epidemiology Flashcards
1
Q
highest incidence of colorectal cancer
A
US (high fat content of our diets?)
2
Q
nasopharyngeal carcinoma
A
poor areas of world (smoking, alcohol abuse
3
Q
stomach cancer
A
japan (think yummy food!)
4
Q
liver cancer
A
Africa, Asia, Indonesia, Philippines (aflotoxin is staple of diet and prevalence of Hep B, C)
5
Q
cervical carcinoma
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low socioeconomic status (early sexual activity, less educated)
6
Q
prostate cancer
A
highest incidence in American blacks
7
Q
testicular cancer
A
lowest incidence in blacks
8
Q
cancer of urinary bladder
A
where schistosomal infectections are endemic
9
Q
Burkitt lymphoma
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where malaria is endemic (lack of adequate T-cell response)
**African Childhood cancer
10
Q
most common fatal cancer
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lung cancer (exceeds that of breast cancer in women
