However, these seemingly alarming numbers are not reason enough to set off alarm bells just yet, according to the commissioner of Cancer Care Nova Scotia. A small population base makes it tricky to analyse and compare cancer rates with the rest of the country, he said Wednesday. They represent small numbers and therefore they can only be interpreted as an approximation of what the true rate is. I wouldn't want to imply that we think the numbers are faulty. They are as good as they can be, but on the basis that the numbers available for analysis are relatively small.
Breast cancer is up, but only very slightly.
Nova Scotia is following the national trend with an overall decline in the number of cancer deaths despite a rise in the rates of some kind of cancers. Some physicians say the rise in incidence could be due to better screening and detection. Click Here to make suggestions, comments about C-Health.