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  2. List of countries by cancer rate - Wikipedia

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    Overall global cancer incidence (2022) [1] Country Including NMSC Excluding NMSC Number Rate Number Rate Australia 212,332 462.5 151,529 322.4 New Zealand 38,157 427.3

  3. Lung cancer - Wikipedia

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    1.8 million (2020) [3] Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma, is a malignant tumor that begins in the lung. Lung cancer is caused by genetic damage to the DNA of cells in the airways, often caused by cigarette smoking or inhaling damaging chemicals. Damaged airway cells gain the ability to multiply unchecked, causing the growth of a tumor.

  4. Signs and symptoms of cancer - Wikipedia

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    It may also be caused by therapies such as radiation or chemotherapy. With competent management, cancer pain can be eliminated or well controlled in 80% to 90% of cases, but nearly 50% of cancer patients in the developed world receive less than optimal care. Worldwide, nearly 80% of people with cancer receive little or no pain medication. [15]

  5. ICanServe Foundation - Wikipedia

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    ICanServe Foundation, Inc., formerly Information on Breast Cancer and Other Services, [1] is a non-stock, non-profit organization that advocates early breast cancer detection through breast self-examination. Based in Manila, Philippines, and co-founded in 1999 by journalist Kara Magsanoc-Alikpala, a breast cancer survivor, the advocacy group ...

  6. Lung Center of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The Lung Center of the Philippines ( LCP) ( Filipino: Ospital ng Pilipinas sa may sakit sa Baga) is a government tertiary hospital specializing in the prevention and cure of lung and other chest diseases, located on Central, Quezon City, Philippines. The center receives budgetary support for its operations from the national government. [1]

  7. Baguio General Hospital - Wikipedia

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    On October 3, 2018, President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte signed into law Republic Act 11084 which increased the bed capacity of BGHMC from 500 to 800. [10] [11] Baguio Representative Mark Go filed House Bill 8782 on February 20, 2021, which would allow BGHMC to further increase its bed capacity from 800 to 1500 which got signed into law ...

  8. Health in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    As of September 2020, the Philippines has a population of nearly 110 million and a population density of 368 per square kilometer. 32% of the population of the Philippines is under 15 years old, and only 22.2% is over 60. In the Philippines, 16.6% of the population lived below the national poverty line in 2018.

  9. Cancer immunotherapy - Wikipedia

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    Cancer immunotherapy ( immuno-oncotherapy) is the stimulation of the immune system to treat cancer, improving the immune system's natural ability to fight the disease. [ 1] It is an application of the fundamental research of cancer immunology ( immuno-oncology) and a growing subspecialty of oncology . Cancer immunotherapy exploits the fact that ...