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Fig. 11.1 Age incidence and mortality curves for breast cancer in the U.S. for African American women and non-Hispanic white women (SEER Research Data 1973–2012; Fast Stats: an interactive tool for…

Fig. 9.1 Comparison of prostate cancer incidence rates globally. Rates are age-adjusted for comparisons across countries and are presented per 100,000 in the population. Globocan 2012 Age-adjusted incidence rates have increased…

Fig. 25.1 Age-specific incidence rates of pancreatic cancer among men in the U.S., 2008–2012, by race/ethnicity. Data are taken from the U.S. SEER Registry Fig. 25.2 Age-specific incidence rates of pancreatic cancer…

Fig. 19.1 Lung cancer incidence and mortality worldwide from Ref. [59] In the U.S., lung cancer ranks second in estimated new cancer cases in men and women, after prostate and breast…

Fig. 21.1 Age-standardized incidence rates per 100,000 person-years. Rates were standardized to the World Standard Population. Data based on [4] CRC is rare under the age of 40, but incidence rates…

Fig. 6.1 The preclinical phase in cancer screening 6.2.2 Cancer Prevalence Another key attribute for screening is a cancer’s prevalence, particularly in its preclinical phase [4]. Prevalence is a function of…

Fig. 5.1 John Snow Pub, Broadwick Road, London, UK The scope of epidemiology is much broader than the study of epidemics; it also involves the study of causal factors for all…