Reduce sun exposure between 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Check your skin regularly and report any changes to your doctor. Follow cancer screening guidelines. For women, discuss mammograms, Pap tests, and breast exams with a health professional. For men, discuss testicular exams and prostate screening with a health professional. Both men and women should also discuss screening for colon and rectal cancers.
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death for men and women in Canada.
Smoking also increases your risk of developing cancers of the mouth, throat, larynx, cervix, pancreas, esophagus, colon, rectum, kidney and bladder. Non-smokers exposed to secondhand smoke are also at higher risk of getting cancer and other lung diseases. Health Canada estimates that more than 300 non-smokers die from lung cancer each year because of secondhand smoke. If you are a smoker, quit. If you are a non-smoker, avoid secondhand smoke.