Farrah Fawcett Passes Away

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

I have also been curious about this form of cancer.

I looked at the link provided in the original post. There have been quite a few losses due to cancer, mostly lung cancer, in Hollywood.

Isn't cancer considered the "#1 killer," in terms of diseases for the general population?

I could be wrong, but I thought I'd heard somewhere that heart disease is the current #1 killer, with cancer on pace to pass it in the next year or two.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by KSigkid

I could be wrong, but I thought I'd heard somewhere that heart disease is the current #1 killer, with cancer on pace to pass it in the next year or two.

Thank you.

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Here's what the American Cancer Society has on anal cancer:
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/CRI_2_1x.asp?dt=47