Elizabeth Ward

TL;DR: Cytology is an accurate, safe, cost‐effective, and guideline‐recommended method for the diagnosis of small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC), but little is known about whether its use varies by treatment facility and patient characteristics.

TL;DR: This is the largest cytogenetic study of male commercial airline pilots to date of which the authors are aware and future studies will need additional highly exposed pilots to better assess the translocation-cosmic radiation relation.

TL;DR: In this article, the relationship between parental practices that specifically discourage current cigarette smoking and adolescent cessation and how this relationship varies by age was studied. But, the strength and significance of this association decreased from early to middle adolescence and was not significant in late adolescence, and self-reported receipt of parental communication not to smoke was positively associated with readiness to quit.

TL;DR: It is found that educational disparities in mortality existed in every US state with varying magnitude across states and by sex, and call for tailored interventions among socially disadvantaged populations, especially in high disparity states and among young adults.

TL;DR: Early assessments of cancer incidence have been published in four WTC-exposed populations to date: firefighters employed by the Fire Department of New York (FDNY), rescue and recovery workers enrolled in the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP) health monitoring program, WTC registry enrollees (rescue and Recovery workers and community survivors), and police officers employed byThe New York City Police Department.