Question

Suppose a highly effective new drug is discovered for treating a form of rapidly fatal cancer. Which of the following rates would be least affected by the widespread use of this drug?
a. five-year survival rate for this type of cancer
b. prevalence rate for this type of cancer
c. incidence rate for this type of cancer
d. mortality rate for this type of cancer

Answer 1

Answer:

c. incidence rate for this type of cancer

Explanation:

So, we have treated the fatal type of cancer but the treatment has to do nothing with the incidence or chances of that cancer to happen. That's because we haven't treated the cause of the disease but we surely treated the complication causes by the cause.