Ahmedin Jemal

..Continued progress in the control of breast cancer will require sustained and increased efforts to provide high-quality screening, diagnosis, and treatment to all segments of the population...

..Further progress can be accelerated by supporting new discoveries and by applying existing cancer control knowledge across all segments of the population...

..This year's report includes incidence trends for human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cancers and HPV vaccination (recommended for adolescents aged 11-12 years)...

..Mortality rates continue to increase for liver, esophagus, and pancreatic cancers in non-Hispanic whites and for liver cancer in non-Hispanic blacks. However, the extent to which trends vary by socioeconomic status (SES) is unknown...

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..Sustaining the downward trend beyond 2025 will require continued reductions in smoking initiation among children and increases in cessation among addicted smokers...

..S. This year's report features a special section on cancer survival...

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..Increasing cutaneous melanoma incidence rates in the United States have been attributed to heightened detection of thin (≤ 1-mm) lesions...

..The decrease in overall death rates in the United States may mask changes in death rates from specific conditions...

..Furthermore, no previous studies have examined comprehensively the relationship of education to cause-specific and all-cause mortality in the three largest racial or ethnic groups in the United States using national data...

..We evaluated state trends in lung cancer death rates among young adults in relation to an index of state tobacco control activities and conventional indices of current smoking and cessation...

..We examined temporal trends in death rates from all-cancer and the 19 most common cancers in the United States from 1970-2006...

..This year's report includes trends in lung cancer incidence and death rates, tobacco use, and tobacco control by state of residence...

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..In conclusion, individuals with blood lead levels in the range of NHANES II do not appear to have increased risk of cancer mortality...

..S., largely because cardiovascular death rates decreased more slowly in lower than in higher socioeconomic groups. However, no studies have examined trends in inequalities using recent US national data...

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..These findings suggest that if current smoking trends in the young continue, racial differences in overall lung cancer rates in men will be eliminated in the next 40 to 50 years...

..This report updates statistics on lung, female breast, prostate, and colorectal cancers and highlights the uses of selected surveillance data to assist development of state-based cancer control plans...

..This year's report updates statistics on the 15 most common cancers in the five major racial/ethnic populations in the United States for 1992-2002 and features population-based trends in cancer treatment...

..We examined relationships among race, education level, and mortality from cancers of the lung, breast, prostate, colon and rectum, and all sites combined in contemporary US vital statistics...

..Further progress can be accelerated by supporting new discoveries and by applying existing cancer control knowledge across all segments of the population...

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..We used national data to examine these trends in relation to educational attainment...

..Progress in reducing the burden of suffering and death from cancer can be accelerated by applying existing cancer control knowledge across all segments of the population...

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..Differences in risk factors and early detection testing among Hispanic groups should be considered in clinical settings and for cancer control planning...

..Continued efforts are needed to increase the availability of high-quality mammography and treatment to all segments of the population...

..The current study was undertaken to evaluate the spatiotemporal projection models applied by the American Cancer Society to predict the number of new cancer cases...

..Strategies for reducing cancer risk among Hispanics include increasing utilization of screening and available vaccines, as well as implementing effective interventions to reduce obesity, alcohol consumption, and tobacco use...

..Understanding the burden of melanoma in this age group is important to identifying areas for etiologic research and in developing effective prevention approaches aimed at reducing melanoma risk...

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..This year's report contained a special feature focusing on implications of age and aging on the U.S. cancer burden...

..Further progress can be accelerated by applying existing cancer control knowledge across all segments of the population and by supporting new discoveries in cancer prevention, early detection, and treatment...

..Opportunities to reduce cancer disparities exist in prevention (reductions in tobacco use, physical inactivity, and obesity), early detection (mammography, colorectal screening, Pap tests), treatment, and palliative care...

..The aim of this study was to examine temporal trends in HIV mortality by sex, race/ethnicity, and individual level of education (as a proxy for socioeconomic status)...

..Progress in reducing the burden of suffering and death from cancer can be accelerated by applying existing cancer control knowledge across all segments of the population...

..Monotonically increasing risks for excess body weight were also observed for deaths from cancer and CVD. The associations found in this young cohort were much stronger than those in middle-aged or older populations...

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..We analyzed trends in colorectal cancer incidence rates from 1992-2004 by area socioeconomic status, race, gender and stage at diagnosis...

..However, the extent to which the decrease varies by age, race/ethnicity, and differences in access to medical care is largely unknown...

..Such data are needed to quantify the risks associated with smoking and to understand racial and sex disparities and temporal trends that are due to factors other than active smoking...

..In spite of the continued decline in cancer death rates in the most recent time period, the total number of recorded cancer deaths in the United States continues to increase slightly due to the aging and expanding population...

..This year's report highlights the increased cancer risk associated with excess weight (overweight or obesity) and lack of sufficient physical activity (<150 minutes of physical activity per week)...

..Wide variation exists internationally for prostate cancer (PCa) rates due to differences in detection practices, treatment, and lifestyle and genetic factors...

..We examined whether this mortality pattern varies by stage at diagnosis...

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..To examine how temporal trends in age-standardized female breast cancer death rates vary by state and race...

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..The extent to which these disparities reflect unequal access to health care versus other factors is an active area of research...

..Continued progress in the control of breast cancer will require sustained and increased efforts to provide high-quality screening, diagnosis, and treatment to all segments of the population...

..Differences in cancer burden among Asian American ethnic groups should be considered in the clinical setting and in cancer control planning...

..Further progress can be accelerated by applying existing cancer control knowledge across all segments of the population, with an emphasis on those groups in the lowest socioeconomic bracket and other underserved populations...

..The authors examined trends in cervical cancer mortality rates and the risk of late-stage diagnoses by SES...

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..To contribute to this discourse from an alternative perspective, we analyzed high-quality surveillance data to report on recent trends in population-based colorectal cancer incidence rates by tumor location in the United States...

..Further progress can be accelerated by applying existing cancer control knowledge across all segments of the population, with an emphasis on those groups in the lowest socioeconomic bracket...

..We examine the association between recent changes in smoking prevalence and state-specific tobacco control policies and activities in the entire U.S...

..Progress in reducing the burden from cancer can be accelerated by applying existing cancer control knowledge into practice among all segments of the population...

..The variation according to risk factors provides strong evidence that much of cancer is caused by environmental factors and is potentially avoidable...

..Examination of the relationship between melanoma and SES at the national level in the United States is limited. Expanding knowledge of this association is needed to improve early detection and eliminate disparities...

..To evaluate overall trends in melanoma mortality rates among non-Hispanic whites by educational level.Design: Descriptive study...

..S. The 2007 report features a comprehensive compilation of cancer information for American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN)...

..At the state level, the accuracy of the two methods was comparable. Based on these results, the ACS has elected to use the new method for the annual prediction of the number of cancer deaths at the national and state levels...

..In this review, we describe these changing global incidence and mortality patterns for select common cancers and the opportunities for cancer prevention in developing countries...

..Extending health insurance coverage to all women is likely to have an effect on reducing racial disparities in the development of breast cancers with poor prognostic factors...

..In addition, we present breast cancer incidence trends for NH black and Hispanic women and postmenopausal hormone use for all three racial/ethnic groups...

..In the state, male lung cancer death rates are showing a per year annual decline following a peak in the early 1990s. Such recent declines could be mostly attributed to tobacco control efforts over the past 40 years...

..Clinicians, public health professionals, and policy makers can play an active role in accelerating the application of such interventions globally...

..A study was undertaken to evaluate the temporal projection methods that are applied by the American Cancer Society to predict 4-year-ahead projections...

..Despite the continued decline in cancer death rates, the total number of recorded cancer deaths in the United States continues to increase slightly due to the aging and expanding population...

..These rates may be useful in communicating to legislators and policy makers about the cancer burden and potential impact of cancer control in their jurisdictions...

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..Further progress can be accelerated by applying existing cancer control knowledge across all segments of the population and by supporting new discoveries in cancer prevention, early detection, and treatment...

..Various screening options for colorectal cancer are available and further international consideration of targeted screening programs and/or recommendations could help alleviate the burden of colorectal cancer worldwide...

..However, no study has examined the worldwide pattern using the most recently updated incidence data from the IARC...

..This study examined subsite-specific colorectal cancer incidence rates and stage distributions for Asians and Pacific Islanders (API) and compared the API data with data for Whites and African Americans...

..Notably, non-AIDS-associated NHL incidence has continued to increase steadily through 1998...

..Coordinated efforts to improve early detection and treatment for all segments of the population are essential to eliminate racial disparities in cancer mortality...

..Given links between obesity and cancer, we estimated incident cancer burden due to overweight and obesity at the state level in the United States...

..To describe the use of treatment for tobacco dependence in relation to insurance status and advice from a healthcare provider in a population-based national sample interviewed in 2000...

..Similar trends in cancer incidence and mortality have been reported in other industrialized countries. Possible reasons for these trends are discussed...

..Further studies are necessary to elucidate causes for this trend and identify potential prevention and early detection strategies...

..Foremost among these are the need to strengthen efforts in international tobacco control and to increase the availability of vaccines against hepatitis B and human papilloma virus in countries where they are most needed...

..This study examines disease severity among patients ages 18 to 99 from the National Cancer Database (NCDB)...

..However, no study has systematically examined the international pattern using the most recently updated incidence data from the International Agency for Research on Cancer...

..The objective of the current study was to investigate the trends in increasing incidence of differentiated (papillary and follicular) thyroid cancer by size, age, race, and sex...

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..The purpose of this study was to examine age-specific cancer incidence patterns among adolescents and young adults (ages 15--49)...

..S. cancer information, this year featuring the first comprehensive compilation of cancer information for U.S. Latinos...

..The current report was the largest in-depth descriptive analysis of incidence of noncutaneous melanoma in the United States, using data from the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries...