Canadians with lung cancer face a barrage of negative attitudes from caregivers, friends and relatives that interfere with caring behaviour, a cancer patient advocacy group says.

Anyone with asthma has a high likelihood of having the chronic lung disease for life, a new Canadian study suggests.

Doctors say they expect to take Hélène Campbell off a ventilator, and move the Canadian double lung transplant recipient and online organ donation crusader to a less-intensive recovery unit within the next day or two.

Victor Montagliani has been elected the new president of the Canadian Soccer Association. Montagliani has been the CSA's vice-president for three terms, and has been a member of its executive committee since 2005.

Death rates for the four major cancers — lung, colorectal, breast and prostate — are declining, thanks to falling smoking rates and increases in screening and treatment, the Canadian Cancer Society says.