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Cancer Epidemiology
Professor Mostafa Arafa
Learning Objectives
• Students should be able to:– Appreciate the historical perspective of cancer control– Explain the Global impact of cancer – Identify the most prevalent cancers world wide– Identify the leading causes of cancer deaths– Understand the cancer control continuum and explain its implication to public
health– Explain important factors and trends affecting cancer control and directions
for future research
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What is cancer?
• Definition:
“Cancer is a generic term for a group of more than 100 diseases that can affect any part of the body.”
Other terms used are malignant tumors and neoplasm
…..WHO
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Biologic Basis for Cancer Control
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Normalcell
Initiatedcell
Pre-cancerouscell
CANCER
Initiation Promotion Progression
What Is Cancer?Cancer is a group of diseases characterized by uncontrolled
growth and spread of abnormal cells. If the spread is not controlled, it can result in death. Cancer is caused by both external factors (tobacco, infectious organisms, chemicals, and radiation) and internal factors (inherited mutations, hormones, immune conditions, and mutations that occur from metabolism). These causal factors may act together or in sequence to initiate or promote the development of cancer. Ten or more years often pass between exposure to external factors and detectable cancer. Cancer is treated with surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, biological therapy, and targeted therapy
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CANCER HISTORY
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Human cancer is probably as old as the human race.
It is obvious that cancer did not suddenly start appearing after modernization or
industrial revolution.
ANCIENT EGYPT (3000 BC-1500 BC) 1
The oldest known description of human cancer is found in 7 Egyptian papyri written between 3000-1500 BC.
Two of them, known as the "Edwin Smith" and "George Ebers" papyri, contain details of conditions that are consistent with modern descriptions of cancer.
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HIPPOCRATES (460-370 B.C) 1
He is the first person to clearly recognize difference between benign and malignant tumors
His writings include description of cancers involving various body sites
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Hippocrates noticed that blood vessels around a malignant tumor looked like the claws of crab.
He named the disease karkinos (the Greek name for crab) to describe tumors. In English this term translates to carcinos or carcinoma.
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HIPPOCRATES (460-370 B.C) 2
Global Burden of Disease• Total of 58 million deaths worldwide in 2005, cancer accounts for 7.6
million (or 13%) of all deaths
• Main types:– lung (1.3 million deaths/year); – Stomach (almost 1 million deaths/year); – Liver (662,000 deaths/year); – Colon (655,000 deaths/year) and – Breast (502,000 deaths/year).
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Cancer incidence for the regions of the world
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The global burden of cancer continues to increase largely because of the aging and growth of the world population alongside an increasing adoption of cancer-causing behaviors, particularly smoking, in economically developing countries. Based on the GLOBOCAN 2008 estimates, about 12.7 million cancer cases and 7.6 million cancer deaths are estimated to have occurred in 2008; of these, 56% of the cases and 64% of the deaths occurred in the economically developing world. Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer death among females, accounting for 23% of the total cancer cases and 14% of the cancer deaths. Lung cancer is the leading cancer site in males, comprising 17% of the total new cancer cases and 23% of the total cancer deaths.
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Although overall cancer incidence rates in the developing world are half those seen in the developed world in both sexes, the overall cancer mortality rates are generally similar. Cancer survival tends to be poorer in developing countries, most likely because of a combination of a late stage at diagnosis and limited access to timely and standard treatment. A substantial proportion of the worldwide burden of cancer could be prevented through the application of existing cancer control knowledge and by implementing programs for tobacco control, vaccination (for liver and cervical cancers), and early detection and treatment, as well as public health campaigns promoting physical activity and a healthier dietary intake.
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Estimated Cancer Deaths
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Men295,280
Women275,000
27% Lung and bronchus
15% Breast
10% Colon and rectum
6% Ovary
6% Pancreas
4% Leukemia
3% Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
3% Uterine corpus
2% Multiple myeloma
2% Brain/ONS
22% All other sites
Lung and bronchus
31%
Prostate
10%
Colon and rectum
10%
Pancreas
5%
Leukemia
4%
Esophagus
4%
Liver and intrahepatic
3%bile duct
Non-Hodgkin 3% Lymphoma
Urinary bladder
3%
Kidney
3%
All other sites 24%
Estimated New Cancer Cases
April 21, 2023 Cancer Epidemiology 16*Excludes basal and squamous cell skin cancers and in situ carcinomas except urinary bladder.Source: American Cancer Society, 2005.
Men710,040
Women662,870 32% Breast
12% Lung and bronchus
11% Colon and rectum
6% Uterine corpus
4% Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
4% Melanomaof skin
3% Ovary
3% Thyroid
2% Urinary bladder
2% Pancreas
21% All Other Sites
Prostate 33%
Lung and bronchus 13%
Colon and rectum 10%
Urinary bladder 7%
Melanoma of skin 5%
Non-Hodgkin4% lymphoma
Kidney 3%
Leukemia 3%
Oral Cavity 3%
Pancreas 2%
All Other Sites 17%
Regional and Local data
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Cancer Epidemiology Concepts
Methods of Cancer Epidemiology
• Descriptive Studies– Incidence, mortality, survival– Time Trends– Geographic Patterns– Patterns by Age, Gender, SES, Ethnicity
• Analytic Studies – Cross-sectional– Case-control– Cohort
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Challenges to Interpretation
– Observational vs. Experimental Design– Cancer “clusters”– Study Design and Conduct
• Study Size• Biases: misclassification, confounding, selection
– Exposure assessment important– “Strong” and “weak” effects – Impact on a population level
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Rates
• Incidence• Prevalence• Specific• Crude• Adjusted/Standardized• SMR/SIR
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Cancer EpidemiologySources
• US SEER Registry System (SEER): Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results: http://seer.cancer.gov/
• IARC International Registries• State/Hospital Registries• Etiologic Clues
– “Alert” Clinician– Experimental Studies
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Known Risk Factors for Cancer
• Smoking
• Dietary factors
• Obesity
• Exercise
• Occupation
• Genetic susceptibility
• Infectious agents
• Reproductive factors
• Socioeconomic status
• Environmental pollution
• Ultraviolet light
• Radiation
• Prescription Drugs
• Electromagnetic fields
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Cancer EpidemiologyIIdentified Associations
• Tobacco & Lung Cancer• Asbestos & Lung Cancer• Leather Industry & Nasal Cancer• Dyes & Bladder Cancer• Ionizing Radiation & Many Cancers• EBV & Burkitt’s Lymphoma• HPV & Cervical Cancer
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Prevention & Control
Comprehensive Approach
• Integrated coordinated approach is needed to reduce cancer incidence, morbidity, disability and mortality through promotion, prevention, early detection, management, rehabilitation, palliative care
• This involved combined work of public, private as well as civil society agencies
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Primary Prevention (Risk Factor Control)
• Cancer education & legislation• Tobacco / alcohol prevention and cessation• Diet: high fiber, low fat, fruits & vegetables• Weight control • STI prevention and control• Monitoring exposure to sunlight / radiation• RF control (within/outside workplace)• Lowest estrogen dose, upon prescription
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Secondary Prevention
• Cancer registration (hospital-based, population-based)
• Early detection / screening: best during pre-invasive (in-situ) or pre-malignant stages. Examples: cervical, breast, prostate, colon, oral, skin, testis, etc
• Management: multi-modal: surgical, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, pain therapy
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Lung Cancer
• Risk factors– Cigarette smoking, environmental exposures,
tuberculosis
• Detection/Prevention– Reduce exposure to tobacco smoke
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Breast Cancer
• Risk Factors– Age, family history, biopsy, breast density, early
menstruation, obesity after menopause, recent use of oral contraceptives, hormone therapy, late or no children, alcohol, breast feeding, exercise
• Early Detection– Mammography and clinical breast exam every
year after age 40 (ACS)
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Prostate Cancer
• Risk factors– Age, ethnicity, family history, dietary fat?, weight?
• Early detection/prevention >50yrs old– PSA blood test/yr– Digital rectal exam/yr
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Colorectal Cancer
• Risk factors– Age, family history, smoking , alcohol, obesity, exercise,
high fat diet/red meat
• Early Detection/Prevention – 4 modalities recommended for people age 50 and older
• Fecal occult blood test (FOBT) every year• Flexible sigmoidoscopy every 5 years• Colonoscopy every 10 years• Double-contrast barium enema every 5 years
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References -1
• Adami HO, Hunter D, Trichopoulos D. Textbook of cancer epidemiology. 2nd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
• Dennis LK, Lynch CF, Smith EM. Cancer. In: Wallace/Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health & Preventive Medicine. 15th edition. New York: McGraw, 2009.
• Brownson RC, Joshu C. Cancer. In: Chronic disease epidemiology and control. 3rd edition. Washington DC: American public health association, 2010.
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References -2
• Boffetta P, La Vecchia C. Neoplasms. In: Detels R, Beaglehole R, Lansang MA, Gulligord M. Oxford textbook of public health. 5th edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• International agency for research on cancer. http://www.iarc.fr/• Centers for disease control and prevention. www.cdc.gov • GCC and KSA national cancer registry.
http://bportal.kfshrc.edu.sa/wps/portal/bportal/KFCC• American cancer society. http://www.cancer.org/
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Thank you for your kind attention
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