We've all heard plenty of jokes about the Scottish weather - but most of them aren't true! Scotland's climate is actually quite moderate and very changeable, although on occasion we get really hot or really cold weather. As the old Scottish saying goes, 'there's no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong clothes!'.
Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for 8.2 million deaths in 2012 (1). The most common causes of cancer death are cancers of: 1  lung (1.59 million deaths). 2  liver (745 000 deaths).
In women, the most common cause of cancer is breast cancer, and like men, the most common cause of cancer death is lung cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, in the United States, about 1,620 people were expected to die of cancer each day in 2015 â this equates to nearly 590,000 people.