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Podcast: Anesthesiology News Presents
Episode: New Textbook Addresses Perioperative Cancer Care
Description: Cancer is a major global public health concern that affects all citizens and communities around the world. Globally, the incidence of cancer is predicted to increase by 50% by the year 2030; and during the same period, cancer-related mortality is projected to increase by 60% to 13.1 million deaths worldwide. This increasing trend in cancer-related mortality exists despite a slow but steady decline in cancer-related death rates since the early 1990s in the United States and the Western world.Citizens 65 years of age or older have a cancer incidence rate that is 10 times higher than among younger people, while the mortality...