Cancer Biology and Therapeutics

Cancer Prognosis

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Prognosis is the expected or apparent outcome of a disease. It is a best assumption of a person’s chances of survival. Cancer patients have an increased risk of blood clots in veins. The use of heparin develops to improve durability and decrease the risk of blood clots.

Cancer has a major focus on society in the United States and across the world. In 2016 statistics are 1,685,210 new cases of cancer diagnosed in the US & 595,690 people died because of this cancer disease. The most common cancers are Breast Cancer, Lung Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Colon and Rectum Cancer, Bladder Cancer, Melanoma Cancer, Thyroid Cancer.

Based on 2008-2012 Cancer deadliness is higher among men than women (207.9 per 100,000 men and 145.4 per 100,000 women). It is more in African, American men (261.5 per 100,000) and less in Asian, Pacific Islander women (91.2 per 100,000).