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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Cancer registries"”.
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Cluster Analysis: Algorithms, Hazards and Small Area Relative Survival
… the analysis of datasets routinely collected by cancer registries. This involved a review of existing algorithms and their application in studies of spatial and temporal variations in cancer rates. As a result of continuing public and scientific concern there has been an increase in the numbers …
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Cancer reporting: timeliness analysis and process reengineering
Introduction: Cancer registries collect tumor-related data to monitor incident rates and support population-based research. A common concern with using population-based registry data for research is reporting timeliness. Data timeliness have been recognized as an important data characteristic by …
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Human papillomaviruses in skin cancer and cervical cancer
… papillomavirus (HPV) and development of cervical cancer is well established. In contrast, the significance of infections with cutaneous HPV for development of non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) is not well understood. We have evaluated whether seropositivity to cutaneous HPV is a marker for cutaneous …
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Vegetarian Dietary Patterns: Mortality, Colorectal Cancer, and Food Consumption
… for all-cause mortality and colorectal cancer risk, have yielded inconsistent results. We sought to examine these outcomes (mortality and colorectal cancer incidence) in a large North-American cohort. We also sought to further characterize potentially important differences in the food …
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Relationship between Industry and Occupation with Cancer Using the Illinois BRFSS Survey (2018 to 2022)
Occupational cancers (OCs) are one of the major reasons for the increase in global cancer burden, emphasizing the need for surveillance and prevention. We investigated the association between industry, occupation, and self-reported cancer prevalence among working civilians in Illinois, using …
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Factors affecting radiotherapy utilization in NSW and ACT 2004-06: a data linkage and geographical information system study
… et al estimated that more than half of all cancer patients should receive radiotherapy (RT) at some point during the course of the disease if every appropriate patient were treated according to the recommendations of evidence-based treatment guidelines. Actual RTU rates are usually lower …
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Exploring the Unique Characteristics of Cancer in Adolescents and Young Adults in Tennessee
… and Young Adults (AYAs) ages 15-39 years with cancer have received little attention in the medical and health fields, resulting in a lack of progress for this age group. Little is known about the unique biologic, epidemiologic, and psychosocial issues that play an integral role in the AYA …
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Incidence of cancer among residents of high temperature geothermal areas in Iceland: A census based study 1981 to 2010
… and radon, is associated with the risk of cancer. Design: Observational cohort study where the population of a high temperature geothermal area (35 707 person years) was compared with the population of a cold, non-geothermal area (571 509 person years). The follow up from 1981 to 2010 was …
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Evaluating The Utility of Clinical Criteria For The Identification of Lynch Syndrome Among Endometrial Cancer Patients
<p>Background: Lynch Syndrome (LS) is a familial cancer syndrome with a high prevalence of colorectal and endometrial carcinomas among affected family members. Clinical criteria, developed from information obtained from familial colorectal cancer registries, have been generated to identify …
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Oral and Oropharyngeal Cancer - Aspects on Epidemiology and Prognostic Markers
Head and neck cancer is a heterogeneous group of tumours, although histopathologically, >95% are squamous cell carcinomas (SCC). Some tumours respond better to therapy than others. Not enough is known to predict the outcome and tailor individualised treatment. Although one of the main risk factors, …
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Life Style, Molecular Pathology, and Breast Cancer Risk
The breast cancer diagnosis covers a wide range of tumours with different geno- and phenotypic characteristics. The diversity among studies on life-style factors and their impact on breast cancer risk might be clarified by recognizing breast cancer as a heterogeneous disease. A major aim of this …
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Developing an integrated MDT service model for the management of patients with lung cancer
… a strategic framework for the delivery of cancer care by creating a network of cancer care centres in England and Wales to enable patients to receive a uniformly high standard of care. The report acknowledged the fact that although the evidence on optimal cancer care used to prepare the …
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Human Papillomavirus Infections and Human Papillomavirus Associated Diseases in Nigeria: Distribution, Determinants and Control
… a necessary but insufficient cause of cervical cancer. Behavioural, viral and host factors modulate the risk of HPV persistence. In this thesis, I explore the role of the vaginal microbiota, a host factor and the presence of multiple HPV infections, a viral factor in HPV persistence. Considering …
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Disparities in breast cancer subtype, staging, and access to mammography services in the Lower Mississippi Delta Region
… as a whole. It also has far higher breast cancer mortality rates than the nation. Black women in the Region have higher breast cancer mortality rates than white women in the Delta Region and have higher breast cancer mortality rates than black women in other parts of the country. More …
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PROGRESS IN CANCER INCIDENCE, MORTALITY, AND SURVIVAL
Cancer mortality has declined over the last three decades in most high-income countries reflecting improvements in cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatments, and management. However, there are persisting and substantial differences in mortality, incidence, and survival worldwide. Using the World …