RT Book, Section
A1 Sabel, Michael S.
A2 Doherty, Gerard M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1105498067
T1 Oncology
T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Surgery, 14e
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071792110
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105498067
RD 2024/04/19
AB Over  1.6  million  individuals  in  the  United  States  are  diagnosed  with  invasive  cancer  each  year.  Currently,  23%  of  all  deaths  in  the  United  States  are  due  to  cancer,  ranking  second  only  to  heart  disease  as  the  leading  cause  of  mortality  in  this  country.  Over  the  past  10  years,  however,  cancer  death  rates  have  decreased.  Death  rates  have  continued  to  decline  for  the  four  top  cancer  sites  (lung,  colorectum,  breast,  and  prostate).  This  reduction  in  overall  cancer  death  rates  translates  to  the  avoidance  of  over  1  million  deaths  from  cancer.