Oncology | T&F

Excluding cancers related to the sex organs, cancer incidence and mortality rates are the same between in males and females.

Smoking is the second-biggest cause of cancer.

It’s estimated that four out of 10 cancers can be prevented through lifestyle behaviour.

X-rays can assist in the diagnosis of cancer.

The ‘Three E’s Theory’ describes the technique used by cancer cells to spread to other parts of the body.

90% of cancer-related deaths are due to metastasis

In 2018, James P Allison and Tasuku Honjo were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of an adoptive cell transfer technique.

Vaccines can be used to both prevent and treat cancer

Chemotherapy is cancer cell-specific.

Ipilimumab is a checkpoint inhibitor.