Gut Sounds

Episode IV XXVIII	Gut Sounds
Just can't stomach it
Blog Beat	Invincible | Hedley ft. P. Reign

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Lost my appetite...

Insatiable

The incidence rate of stomach cancer has been declining since 1985, and the mortality rate has dropped to half of what it was 20 years ago¹. The improvement is related to better eating habits and the recognition of a bacterial infection (Helicobacter pylori) being the strongest risk factor for the development of stomach cancer^1,2. The lifetime risk of developing stomach cancer is 1 in 76 and 1 in 129 for men and women, respectively, and the 5-year (relative) survival rate is 25%.

A daffodil for stomach cancer awareness

Drop It Like It's Hot

Let's reduce the cancer mortality rate: zero percent sounds pretty good to me.

¹ Canadian Cancer Society’s Advisory Committee on Cancer Statistics. Canadian Cancer Statistics 2014. Toronto, ON: Canadian Cancer Society; 2014. Link to document: cancer.ca/statistics
² Canadian Cancer Society "Risk factors for stomach cancer" https://www.cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/cancer-type/stomach/risks/?region=nu

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