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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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An overview of the cancer burden for primary care physicians.
TL;DR: The basic terms used to measure incidence, mortality, and relative survival, and considerations that influence the interpretation of cancer trends are described; opportunities to accelerate progress in reducing cancer incidence and death rates are identified.
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Colorectal Cancer Screening Initiation After Age 50 Years in an Organized Program
Stacey A. Fedewa,Stacey A. Fedewa,Douglas A. Corley,Christopher D. Jensen,Wei Zhao,Michael Goodman,Ahmedin Jemal,Kevin C. Ward,Theodore R. Levin,Chyke A. Doubeni +9 more
TL;DR: CRC screening uptake was high among newly screening-eligible adults in an organized CRC screening program, but Hispanics were less likely to initiate screening near age 50 years than non-Hispanic whites, suggesting that cultural and other individual-level barriers not addressed within the program likely contribute.
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Temporal Trends in and Factors Associated With Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy Among US Men With Breast Cancer.
TL;DR: A nationwide population-based cancer database, the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries, is used to examine the temporal trends in and the factors associated with CPM among men who received a diagnosis of unilateral invasive breast cancer.
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Patterns of Coverage Gains Among Young Adult Cancer Patients Following the Affordable Care Act
TL;DR: Temporal patterns of ACA policies’ impact on insurance coverage gains likely affect patterns of receipt of cancer care and should be considered when evaluating the impact of health policies.
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When disaster strikes: The role of disaster planning and management in cancer care delivery.
Liora Sahar,Leticia Nogueira,Isaac Ashkenazi,Ahmedin Jemal,K. Robin Yabroff,J. Leonard Lichtenfeld +5 more
TL;DR: People with chronic conditions have only recently been recognized in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction as an “at-risk population” during a disaster, and this framework expanded the range of health impacts from disasters and reviewed the elements of disaster response to improve health outcomes from disasters.