Devesa S S
Descriptive Studies Section, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Semin Oncol Nurs. 1995 May;11(2):78-87. doi: 10.1016/s0749-2081(05)80015-4.
The American Cancer Society estimated that 576,000 invasive cancers would be diagnosed among American women in 1994 and that 255,000 women will have died of cancer during that year. Six cancers account for almost 70% of the cases in women and more than 60% of the deaths. Risk factors associated with breast, lung, colorectal, cervix uteri, corpus uteri, and ovarian cancers are presented. The patterns of occurrence in the population, time trends, survival rates, and etiologic factors vary considerably, suggesting a constellation of diseases in women. One of the most important factors influencing outcome is early diagnosis.
美国癌症协会估计，1994年美国女性中将会诊断出57.6万例浸润性癌症，且当年将有25.5万名女性死于癌症。六种癌症几乎占女性病例的70%，占死亡病例的60%以上。文中介绍了与乳腺癌、肺癌、结直肠癌、子宫颈癌、子宫内膜癌和卵巢癌相关的风险因素。这些癌症在人群中的发病模式、时间趋势、生存率和病因差异很大，表明它们是一组女性疾病。影响预后的最重要因素之一是早期诊断。
