People enjoy Westboro Beach as temperatures hit 31C in Ottawa on Friday, May 13, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Analysis also found that Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia had the highest rates of cutaneous melanoma in the country, even when accounting for other factors like age. Rates in the prairie provinces and more northern parts of the country were lower than the Canadian average. Melanoma is more common than all other cancers combined, according to Litvinov, noting that there are 80,000 skin cancer diagnoses per year in Canada, 8,000 of which are melanomas.
Along with these numbers, the study also found that melanoma affects men and women differently, appearing most often on the trunk of the body and head for men. In women, legs are the primary spot where melanoma strikes, followed by arms.. In Canada, the study found that while there were more diagnoses, the mortality rate has actually been declining since 2013.
The unavailability of information from Quebec was an important limitation for this study, the paper’s authors noted. In addition, other potential limitations included some missing data and the risk of patient misclassification. The unavailability of certain information also limited researchers' ability to look at other factors like socioeconomic and ethnic considerations that could also play a role.
Great article today. Thank you for sharing information other than one illness that is as important as other illnesses.
Lol another worthy study ! So sun causes cancer. If you live at a beach or in the south you are at higher risk, wow that’s revolutionary, nobody knew that ! Did a student get their PhD writing that study ?
Oh no, females accounted for almost half! Men lucked out again
That and the mRNA