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Carolyn C. Gotay

Researcher at University of British Columbia

Publications -  203
Citations -  53687

Carolyn C. Gotay is an academic researcher from University of British Columbia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cancer & Population. The author has an hindex of 59, co-authored 199 publications receiving 44012 citations. Previous affiliations of Carolyn C. Gotay include BC Cancer Agency & University of Calgary.

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Why some cancer patients choose complementary and alternative medicine instead of conventional treatment.

TL;DR: Cancer patients may benefit from interventions to facilitate treatment decision making through increased understanding of conventional and CAM treatments and to identify barriers to treatment for individual patients.
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Underreporting of Family History of Colon Cancer: Correlates and Implications

TL;DR: In multivariate models, the most significant predictor of awareness of a relative's CRC was the stage-at-diagnosis; also, males and those with low knowledge about colon cancer were significantly less aware.
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Cardiovascular disease and cancer: Evidence for shared disease pathways and pharmacologic prevention.

TL;DR: This review will discuss the shared genetic and molecular factors central to CVD and cancer and how the strategies commonly used for the prevention of atherosclerotic vascular disease can be applied to cancer prevention.

Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990–2013: Quantifying the epidemiological transition

Christopher J L Murray, +611 more
TL;DR: The Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (GBD 2013) aims to bring together all available epidemiological data using a coherent measurement framework, standardised estimation methods, and transparent data sources to enable comparisons of health loss over time and across causes, age-sex groups, and countries as discussed by the authors.