24. Cancer cells are different because they do not die, they just continue to grow and divide in a disorderly fashion.
25. Cancer can occur at any age, but 67% of cancer deaths occur in people older than 65 years
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27. The image of the normal colon tissue, at left, shows well-formed oval-shaped glands, evenly lined with a single, organized layer of cells indicated by arrows. The image of the cancerous colon tissue, in contrast, shows highly disorganized cancer cells stacked upon each other in an apparently random fashion. What does cancer look like?
47. Deaths (2005) Source CRUK Website 2006 Top ten cancers deaths 1 Lung 2 Bowel 3 Breast 4 Prostate 5 Oesophagus 6 Pancreas 7 Stomach 8 Bladder 9 Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma 10 Ovary
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49. Deaths (2005) Incidence (2003) Source CRUK Website 2006 Cancer Top Ten 1 Lung 2 Bowel 3 Breast 4 Prostate 5 Oesophagus 6 Pancreas 7 Stomach 8 Bladder 9 Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma 10 Ovary 1 Breast 2 Lung 3 Large Bowel 4 Prostate 5 Bladder 6 Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma 7 Stomach 8 Melanoma 9 Oesophagus 10 Pancreas
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51. Survival statistics for cancer are usually written as “five year survival” or “10 year survival” .
52. What this means is that X% of patients were still alive at 5/10 years after they were diagnosed .
53. Often disease free survival figures are used. This means everyone with that type of cancer who is alive and well 5 years after diagnosis.
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55. () = Pre-NHS Cancer Plan Chances of survival - percentage of people alive at 5 years England and Wales Europe United States Lung 6 (6) 11 15 Colon 50 (39) 62 64 Breast 77 (68) 83 88 Prostate 65 (42) 88 100
