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| Swann A AdamsSummaryAffiliation: University of South Carolina Country: USA Publications
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Racial disparities in breast cancer mortality in a multiethnic cohort in the SoutheastSwann Arp Adams
College of Nursing, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
Cancer 118:2693-9. 2012..The purpose of this investigation was to examine the association of race and mortality among breast cancer patients in a large cohort residing in South Carolina for which treatment regimens are standardized for all patients...- Association of physical activity with hormone receptor status: the Shanghai Breast Cancer StudySwann Arp Adams
The Cancer Prevention and Control Program and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Carolina, Room 241, 2221 Devine Street, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15:1170-8. 2006..58 and 0.28, respectively). These findings suggest that physical activity may reduce breast cancer risk through both hormonal and nonhormonal pathways... - Racial disparities in cervical cancer mortality in an African American and European American cohort in South CarolinaSwann Arp Adams
USC, 915 Green Street, Room 244, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
J S C Med Assoc 105:237-44. 2009..These findings emphasize the need for intervention into the myriad of factors ranging from the biological and genetic to the environmental and structural barriers impacting cervical cancer mortality... - Breast cancer disparities in South Carolina: early detection, special programs, and descriptive epidemiologySwann Arp Adams
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, The University of South Carolina, 2221 Devine Street, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA
J S C Med Assoc 102:231-9. 2006..g. older age, African-American ethnicity, dense breasts) must be identified and other screening methods promoted within these populations. The above-mentioned mammography registry would support this type of research... - Racial differences in follow-up of abnormal mammography findings among economically disadvantaged womenSwann A Adams
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
Cancer 115:5788-97. 2009..The objective of the current investigation was to examine racial differences in the completion and completion time of a diagnostic workup after the finding of a suspicious breast abnormality... - Cardiorespiratory fitness and digestive cancer mortality: findings from the aerobics center longitudinal studyJ Brent Peel
Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29210, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 18:1111-7. 2009..58 (0.37-0.92)], and liver cancer [0.28 (0.11-0.72)] compared with being unfit (the lowest 20% of CRF). These findings support a protective role of CRF against total digestive tract, colorectal, and liver cancer deaths in men... - Mapping cancer mortality-to-incidence ratios to illustrate racial and sex disparities in a high-risk populationJames R Hebert
South Carolina Statewide Cancer Prevention and Control Program, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
Cancer 115:2539-52. 2009..In the US, and particularly in South Carolina, these largely disfavor African Americans (AAs). Computed from readily available data sources, the mortality-to-incidence rate ratio (MIR) provides a population-based indicator of survival... - Influence of cardiorespiratory fitness on lung cancer mortalityXuemei Sui
Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 42:872-8. 2010.... - Breast cancer survival among economically disadvantaged women: the influences of delayed diagnosis and treatment on mortalityEmily Rose Smith
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:2882-90. 2008..These findings highlight the need for future research into the etiology of racial differences, and their impact on breast cancer survival... - Creating a cadre of junior investigators to address the challenges of cancer-related health disparities: lessons learned from the community networks programTisha M Felder
South Carolina Statewide Cancer Prevention and Control Program, University of South Carolina, 915 Greene Street, Suite 200, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA
J Cancer Educ 27:409-17. 2012..This study provides support for the success of the CNP's training program, especially effort directed at underrepresented investigators... 
A prospective study of cardiorespiratory fitness and breast cancer mortalityJ Brent Peel
Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 41:742-8. 2009..Physical activity may protect against breast cancer. Few prospective studies have evaluated breast cancer mortality in relation to cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), an objective marker of physiologic response to physical activity habits...- Interdisciplinary, translational, and community-based participatory research: finding a common language to improve cancer researchJames R Hebert
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 18:1213-7. 2009.... 
Esophageal cancer disparities in South Carolina: early detection, special programs, and descriptive epidemiologyJames R Hebert
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 2221 Devine Street, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA
J S C Med Assoc 102:201-9. 2006..With its large proportion of rural, socioeconomically deprived African Americans, what is learned about esophageal cancer in South Carolina will have national, and perhaps international, relevance...- Subject recruitment for cancer control studies in an adverse environmentSue P Heiney
Palmetto Health South Carolina Cancer Center, Columbia, SC 29203, USA
Cancer Nurs 29:291-9; quiz 300-1. 2006..This approach better directs energy and resources and enhances the ability of the investigator to maintain a broad, less biased perspective... - Evaluation of conceptual framework for recruitment of African American patients with breast cancerSue P Heiney
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
Oncol Nurs Forum 37:E160-7. 2010..To describe the Heiney-Adams Recruitment Framework (H-ARF); to delineate a recruitment plan for a randomized, behavioral trial (RBT) based on H-ARF; and to provide evaluation data on its implementation... - Physical activity levels among overweight and obese adults in South CarolinaSwann A Adams
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Norman J Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
South Med J 96:539-43. 2003..Obesity in the United States has reached epidemic proportions and is a major cause of morbidity and mortality... - The effect of social desirability and social approval on self-reports of physical activitySwann Arp Adams
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29203, USA
Am J Epidemiol 161:389-98. 2005..30, 0.005). Body size was not associated with reporting bias in this study. The authors conclude that social desirability and social approval may influence self-reported physical activity on some survey instruments... - Prostate cancer disparities in South Carolina: early detection, special programs, and descriptive epidemiologyBettina F Drake
Center for Community Based Research, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
J S C Med Assoc 102:241-9. 2006..Collaborative arrangements will be pursued to increase positive outcomes and better futures for South Carolinians...