A nurse is conducting a workshop for a group at a senior center. Which member of the group has the highest statistical risk of developing cancer within the next year?
A) An obese 75-year-old woman
B) An 85-year-old Swedish woman
C) An 85-year-old Italian man
D) A 75-year-old man with a poor diet
B
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Although an individual's risk can only be estimated statistically, the risk of cancer is high for all these persons because age is the highest risk factor. The Swedish woman is probably in the most danger; her fair skin is likely to have been burned at times, increasing her risk of melanoma, and she is at the beginning of the peak age for cancer in women. Obesity and poor diet are risk factors, but the persons in choices A and D are a bit younger. The Italian man probably has darker skin that provided greater protection from the sun than if he were of northern European ancestry; also, he has survived the peak years of cancer in men.
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