哈尔滨医科大学-流行病学-恶性肿瘤流行病学.pptVIP

恶性肿瘤流行病学 Epidemiology of Cancer 恶性肿瘤(Cancer)是一组严重威胁人类健康的疾病，由100多种不同部位肿瘤组成。近年来，恶性肿瘤的总体发病情况在世界各国多呈上升趋势，但其中个别癌种在部分国家和人群中有所下降。估计到2015年，全世界肿瘤死亡者可达900万，发病者可达1500万，其中三分之二将发生在发展中国家。 概念 恶性肿瘤流行病学主要研究恶性肿瘤在人群的分布及其影响因素，探索病因，制定相应的防治措施并对这些措施加以评价。 Definition (1) Cancer epidemiology is the study of the pattern of cancer in populations. (2) Its essential aim is to identify causes of cancer, including preventable (avoidable) causes and inherited tumor susceptibility. (3) It is also play an critical role in many other areas of cancer research including evaluation of screening effect