oncological facilities. The population is getting older and larger, which in turn is translating into more cases of cancer. Other reports projecting cancer growth across different countries found similar results. With the prevalence of cancer expected to increase in the future, it is important to properly allocate resources towards cancer research to better serve the population. Patients with cancer continue to live longer; as such, more elderly individuals will live with cancer. In fact, cancer has been classified as a chronic illness alongside diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease. This may translate to an increased demand for oncologists, specialist-trained nurses, diagnostic services, cancer centres, cancer therapies and palliative care. More importantly, this will translate to an increased necessity for cancer research to decrease the mortality and morbidity associated with cancer while improving the quality of care.

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About the Author

Breanne Lechner, MD(C) is a clinical research assistant in the Rapid Response Radiotherapy Program at the Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada and also a medical student at the University of Toronto. She was the recipient of the J Frank Brookfield Scholarship from the University of Waterloo in 2012 for excellence in biology.

Edition details

• Publisher: Nova Science Publishers, Inc
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1634839048
• ISBN 13: 9781634839044
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 126