Chapter 22.Oncology
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Cancer is a major public health problem globally. In 2017, almost 1.7 million new cases of invasive cancer are expected to be diagnosed in the United States, and nearly 600,000 people are expected to die of cancer (American Cancer Society 2017; Siegel et al. 2017). Although one in four deaths is now caused by cancer, death rates have dropped by 25% since 1991, the result of steady reductions in smoking and advances in early detection and treatment, especially in the four most common cancers (prostate, breast, lung, and colorectal). However, as the death rate decreases and the population ages, more people will be living with cancer, with an anticipated doubling from 1.3 million to 2.6 million between the years 2000 and 2050.
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