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| S S DevesaSummaryAffiliation: National Institutes of Health Country: USA Publications
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International lung cancer trends by histologic type: male:female differences diminishing and adenocarcinoma rates risingSusan S Devesa
Biostatistics Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Int J Cancer 117:294-9. 2005..Renewed efforts toward cessation and prevention are mandatory to curb the prevalence of cigarette smoking and to reduce lung cancer rates eventually...- Cancer surveillance series: changing geographic patterns of lung cancer mortality in the United States, 1950 through 1994S S Devesa
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 91:1040-50. 1999..We have updated these maps to track the changing patterns and to provide further clues to the determinants of lung cancer... - Rising incidence of renal cell cancer in the United StatesW H Chow
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7240, USA
JAMA 281:1628-31. 1999..Clinical surveys have revealed that incidental detection of renal cell carcinoma is rising because of increased use of imaging procedures... - International trends and patterns of prostate cancer incidence and mortalityA W Hsing
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20852 7234, USA
Int J Cancer 85:60-7. 2000.... - Cancer surveillance series: changing patterns of cutaneous malignant melanoma mortality rates among whites in the United StatesA Jemal
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 92:811-8. 2000..In this study, we describe the changing patterns of melanoma mortality rates among whites by demographic factors and geography and further assess the relationship between the geographic patterns and the UV radiation (UV-B) level... - Rising incidence of biliary tract cancers in Shanghai, ChinaA W Hsing
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7368, USA
Int J Cancer 75:368-70. 1998..The increase in incidence was seen for all 3 subsites, both sexes, and all age groups. Future studies are needed to identify reasons for the large increases in these rates... 
Oesophageal cancer incidence in the United States by race, sex, and histologic type, 1977-2005M B Cook
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Department of Health and Human Services, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20852 7234, USA
Br J Cancer 101:855-9. 2009....- Cancer surveillance series: recent trends in childhood cancer incidence and mortality in the United StatesM S Linet
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7238, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 91:1051-8. 1999..Public concern about possible increases in childhood cancer incidence in the United States led us to examine recent incidence and mortality patterns... - Recent trends in cutaneous melanoma incidence among whites in the United StatesA Jemal
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 93:678-83. 2001.... - Declining incidence is greater for esophageal than gastric cancer in Shanghai, People's Republic of ChinaW Zheng
National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Etiology, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
Br J Cancer 68:978-82. 1993..2/100,000. The patterns varied by age, with declines among persons 45-64 years and increases among those in older and younger age groups. The determinants of these trends are not clear, but appear related in part to dietary changes... - Alternate ranging methods for cancer mortality mapsD J Grauman
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 92:534-43. 2000..We examined the consequences of using different ranging methods when comparing maps over several time intervals... - Mobile phone use and glioma risk: comparison of epidemiological study results with incidence trends in the United StatesM P Little
Radiation Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD 20852 7238, USA
BMJ 344:e1147. 2012.... - Using a mixed effects model to estimate geographic variation in cancer ratesG A Pennello
Biostatistics Branch, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland 20892, USA
Biometrics 55:774-81. 1999..We compare these estimates with other measures of variability. Several examples suggest that the RRSD estimates have advantages compared to other measures of variability... - Retinoblastoma incidence and sunlight exposureA Jemal
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD 20892, USA
Br J Cancer 82:1875-8. 2000.... - International trends and patterns of primary liver cancerK A McGlynn
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA. mcglynnkmail.nih.gov
Int J Cancer 94:290-6. 2001..Further progress against PLC may be seen in the developing world once the HBV-vaccinated segment of the population reaches adulthood. Published 2001 Wiley-Liss, Inc... - Descriptive epidemiology of childhood leukaemiaM S Linet
Analytic Studies Section, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
Br J Cancer 63:424-9. 1991.... - Assessing the impact of screening mammography: Breast cancer incidence and mortality rates in Connecticut (1943-2002)William F Anderson
Biostatistics Branch, Principal Investigator, DHHS NIH NCI Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, EPS, Room 8036, 6120 Executive Blvd, Rockville, MD 20852 7244, USA
Breast Cancer Res Treat 99:333-40. 2006..Though the ultimate goal of screening is to reduce breast cancer deaths, the immediate goal is to detect and treat early-stage tumors before they pose a threat to life... - Emerging and widening colorectal carcinoma disparities between Blacks and Whites in the United States (1975-2002)Kimberly Irby
School of Public Health and Health Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15:792-7. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: CRC racial disparities have emerged and widened for three decades. These temporal trends probably reflect complicated racial differences between screening practice patterns and etiologic factors... - Inter- and intra-ethnic differences for female breast carcinoma incidence in the continental United States and in the state of HawaiiMegan Fong
School of Public Health and Health Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
Breast Cancer Res Treat 97:57-65. 2006..Future studies should attempt to disaggregate racial data to separately characterize epidemiological patterns for individual ethnic groups... - Impact of hysterectomy on endometrial carcinoma rates in the United StatesMark E Sherman
Hormonal and Reproductive Epidemiology, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 97:1700-2. 2005..The high prevalence of hysterectomy among blacks with strong endometrial cancer risk factors may partly account for lower cancer rates in this group... - Breast cancer trends among black and white women in the United StatesIsmail Jatoi
Department of Surgery, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
J Clin Oncol 23:7836-41. 2005..Calendar period mortality trends reflect the effects of new medical interventions, whereas birth cohort mortality trends reflect alterations in risk factors... - Cutaneous lymphomas reported to the National Cancer Institute's surveillance, epidemiology, and end results program: applying the new WHO-European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer classification systemGraca M Dores
J Clin Oncol 23:7246-8. 2005 - Lymphoma incidence patterns by WHO subtype in the United States, 1992-2001Lindsay M Morton
Hormonal and Reproductive Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS, 6120 Executive Blvd, EPS 7055, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Blood 107:265-76. 2006..We conclude that the striking differences in incidence patterns by histologic subtype strongly suggest that there is etiologic heterogeneity among lymphoid neoplasms and support the pursuit of epidemiologic analysis by subtype... - Rapidly increasing incidence of ocular non-hodgkin lymphomaRoxana Moslehi
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, MD, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 98:936-9. 2006..By contrast, other NHLs showed evidence of peaking in recent years. The distinctive patterns of ocular NHL call for further studies to identify risk factors and mechanisms, including the potential role of C. psittaci or other infections... - Incidence patterns of soft tissue sarcomas, regardless of primary site, in the surveillance, epidemiology and end results program, 1978-2001: An analysis of 26,758 casesJorge R Toro
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892 7231, USA
Int J Cancer 119:2922-30. 2006..Incidence patterns of STS varied markedly by histologic type, supporting the notion that these tumors may be etiologically distinct... - Interpreting the international trends in testicular seminoma and nonseminoma incidenceFreddie Bray
Cancer Registry of Norway, Institute of Population Based Cancer Research, Montebello, N 0310 Oslo, Norway
Nat Clin Pract Urol 3:532-43. 2006..The findings presented are related to current theories and evidence regarding the determinants of testicular germ cell cancer... - Rising prostate cancer rates in South KoreaSue Kyung Park
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, USA
Prostate 66:1285-91. 2006..Prostate cancer incidence and mortality rates in South Korea are relatively low, but rising steadily... - Incidence of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus among white Americans by sex, stage, and ageLinda Morris Brown
Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 100:1184-7. 2008..74 per 100,000 person-years (95% CI = 0.67 to 0.81), over the same time period. Adenocarcinoma rates rose among white men and women in all stage and age groups, indicating that these increases are real and not an artifact of surveillance... 
Cutaneous soft tissue sarcoma incidence patterns in the U.S. : an analysis of 12,114 casesPanta Rouhani
Genetic Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 7231, USA
Cancer 113:616-27. 2008..Cutaneous soft tissue sarcomas (CSTS) are a heterogeneous group of mesenchymal neoplasms. To the authors' knowledge, no prior large, population-based study has focused on CSTS...- Re: Nguyen MM, Ellison LM: Testicular cancer patterns in Asian-American males: an opportunity for public health education to impact outcomes (Urology 66: 606-609, 2005) and Gajendran VK, Nguyen M, Ellison LM: Testicular cancer patterns in African-AmericanKatherine A McGlynn
Urology 71:356-7. 2008 - Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and small lymphocytic lymphoma: overview of the descriptive epidemiologyGraca M Dores
Radiation Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Department of Health and Human Services DHHS, National Cancer Institute NCI, National Institutes of Health NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
Br J Haematol 139:809-19. 2007..Avenues of future research include assessment of delayed- and under-reporting to cancer registries and exploration of race, gender, and age effects in epidemiological studies... - Qualitative age interactions (or effect modification) suggest different cancer pathways for early-onset and late-onset breast cancersWilliam F Anderson
Biostatistics Branch, DHHS NIH NCI DCEG, EPS, Bethesda, MD 20892 7244, USA
Cancer Causes Control 18:1187-98. 2007..Prior to 1999-2000, breast cancer incidence rates had risen for decades, though more among older than younger women... - Trends in testicular germ cell tumours by ethnic group in the United StatesMona N Shah
United States Military Cancer Institute, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
Int J Androl 30:206-13; discussion 213-4. 2007..These data suggest that rates are increasing among Hispanic white men and black men, but are stabilizing among white men and API/AIAN men. The peak of the TGCT epidemic may have been reached in these latter groups... - Early- and late-onset breast cancer types among women in the United States and JapanRayna K Matsuno
Biostatistics Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, 6120 Executive Boulevard, Room 8105, Rockville, MD 20852 7244, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 16:1437-42. 2007.... - Estimating age-specific breast cancer risks: a descriptive tool to identify age interactionsWilliam F Anderson
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health, Executive Plaza South 8070, 6120 Executive Plaza Blvd, Rockville, MD 20892 7242, USA
Cancer Causes Control 18:439-47. 2007..Clarifying age-specific female breast cancer risks and interactions may provide important etiologic clues... - In situ male breast carcinoma in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database of the National Cancer InstituteWilliam F Anderson
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland 20852 3342, USA
Cancer 104:1733-41. 2005..In situ breast carcinoma is not so well characterized for men as for women... - Increasing incidence of testicular germ cell tumors among black men in the United StatesKatherine A McGlynn
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, 6120 Executive Blvd, Rm 7060, Rockville, MD 20852 7234, USA
J Clin Oncol 23:5757-61. 2005..However, a recent examination of ethnic-specific rates suggested that the incidence among black men may have begun to change in the 1990s... - Trends in inflammatory breast carcinoma incidence and survival: the surveillance, epidemiology, and end results program at the National Cancer InstituteKenneth W Hance
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Washington, DC, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 97:966-75. 2005..We examined incidence and survival trends for IBC in Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program data with a case definition designed to capture many of its unique clinical and pathologic characteristics... - Lung cancer rates convergence in young men and women in the United States: analysis by birth cohort and histologic typeAhmedin Jemal
Epidemiology and Surveillance Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA 30329 4251, USA
Int J Cancer 105:101-7. 2003.... - Trends in U.S. pleural mesothelioma incidence rates following simian virus 40 contamination of early poliovirus vaccinesHoward D Strickler
Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 95:38-45. 2003..We examined the relationship between SV40-contaminated poliovirus vaccine exposure and subsequent rates of pleural mesothelioma in the United States... - Trends in the incidence of testicular germ cell tumors in the United StatesKatherine A McGlynn
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Boulevard, Room 7060, Bethesda, MD 20892 7234, USA
Cancer 97:63-70. 2003..This study was conducted to examine whether rates among white men in the United States have begun to stabilize and whether rates among black men in the United States have remained low... - Incidence patterns of invasive and borderline ovarian tumors among white women and black women in the United States. Results from the SEER Program, 1978-1998Pamela J Mink
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA
Cancer 95:2380-9. 2002..The possible effect of shifting exposure prevalence on incidence patterns warrants further study... - Epidemiologic trends in esophageal and gastric cancer in the United StatesLinda Morris Brown
Biostatistics Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Blvd, Room 8026, MSC 7244, Bethesda, MD 20892 7244, USA
Surg Oncol Clin N Am 11:235-56. 2002..Contributing factors are less clear for the rising incidence rates of GCA during the 1970s and 1980s. These incidence rates have not continued to rise in recent years... - A geographic analysis of prostate cancer mortality in the United States, 1970-89Ahmedin Jemal
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
Int J Cancer 101:168-74. 2002.... - Trends in Kaposi's sarcoma and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma incidence in the United States from 1973 through 1998Mohamed A Eltom
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 94:1204-10. 2002..Notably, non-AIDS-associated NHL incidence has continued to increase steadily through 1998... - Oral cavity and pharynx cancer incidence rates in the United States, 1975-1998Maria Teresa Canto
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, DER, 45 Center Drive, Building 45, Room 4AN24K, Bethesda, MD 20892 6401, USA
Oral Oncol 38:610-7. 2002..Findings suggest that OCP cancers may be separated into SCC of the lip, SCC of the oral cavity, SCC of the pharynx, AC, and KS... - Trends in the incidence of ocular melanoma in the United States, 1974-1998Peter D Inskip
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892 7238, USA
Cancer Causes Control 14:251-7. 2003..A recent report noted a fourfold risk of ocular melanoma associated with employment in occupations involving use of cellular telephones... - Analysis of racial differences in incidence, survival, and mortality for malignant tumors of the uterine corpusMark E Sherman
Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Cancer 98:176-86. 2003..Reasons for the higher level of mortality among blacks have been debated... - Is male breast cancer similar or different than female breast cancer?William F Anderson
NCI Division of Cancer Prevention, Bethesda, MD 20892 7317, USA
Breast Cancer Res Treat 83:77-86. 2004..To determine if male breast carcinogenesis was similar to its more common female counterpart, we compared incidence patterns among men and women with breast cancer... - Distinct breast cancer incidence and prognostic patterns in the NCI's SEER program: suggesting a possible link between etiology and outcomeWilliam F Anderson
DHHS NIH NCI Division of Cancer Prevention, EPN Suite 2144, 6130 Executive Blvd, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
Breast Cancer Res Treat 90:127-37. 2005..Standard tumor characteristics are used to predict initial relapse or death, but their ability to estimate long-term patterns of failure may be limited... - Global trends in breast cancer incidence and mortality 1973-1997Michelle D Althuis
Hormone and Reproductive Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Boulevard, EPS MSC 7234, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Int J Epidemiol 34:405-12. 2005..Future studies assessing the combined contributions of both environmental and hereditary factors may provide explanations for worldwide differences in incidence and mortality rates... - International patterns and trends in testis cancer incidenceMark P Purdue
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7240, USA
Int J Cancer 115:822-7. 2005..Rates appear to be leveling off in some populations. The increases in testis cancer remain unexplained, although changes in the prevalence of important risk factors for this disease may be responsible... - Mortality trends for cervical squamous and adenocarcinoma in the United States. Relation to incidence and survivalMark E Sherman
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20892 7374, USA
Cancer 103:1258-64. 2005..To make inferences about the effectiveness of screening, the authors assessed mortality trends for squamous and adenocarcinoma in relation to incidence of these tumors, incidence of their precursors and survival... - Breast carcinoma in menWilliam F Anderson
Cancer 103:432-3; author reply 433. 2005 - Distinct incidence patterns among in situ and invasive breast carcinomas,with possible etiologic implicationsWilliam F Anderson
DHHS NIH NCI Division of Cancer Prevention, EPN, Suite 2141, 6130 Executive Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Breast Cancer Res Treat 88:149-59. 2004..Incidence patterns are well-established for invasive breast carcinoma (InvBC) overall and for InvBC defined by estrogen receptor (ER) expression, but are not as well-defined for breast carcinoma in situ (CIS)... - Probabilities of death from breast cancer and other causes among female breast cancer patientsCatherine Schairer
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 96:1311-21. 2004..We used data on breast cancer patients from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program in a competing-risk analysis... - Cervical cancer screening among U.S. women: analyses of the 2000 National Health Interview SurveyMaria Hewitt
National Cancer Policy Board, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC 20001, USA
Prev Med 39:270-8. 2004..Cervical cancer screening is not fully utilized among all groups of women in the United States, especially women without access to health care and older women... - Recent trends in breast cancer incidence and mortalityJames V Lacey
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Environ Mol Mutagen 39:82-8. 2002..Continued analysis of international and intranational trends may reveal targets for multidisciplinary intervention and prevention efforts... - Re: Rising incidence of small renal masses: a need to reassess treatment effectWong-Ho Chow
J Natl Cancer Inst 99:569-70; author reply 570-1. 2007 - The association of blood lead level and cancer mortality among whites in the United StatesAhmedin Jemal
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA
Environ Health Perspect 110:325-9. 2002..In conclusion, individuals with blood lead levels in the range of NHANES II do not appear to have increased risk of cancer mortality...