Related Experiment Video
Updated: Aug 14, 2026

Global and Current Research Trends of Single-Cell Sequencing in Cancer: A Bibliometric and Visualization Study
Published on: April 18, 2025
Epidemiology of cancer in the United States
Shanita Williams-Brown1, Gopal K Singh
1Department of Community Health & Preventive Medicine, National Center for Primary Care, Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Dr SW, Atlanta, GA 30310-1495, USA. swbrown@msm.edu
Objectives:
To describe the epidemiology of cancer in the United States-risk factors, trends, and recent patterns of disparities in cancer incidence, mortality, and survival.
Data Sources:
Published articles, research reports and monographs, book chapters, government publications, and machine-readable public-use data files.
Conclusion:
The discipline of cancer epidemiology has greatly increased our understanding of cancer risk, morbidity and mortality, survival, trends over time, and disparities in cancer treatment and outcomes.
Implications For Nursing Practice:
Nursing can use epidemiologic tools to reduce the suffering and death caused by cancer and improve the quality of life for cancer survivors.
Related Concept Videos
Cancer Prevention
Some...
Cancer Prevention
Some...
Cancer Survival Analysis
Statistical Methods for Analyzing Epidemiological Data
Cancer
Introduction to Epidemiology