Important Numeral Information For Exam 2 80 90 of cancers are due to environment and lifestyle 5 10 of all cancers are related to an inherited gene mutation 1 in 5 deaths are related to smoking 440 000 people die in the US from tobacco Only 10 20 are due to heredity Adenocarcinom 40 of lung cancers Squamous cell carcinoma 30 of lung cancers Large cell carcinoma 15 of all lung cancers More than 90 of people with this disease are diagnosed after 50 Cancer of the large intestines accounts for 21 of all cancers in the US Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia 20 25 More than 60 of children younger than 15 years old with cancer are treated as 87 of children stricken with retinoblastoma worldwide die part of a clinical trial Men are 2X likely than women Overall 10 15 5 year survival rate for liver cancer Chronic HBV infections linked to 80 of world wide liver cancer Infection during infancy results in 90 chance of becoming chronic 85 of deaths due to cervical cancer occurs in developing countries Over 99 of all cervical cancer cases stem from infection with HPV Colorectal cancer is the 2nd leading cause of cancer related deaths among men 1 in 8 women will develop invasive breast cancer after lung cancer Survival rate for prostate cancer is 90 for almost 100 for non metastatic Melanomas account for only 4 of skin cancers but are responsible for the majority of fatalities Incidence of melanoma has risen 3 each year for 30 years 90 of Americans are unaware of link between obesity and cancer
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