Exam 12: Global Epidemiology of Cancer

Passive smoking is not a confirmed risk factor for lung cancer.

What form of cancer shows the greatest decline in mortality in US men and women during the period 1930-2015?

Approximately what percentage of lung cancer is attributable to cigarette smoking?

Discuss strategies for secondary cancer prevention.

Discuss important time trends in annual cancer mortality rates during the last century in US women.

The leading cause of liver cancer in sub-Saharan Africa is alcoholic cirrhosis.

Cancer mortality in men exceeds that in women by about:

During the 20th century, tobacco addiction caused more than 50 million cancer-related deaths.

Which of the following is not an example of tertiary prevention?

Despite intensive medical and public health efforts, cancer has now surpassed cardiovascular disease as the leading cause of death in people under age 85 years in highly developed nations such as the USA.

Worldwide, the leading cause of cancer death in men is lung cancer.

Secondary prevention refers to screening for the detection of antecedent conditions that predispose to disease and are curable by effective treatment or detection of disease at an early stage when effective treatment is likely to restore health.

Discuss strategies for primary cancer prevention.

Aflatoxin exposure through ingestion of moldy grain significantly increases the risk of liver cancer.

Linolenic acid, an n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid prominent in marine diets, has been found to reduce tumor growth and development.

Worldwide, cancer caused 9.6 million deaths in 2018, about 16% of approximately 60 million annual deaths from all causes.

In developed nations, the leading cause of cancer death among women is breast cancer.

Ingestion of moldy grain heightens the risk of liver cancer due to exposure to what class of compounds?

Discuss strategies for tertiary cancer prevention.

In developing nations, the leading cause of cancer death among women is breast cancer.