Oncology Health Care Informatics Team

I chose the topic on cancer because I have always had a dream of working with the oncology health care informatics team in the future. Cancer has become a major pandemic and I have lost many people I love to cancer. I would also like to provide the help needed to as many cancer patients has I can   

Authors Ahmed Jemal DVM, Kimberly D. Miller and Rebeca L. Siegel wrote the article “Cancer statistics, 2019”. Ahmedin Jemal DVM is the head of the Surveillance & Health Services Research Program and a cancer epidemiologist at American Cancer Society. Dr. Jemal affiliations include etiologic research and focuses on informing public health policies. Kimberly Miller is the senior associate scientist focusing on surveillance research in the American Cancer Society. Her affiliations is to offer statistical support for various publications on cancer and research on cancers associated with infectious agents, geographic disparities, and cancer in young adults and adolescents. Rebecca Siegel the Scientific Director of Surveillance Research and cancer epidemiologist at the American Cancer Society. Her affiliations include authoring about the Cancer statistics articles as well as the Cancer Facts & Figures every year, and directing the manufacturing of seven educational publications. 

The primary question of interest is how preventable cancers can be minimized among populations living in poverty. Cancer is recognized as the major public health concern across the globe and it is ranked the second most cause of death in America. Analysis of the cancer mortality rates based on poverty level in the United States would help to provide estimates on the new cancer cases as well as deaths occurring nationally in each state of America. Having knowledge on population-based data on incidence of cancer helps to offer significant insights on how the preventable cancers can be declined among disadvantaged populations. 

The value of the manuscript is that it offers information regarding why there is an increase in preventable cancers among populations in the poorest countries. The question of interest is worth answering because it offers insights on the significance of applying broader knowledge on cancer control to help improve the cancer cases occurring among the disadvantaged groups. Therefore, the question would help in offering insights on how new incidences of cancer can be addressed to improve the quality of life among poor populations. 

Reference 

Siegel, R.L, Miller, K.D, & Jemal, A. (2019). Cancer statistics, 2019. Retrieved from: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.3322/caac.21551