BPS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Stomach Cancer, Cancer Cell, Colorectal Cancer
10 Mar 2016
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Benign: cysts, warts, etc that aren"t harmful that grow to a certain size. Benign lesions can be fatal in developing countries. Malignant: usually refer to cancer; body part grows uncontrollably & takes over. Cancer = 1/4/25% deaths in us, exceeded only by heart disease. In 2001, there were 553,768 cancer deaths in the us; Over 75% cases occur ater age 55; something you get when you"re older. Cancer in children is extremely rare; almost 0% Just because you get cancer, doesn"t mean you"re going to die, incidence doesn"t = death. Cancer treatments are unpleasant & if you survive treatment, likely to survive cancer. Causes 570,000 deaths per year in north america (1500 per day cancer death rate by age. Change in the us death rates* by cause, 1950 & 2001. 1950 vs 2001 = cancer death rate 0. 2% high in 01 vs other rates for major chronic diseases decreased.
