BPS 1101 Lecture 5: 5 - Cancer
16 Jun 2016
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Benign lesions can be fatal in developing countries. Cancer accounts for nearly one-quarter of deaths in the united states, exceeded only by heart disease. In 2001, there were 553,768 cancer deaths in the us. Over 75% of all cases occur after age 55. Causes 570,000 deaths per year in north america (1,500 per day). Change in the us death rates by cause (1950 & 2001) Compared to the rate in 1950, the cancer death rate was 0. 2% higher in 2001, while rates for other major chronic diseases decreased during this period. The age-adjusted death rate from all cancers combined stabilized from 1998 to 2000, after decreasing from 1990 to 1998. The stabilization of death rates, during the most recent time period may be due, in part, to changes in the classification and coding of causes of death. Lung cancer is the deadliest cancer in men and in women. Cells are mobile (metastisis: malignant cells are often mobile.
