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Jump to full article: Pacific Daily News (gu), 2009-10-17
Author: Amritha Alladi * Pacific Daily News
Intro: Cancer is the second leading cause of death on Guam, with lung and bronchus cancers combined having the highest mortality rate among both sexes, according to newly released figures from the Guam Comprehensive Cancer Control Coalition.
The coalition -- which includes members from the American Cancer Society, the Guam Cancer Registry, the University of Guam Cancer Research Center, the Department of Public Health and Social Services and the Cancer Information Service -- released the first complete set of published data regarding Guam's cancer statistics at a press conference yesterday.
Michael Ehlert, a member of the coalition's Data and Research Action Team, said that nearly 20 percent of deaths on the island from 2003 to 2007 were cancer-related.
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