CANCERTURNING A NEW LEAF

• Thanks to generous donations, huge research advancements have taken place in the past 10 years and survival rates are better than ever.

• Overall, Cancer survival rates have jumped from 43% in 1979, to 62% in 2007.

• Five year survival rates are highest for thyroid (98%), testicular (96%), prostate (95%), melanoma (93%), breast (88%), and Hodgkin's (88%).

• Roughly 1 in 4 Women Will Develop Breast Cancer in Her Lifetime. • Over 166,000 estimated Cases of Cancer will Arise in 2008 and Nearly

74,000 of These People Will Die. • Cancer Does Not Discriminate Based on Age. 30% of New Cancer

Cases and 18% of Deaths Will Occur in People As Young as 20. • Sadly, Cancer Has Touched The Lives Of Almost All Canadians, Directly

or Indirectly. • Despite having successful treatments, we need to find safer drugs

with fewer side effects.

As you can see, cancer rates are the highest nation-wide, per thousand, in Ontario.