Summary of Key Points Thyroid Cancer The incidence of thyroid cancer is increasing, and there are approximately 33,500 new cases per year in the United States. The incidence of differentiated thyroid cancer is 14.3 per 100,000 people per year, with…
Summary of Key Points Incidence More than 5 million new cases of nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) occur annually in the United States, including 80% basal cell carcinomas (BCCs), 20% squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs), and a few rarer types. Annual incidence…
Summary of Key Points Incidence The incidence of melanoma continues to dramatically increase in the United States and worldwide. Approximately 87,110 new cases of invasive melanoma are estimated to be diagnosed anually in the United States, and it is estimated…
Summary of Key Points In the United States it is estimated that there will be 51,540 new cases of head and neck cancer in 2018, accounting for 3% of all cancer cases and 1.5% of all cancer deaths. The three…
Summary of Key Points Incidence The most common primary intraocular tumors are choroidal melanoma and retinoblastoma. The most common affecting the ocular adnexa are lymphoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, optic nerve glioma, and epithelial and melanocytic malignancies of the eyelid and conjunctiva. Many…
Summary of Key Points Incidence 78,980 new primary brain tumors will be diagnosed in the United States in 2018, of which approximately one-third will be malignant. 3,560 new childhood (ages 0–19 years) primary benign and malignant CNS tumors will be…
Summary of Key Points Nearly 37 million people were living worldwide with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in 2016, and about 2 million become infected every year. HIV testing is recommended as a component of routine medical care, not just…
Summary of Key Points Cancer complicates 1 in 1000 pregnancies; the most common malignancies in pregnant women are breast cancer, cervical cancer, Hodgkin lymphoma, malignant melanoma, and acute leukemia. No evidence exists that pregnancy alters the clinical behavior of cancer,…
Summary of Key Points Physiologic Changes of Aging Cancer and aging share common biologic and cellular mechanisms such as genomic instability, deregulated energetics, and cellular senescence. † Deceased. Older adults have age-related changes in all organ systems that decrease the…
Summary of Key Points Malignancy-Related Ascites Malignancy-related ascites is a common complication of advanced cancer. Malignancy-related ascites accounts for 10% of all cases of ascites, with a majority of these cases related to carcinomatosis. Malignancy-related ascites most commonly occurs in…