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Elizabeth T. H. Fontham
Researcher at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans
Publications - 185
Citations - 16102
Elizabeth T. H. Fontham is an academic researcher from LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cancer & Population. The author has an hindex of 57, co-authored 177 publications receiving 14055 citations. Previous affiliations of Elizabeth T. H. Fontham include Massachusetts Institute of Technology & University of California, Los Angeles.
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Tobacco smoke and involuntary smoking
Michael C. R. Alavanja,John A. Baron,Ross C. Brownson,Patricia A. Buffler,David M. DeMarini,Mirjana V. Djordjevic,Richard Doll,Elizabeth T. H. Fontham,Yu-Tang Gao,Nigel Gray,Prakash C. Gupta,A. K. Hackshaw,Stephen S. Hecht,Kirsti Husgafvel-Pursiainen,Elena Matos,Richard Peto,David H. Phillips,Jonathan M. Samet,Gary D. Stoner,Michael J. Thun,Jean Trédaniel,Paolo Vineis,H.-Erich Wichmann,Anna H. Wu,David Zaridze +24 more
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Breast Cancer Screening for Women at Average Risk: 2015 Guideline Update From the American Cancer Society
Kevin C. Oeffinger,Elizabeth T. H. Fontham,Ruth Etzioni,Abbe Herzig,James S. Michaelson,Ya Chen Tina Shih,Louise C. Walter,Timothy R. Church,Christopher R. Flowers,Samuel J. LaMonte,Andrew M.D. Wolf,Carol DeSantis,Joannie Lortet-Tieulent,Kimberly S. Andrews,Deana Manassaram-Baptiste,Debbie Saslow,Robert A. Smith,Otis W. Brawley,Richard C. Wender +18 more
TL;DR: The updated ACS guidelines for breast cancer screening for women at average risk of breast cancer provide evidence-based recommendations and should be considered by physicians and women in discussions about breast cancer Screening.
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Colorectal cancer screening for average-risk adults: 2018 guideline update from the American Cancer Society
Andrew M.D. Wolf,Elizabeth T. H. Fontham,Timothy R. Church,Christopher R. Flowers,Carmen Guerra,Samuel J. LaMonte,Ruth Etzioni,Matthew T. McKenna,Kevin C. Oeffinger,Ya Chen Tina Shih,Louise C. Walter,Kimberly S. Andrews,Otis W. Brawley,Durado Brooks,Stacey A. Fedewa,Deana Manassaram-Baptiste,Rebecca L. Siegel,Richard C. Wender,Robert A. Smith +18 more
TL;DR: This guideline update used an existing systematic evidence review of the CRC screening literature and microsimulation modeling analyses, including a new evaluation of the age to begin screening by race and sex and additional modeling that incorporates changes in US CRC incidence.
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Tobacco and cancer: recent epidemiological evidence.
Paolo Vineis,Michael C. R. Alavanja,Patricia A. Buffler,Elizabeth T. H. Fontham,Silvia Franceschi,Yu-Tang Gao,Prakash C. Gupta,A. K. Hackshaw,Elena Matos,Jonathan M. Samet,Freddy Sitas,Jennifer S. Smith,Leslie T. Stayner,Kurt Straif,Michael J. Thun,Heinz Erich Wichmann,Anna H. Wu,David Zaridze,Richard Peto,Richard Doll +19 more
TL;DR: The evidence now available shows that tobacco smoke is a multipotent carcinogenic mixture that can cause cancer in many different organs, and exposure to secondhand tobacco Smoke is also carcinogenic for the human lung.
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American Cancer Society lung cancer screening guidelines
Richard C. Wender,Elizabeth T. H. Fontham,Ermilo Barrera,Ermilo Barrera,Graham A. Colditz,Timothy R. Church,David S. Ettinger,Ruth Etzioni,Christopher R. Flowers,G. Scott Gazelle,Douglas Kelsey,Samuel J. LaMonte,James S. Michaelson,Kevin C. Oeffinger,Ya Chen Tina Shih,Daniel C. Sullivan,William D. Travis,Louise C. Walter,Andrew M.D. Wolf,Otis W. Brawley,Robert A. Smith +20 more
TL;DR: Based on the results of the National Lung Screening Trial, the American Cancer Society is issuing an initial guideline for lung cancer screening as mentioned in this paper, which recommends that clinicians with access to high-volume, high-quality screening and treatment centers should initiate a discussion about screening with apparently healthy patients aged 55 years to 74 years who have at least a 30-pack-year smoking history and who currently smoke or have quit within the past 15 years.