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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Sep 10, 1990
Page
5
The Terry Fox Run unveils a pledge sheet allowing donations without participation. Brad Braham says payments sent to Chartered Banks between Sept 1 and Oct 13, 1990 fund cancer research in Terry’s memory.
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in Canada behind heart disease. In 1989 about 101,000 Canadians will be diagnosed, with roughly 300,000 under medical care and about 50,000 deaths expected. Lung and breast cancers dominate deaths. smoking links are noted. Overall incidence rose about 40 percent over a decade while mortality trends vary by gender and cancer type.
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