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(Encyclopedia) melanoma: see skin cancer.BRCA gene
(Encyclopedia) BRCA gene: see breast cancer.Hartwell, Leland Harrison
(Encyclopedia) Hartwell, Leland Harrison, 1939–, American cell biologist, b. Los Angeles, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1964. He is a professor at the Univ. of Washington (1968–) and…aflatoxins
(Encyclopedia) aflatoxinsaflatoxinsăfˈlətäkˌsĭnz [key], a group of secondary metabolites that are cancer-causing byproducts of a mold that grows on nuts and grains, particularly peanuts. Although…Rose, Irwin
(Encyclopedia) Rose, Irwin, 1926–2015, American biochemist, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1952. Rose was on the faculty of Yale Medical School from 1954 to 1963 and a senior member of…epidemiology
(Encyclopedia) epidemiology, field of medicine concerned with the study of epidemics, outbreaks of disease that affect large numbers of people. Epidemiologists, using sophisticated statistical…fistula
(Encyclopedia) fistulafistulafĭsˈch&oobreve;lə [key], abnormal, usually ulcerous channellike formation between two internal organs or between an internal organ and the skin. It may follow a…Chernobyl
(Encyclopedia) ChernobylChernobylchĭrnōˈbyēl [key], Ukr. Chornobyl, abandoned city, N Ukraine, near the Belarus border, on the Pripyat River. Ten miles (16 km) to the north, in the town of Pripyat,…Cancer: Estimated New Cases (2007) and Survival Rates in the U.S.
SiteEstimated new cases, 2007Five-year relative survival rates1 (percent), 1995–2003TotalMaleFemaleWhiteBlackAll sites21,444,920766,860678,060 Prostate218,890218,890n.a.99%95%Breast3180,5102…Cancer: Estimated New Cases (2006) and Survival Rates in the U.S.
SiteEstimated new cases, 2006Five-year relative survival rates1 (percent), 1995–2001TotalMaleFemaleWhiteBlackAll sites21,399,790720,280679,510 Prostate234,460234,460n.a.100%97%Breast3214,…Trending
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