Introduction to Human Disease: Pathophysiology for Health Professionals 6th Edition by Agnes Loeffler,Michael Hart

Exercise 1

Which of the following statements about the epidemiology of cancer is correct?
A) The incidence of cancers in the population is the same regardless of age, race, and sex.
B) The types of cancers that affect children are different from those that affect adults.
C) All cancers have the same survival statistics.
D) Carcinomas are less frequent than sarcomas.
E) Cancers are most common in the pediatric population.