ONCC Chemotherapy Immunotherapy Certification Q&A Study Guide

Cancer Epidemiology Study of the distribution and determinants of cancer in population groups Global Cancer Statistics cancer is the leading cause of disease worldwide Cancer rate suppouse to increase by 75% to 22 M new cases in 2030 Causes of cancer rate increase because of increasing tobacco use aging population reproductive dietary and hormonal risk factors Top 5 most commonly diagnosed cancers Lung (13%) breast (11%) colorectal (10%) stomach (8%) prostate (7%) Make up 50 % of all cancer diagnosed Lung breast colorectal stomach prostate Most common cancer in men Lung cancer Most common cancer in woman Breast cancer Cancer mortality An stimated 756 M people died in 2008 Top 5 most common causes of death Lung (18%) Stomach(10%) Liver (9%) Colorectum (6%) Breast (6%) Both sexes combined prostate(14.4%)