11:709:364 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Osteoma, Sarcoma, Leukemia
5 Mar 2020
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No single food or food substances can protect you against cancer. But scientists believe that the right combination of foods in a predominantly plant based diet may . Cancer: abnormal division and reproduction of cells that can spread throughout the body, crowding out normal cells and tissues. 2nd most common cause of death in the us. Incidence 3 most common: males, prostate: 20, lung/bronchus: 13, colon/rectum: 9, females, breast: 30, lunch/bronchus: 13, colon and rectum: 8% Mortality 3 most common: males, lung/bronchus: 24, prostate: 10, colon and rectum: 9, females, lung/bronchus: 23, breast: 15, colon and rectum, pancreas: both 8% Trends: male incidence has decreased since 1990s, female incidence has risen slightly, overall, both male and female incidence has fallen, all mortality rates have decreased since 1990s. Prevalence in children: children ages 0-14, acute lymphocytic leukemia: 26, brain and cns: 21, adolescents, hodgkin lymphoma: 15, thyroid carcinoma: 11, brain and cns: 10%
