Ahmedin Jemal

TL;DR: E ecological data suggest that 10% to 30% of the geographic variation in mortality rates may relate to variations in access to medical care.

TL;DR: The overall cancer mortality disparity is narrowing between Black and White men because of a steeper drop in Black men for lung and prostate cancers, and breast cancer surpassed lung cancer as the leading cause of cancer death among Black women in 2019.

TL;DR: A systematic review and meta-analysis of case-control and prospective cohort studies showed a protective effect of ever breastfeeding against hormone receptor-negative breast cancers, which are more common in younger women and generally have a poorer prognosis than other subtypes of breast cancer.

TL;DR: The American Cancer Society (ACS) provided estimates on the number of new cancer cases and deaths, and compiles health statistics on the US Hispanic population as mentioned in this paper, including cancer incidence, mortality, and behaviors relevant to cancer using the most recent data on incidence from the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Surveillance, Epidemiolgy, and End Results (SEER) Program, mortality data from National Center for Health Statistics, and behavioral information from the Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), YRBSS, and National Health Interview Survey [NHIS].)

TL;DR: The highest PAF among men was smoking in all 31 provinces, whereas among women it varied among low fruit intake (14 provinces), hepatitis B virus infection (seven provinces), smoking (six provinces), excess bodyweight (three provinces), and human papilloma virus infection(one province).