{"id":141,"date":"2024-11-15T11:01:11","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T16:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/zoesandbox\/chapter\/common-cancer-types-in-canada\/"},"modified":"2024-11-15T11:01:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T16:01:11","slug":"common-cancer-types-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/zoesandbox\/chapter\/common-cancer-types-in-canada\/","title":{"raw":"Common Cancer Types in Canada","rendered":"Common Cancer Types in Canada"},"content":{"raw":"\n\n<h3><strong>Cancer<\/strong><\/h3>\nUnfortunately, cancer is a widespread issue impacting lives globally.&nbsp; In Canada, common types of cancer include <strong>prostate cancer<\/strong> with older biological males (XY) being most at risk and <strong>breast cancer<\/strong> with adult biological females (XX) being most at risk.&nbsp; <span style=\"font-size: 1em\">Other prevalent cancers in Canada are <strong>lung cancer<\/strong> and <strong>colorectal cancer<\/strong>.&nbsp; <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1em\">Basal cell and squamous cell <strong>skin cancers<\/strong> are also common forms of cancer, and are associated with repeated exposure to sun <strong>UV rays<\/strong>.&nbsp; Other major risk factors for development of cancer include <strong>smoking.<\/strong>&nbsp; <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1em\">Smoking is widely regarded as the leading cause of cancer, increasing the risk of lung cancer and other types of cancer.&nbsp; In this unit we will explore the pathogenesis of different cancers, other causative agents, and different forms of treatment.&nbsp; <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1em\">Prevention strategies will also be discussed which include avoiding smoking and second-hand smoke exposure.<\/span>\n\n","rendered":"<h3><strong>Cancer<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Unfortunately, cancer is a widespread issue impacting lives globally.&nbsp; In Canada, common types of cancer include <strong>prostate cancer<\/strong> with older biological males (XY) being most at risk and <strong>breast cancer<\/strong> with adult biological females (XX) being most at risk.&nbsp; <span style=\"font-size: 1em\">Other prevalent cancers in Canada are <strong>lung cancer<\/strong> and <strong>colorectal cancer<\/strong>.&nbsp; <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1em\">Basal cell and squamous cell <strong>skin cancers<\/strong> are also common forms of cancer, and are associated with repeated exposure to sun <strong>UV rays<\/strong>.&nbsp; Other major risk factors for development of cancer include <strong>smoking.<\/strong>&nbsp; <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1em\">Smoking is widely regarded as the leading cause of cancer, increasing the risk of lung cancer and other types of cancer.&nbsp; In this unit we will explore the pathogenesis of different cancers, other causative agents, and different forms of treatment.&nbsp; <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1em\">Prevention strategies will also be discussed which include avoiding smoking and second-hand smoke exposure.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1076,"menu_order":6,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":["zoe-soon-zg0dnnskya"],"pb_section_license":"cc-by-nc-sa"},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[213],"license":[57],"class_list":["post-141","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","contributor-zoe-soon-zg0dnnskya","license-cc-by-nc-sa"],"part":134,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/zoesandbox\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/zoesandbox\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/zoesandbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/zoesandbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/zoesandbox\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/141\/revisions"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/zoesandbox\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/134"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/zoesandbox\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/141\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/zoesandbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/zoesandbox\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=141"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/zoesandbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=141"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/zoesandbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}