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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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Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975–2002, Featuring Population-Based Trends in Cancer Treatment
Brenda K. Edwards,Martin L. Brown,Phyllis A. Wingo,Holly L. Howe,Elizabeth Ward,Lynn A. G. Ries,Deborah Schrag,Patricia M. Jamison,Ahmedin Jemal,Xiao-Cheng Wu,Xiao-Cheng Wu,Carol Friedman,Linda C. Harlan,Joan L. Warren,Robert N. Anderson,Linda Williams Pickle +15 more
TL;DR: Cancer death rates for all cancer sites combined and for many common cancers have declined at the same time as the dissemination of guideline-based treatment into the community has increased, although this progress is not shared equally across all racial and ethnic populations.
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Worldwide Variations in Colorectal Cancer
TL;DR: In this paper, the colorectal cancer burden and patterns worldwide are described using the most recently updated cancer incidence and mortality data available from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).
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Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975–2005, Featuring Trends in Lung Cancer, Tobacco Use, and Tobacco Control
Ahmedin Jemal,Michael J. Thun,Lynn A. G. Ries,Holly L. Howe,Hannah K. Weir,Elizabeth Ward,Xiao-Cheng Wu,Christie R. Eheman,Robert N. Anderson,Umed A. Ajani,Betsy A. Kohler,Brenda K. Edwards +11 more
TL;DR: Although the decrease in overall cancer incidence and death rates is encouraging, large state and regional differences in lung cancer trends among women underscore the need to maintain and strengthen many state tobacco control programs.
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Trends in the leading causes of death in the United States, 1970-2002
TL;DR: Despite decreases in age-standardized death rates from 4 of the 6 leading causes of death, the absolute number of deaths from these conditions continues to increase, although these deaths occur at older ages.
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Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975–2000, Featuring the Uses of Surveillance Data for Cancer Prevention and Control
Hannah K. Weir,Michael J. Thun,Benjamin F. Hankey,Lynn A. G. Ries,Holly L. Howe,Phyllis A. Wingo,Ahmedin Jemal,Elizabeth Ward,Robert N. Anderson,Brenda K. Edwards +9 more
TL;DR: Overall cancer incidence and death rates began to stabilize in the mid- to late 1990s and the recent increase in the delay-adjusted trend will require monitoring with additional years of data.