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Health State Descriptions for Canadians
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Cancers

Context

Introduction

Summary table

The cancers

At diagnosis

Therapeutic options

Subsequent health states

References

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Unless otherwise specified, estimates of the number of new cancer cases and deaths were taken from:

  • National Cancer Institute of Canada. Canadian Cancer Statistics 2002. Toronto, Canada, 2002.

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