PART 7: Oncology and Hematology
SECTION 1 Neoplastic Disorders
81 Approach to the Patient With Cancer
 | Figure 81-1 Death rates for heart disease and cancer among people younger and older than age 85 years. A. In people younger than age 85 years, cancer has overtaken heart disease as the largest cause of death. B. In people older than age 85 years, heart disease is by far the major cause of death. (From Jemal et... |
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 | Figure 81-2 Sixty-five-year trend in cancer death rates for (A) women and (B) men by site in the United States, 1930–2006. Rates are per 100,000 age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population. (From Jemal et... |
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 | Figure 81-3 Worldwide overall annual cancer incidence, mortality and 5-year prevalence for the period of 1993–2001. (From Kamangar et al.) |
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