Global Patterns of Cancer Incidence and Mortality Rates and Trends
Abstract While incidence and mortality rates for most cancers (including lung, colorectum, female breast, and prostate) are decreasing in the United States and many other wester...
Publications
14 shownCancer Statistics, 2008
Each year, the American Cancer Society estimates the number of new cancer cases and deaths expected in the United States in the current year and compiles the most recent data on...
Cancer Disparities by Race/Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status
This article highlights disparities in cancer incidence, mortality, and survival in relation to race/ethnicity, and census data on poverty in the county or census tract of resid...
Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1975–2001, with a special feature regarding survival
Abstract BACKGROUND The American Cancer Society (ACS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Cancer Institute (NCI), and the North American Associat...
Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1975–2004, featuring cancer in American Indians and Alaska Natives
Abstract BACKGROUND. The American Cancer Society, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Cancer Institute, and the North American Association of Central Ca...
Cancer Mortality in the United States by Education Level and Race
Cancer death rates vary considerably by level of education. Identifying groups at high risk of death from cancer by level of education as well as by race may be useful in target...
Trends in Breast Cancer by Race and Ethnicity
In this article, the American Cancer Society (ACS) describes trends in incidence, mortality, and survival rates of female breast cancer in the United States by race and ethnicit...
Recent trends in breast cancer incidence rates by age and tumor characteristics among U.S. women
Abstract Introduction A recent abstract presented in a breast cancer symposium attributed the sharp decrease in female breast cancer incidence rates from 2002 to 2003 in the Sur...
A New Method of Estimating United States and State-level Cancer Incidence Counts for the Current Calendar Year
The American Cancer Society (ACS) has published the estimated number of new cancer cases and deaths in the current year for the United States that are commonly used by cancer co...
A New Method of Predicting US and State-Level Cancer Mortality Counts for the Current Calendar Year
Every January for more than 40 years, the American Cancer Society (ACS) has estimated the total number of cancer deaths that are expected to occur in the United States and indiv...
Cancer Statistics, 2009
Each year, the American Cancer Society estimates the number of new cancer cases and deaths expected in the United States in the current year and compiles the most recent data on...
Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975–2005, Featuring Trends in Lung Cancer, Tobacco Use, and Tobacco Control
Although the decrease in overall cancer incidence and death rates is encouraging, large state and regional differences in lung cancer trends among women underscore the need to m...
Secular Trends in Mortality From Common Cancers in the United States by Educational Attainment, 1993–2001
The recent declines in death rates from major cancers in the United States mainly reflect declines in more highly educated individuals.
Global cancer statistics
The global burden of cancer continues to increase largely because of the aging and growth of the world population alongside an increasing adoption of cancer-causing behaviors, p...
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- 14
- Publications
- 14
- Citations
- 83,569
- Institution
- American Cancer Society
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- 0000-0002-3575-6639
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