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Ahmedin Jemal
Researcher at American Cancer Society
Publications - 568
Citations - 492750
Ahmedin Jemal is an academic researcher from American Cancer Society. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cancer & Population. The author has an hindex of 132, co-authored 500 publications receiving 380474 citations. Previous affiliations of Ahmedin Jemal include Centers for Disease Control and Prevention & Emory University.
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Selected cancers with increasing mortality rates by educational attainment in 26 states in the United States, 1993–2007
TL;DR: The recent increase in mortality rates for liver, esophagus, and pancreatic cancers in non-Hispanic whites and for liver cancer inNon-Hispanic blacks reflects increases among those with lower education levels, with steeper increases in the least educated group.
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State-Level Uterine Corpus Cancer Incidence Rates Corrected for Hysterectomy Prevalence, 2004 to 2008
TL;DR: Failure to adjust uterine cancer incidence rates for hysterectomy prevalence distorts true geographic and racial patterns and substantially underestimates the disease burden, particularly for Southern states.
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Survival impact of postoperative therapy modalities according to margin status in non–small cell lung cancer patients in the United States
Matthew P. Smeltzer,Chun Chieh Lin,Feng-Ming Spring Kong,Ahmedin Jemal,Raymond U. Osarogiagbon +4 more
TL;DR: NCCN adjuvant therapy guidelines after complete resection, based on high‐level evidence, are validated, but not guidelines for patients with incompletely resected early‐stage NSCLC, which are based on low-level evidence.
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Comparing cancer screening estimates: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and National Health Interview Survey
TL;DR: Despite higher prevalence estimates in BRFSS compared to NHIS, each survey has a unique and important role in providing information to track cancer screening utilization among various populations.
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Widening Educational Disparities in Premature Death Rates in Twenty Six States in the United States, 1993–2007
TL;DR: Relative educational differentials in mortality continued to widen among men and women despite emphasis on reducing disparities in the U.S. despite recent trends in mortality by education among working-aged populations.