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Elizabeth Ward
Researcher at American Cancer Society
Publications - 194
Citations - 156581
Elizabeth Ward is an academic researcher from American Cancer Society. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cancer & Population. The author has an hindex of 82, co-authored 193 publications receiving 149771 citations. Previous affiliations of Elizabeth Ward include National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health & North American Association of Central Cancer Registries.
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Anthropometric factors and thyroid cancer risk by histological subtype: Pooled analysis of 22 prospective studies
Cari M. Kitahara,Marjorie L. McCullough,Silvia Franceschi,Sabina Rinaldi,Alicja Wolk,Gila Neta,Hans-Olov Adami,Hans-Olov Adami,Kristin E. Anderson,Gabriella Andreotti,Laura E. Beane Freeman,Leslie Bernstein,Julie E. Buring,Françoise Clavel-Chapelon,Lisa A. De Roo,Lisa A. De Roo,Yu-Tang Gao,J. Michael Gaziano,J. Michael Gaziano,Graham G. Giles,Graham G. Giles,Niclas Håkansson,Pamela L. Horn-Ross,Vicki A. Kirsh,Vicki A. Kirsh,Martha S. Linet,Robert J. MacInnis,Robert J. MacInnis,Nicola Orsini,Yikyung Park,Alpa V. Patel,Mark P. Purdue,Elio Riboli,Kimberly Robien,Thomas E. Rohan,Dale P. Sandler,Catherine Schairer,Arthur B. Schneider,Howard D. Sesso,Xiao-Ou Shu,Pramil N. Singh,Piet A. van den Brandt,Elizabeth Ward,Elisabete Weiderpass,Emily White,Emily White,Yong-Bing Xiang,Anne Zeleniuch-Jacquotte,Wei Zheng,Patricia Hartge,Amy Berrington de Gonzalez +50 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that greater height and excess adiposity throughout adulthood are associated with higher incidence of most major types of thyroid cancer, including the least common but most aggressive form, anaplastic carcinoma, and higher thyroid cancer mortality.
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Pesticide contamination inside farm and nonfarm homes.
Brian D. Curwin,Misty J. Hein,Wayne T. Sanderson,Marcia Nishioka,Stephen J. Reynolds,Elizabeth Ward,Michael C. R. Alavanja +6 more
TL;DR: The distributions of the pesticides throughout the various rooms sampled suggest that the strictly agricultural herbicides atrazine and metolachlor are potentially being brought into the home on the farmer's shoes and clothing.
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Questionable Relation of Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylase to Lung-Cancer Risk
Beverly Paigen,Hira L. Gurtoo,Jun Minowada,Lorne Houten,Ronald G. Vincent,Kenneth Paigen,Natalie Bejba Parker,Elizabeth Ward,Nancy Thompson Hayner +8 more
TL;DR: If patients with lung cancer possess altered aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase inducibility or activity these characteristics are not transmitted to their progeny, and no differences in basal or induced activity were observed.
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Comparison of Insurance Status and Diagnosis Stage Among Patients With Newly Diagnosed Cancer Before vs After Implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
TL;DR: This study found state variation in reductions in the percentage of uninsured patients among nonelderly patients with cancer after implementation of the ACA, with larger decreases in expansion than nonexpansion states.
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Improved survival is associated with treatment at high‐volume teaching facilities for patients with advanced stage laryngeal cancer
TL;DR: Because of the multidisciplinary nature of treatment for advanced laryngeal cancer, the authors hypothesized that treatment at high‐volume teaching/research facilities is associated with improved survival.