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CANCER STATISTICS
U.S. MORTALITY AND CANCER STATISTICS/FNP
Question | Answer |
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LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH OVERALL (ALL AGES/GENDER) | HEART DISEASE |
WHAT ARE THE THREE CAUSES OF DEATH IN OLDER ADOLESCENTS (AGE 15 TO 24) | 1. ACCIDENTS(MOTOR VEHICLE)2. HOMOCIDE (FIRERM)3. SUICIDE |
MOST COMMON CAUSE OF CANCER DEATHS (BY GENDER) | 1. MALES-LUNG 2. PROSTATE 3. COLON/RECTUM 1.FEMALE- LUNG 2. BREAST 3. COLON/RECTUM |
CANCER WITH THE HIGHEST MORTALITY | LUNG CANCER |
MOST COMMON CANCER (USA) | SKIN CANCER |
MOST COMMONTYPE OF SKIN CANCER | BASAL CELL |
TOP CANCERS BY INCIDENCE | MALES:PROSTATE FEMALES: BREAST |
GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER (VULVA/VAGINA/CERVIX/UTERUS/OVARIES) | 1. ENDOMETRIAL/UTERINE CANCER 2. OVARIAN CANCER |
IS THERE A SCREENING TEST FOR LUNG OR OVARIAN CANCER? IF SO, WHAT IS IT? | NO ROUTINE SCREENING IS RECOMMENDED FOR LUNG AND OVARIAN CANCER. |
IS THE CHEST X-RAY A SCREENING OR DIAGNOSTIC TEST FOR LUNG CANCER? | NEITHER, REMEMBER THERE IS NO SCREENING TEST FOR LUNG CA. |
WHICH SCREENING TEST WILL DETECT EARLY OVARIAN CA? CEA 125 OR PELVIC/INTRA-VAGINL SONOGRAM? | NEITHER, THERE IS NO SCREENING TEST FOR OVARIAN CA. |