CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY Flashcards
1
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expressed by national incidence and mortality rates
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incidence
2
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differences an be found in incidence and death rates in different countries
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geographic and environmental factors
3
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predominant determinant of most sporadic cancers
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environmental
4
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what are the environmental carcinogens?
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food sunlight occupation personal practices -smoking -alcohol -sexual practice
5
Q
why is age important?
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it occurs later in life certain cancers occur in childhood -leukemia -neuroblastoma -sarcomas -skeletal muscle
6
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what is important to note about heredity?
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inherited cancer syndromes
7
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what are the inherited cancer syndromes?
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inheritance of a single mutant gene increases the risk of developing cancer (BRCA-1 gene-breast)
