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Faith G. Davis

Researcher at University of Alberta

Publications -  206
Citations -  15333

Faith G. Davis is an academic researcher from University of Alberta. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Cancer. The author has an hindex of 59, co-authored 202 publications receiving 13752 citations. Previous affiliations of Faith G. Davis include Cancer Treatment Centers of America & University of Calgary.

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The descriptive epidemiology of craniopharyngioma

TL;DR: The incidence of craniopharyngioma in the United States was estimated from two population-based cancer registries that include brain tumors of benign and borderline malignancy and Los Angeles county and information on additional pediatric tumors was available from the Greater Delaware Valley Pediatric Tumor Registry.
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Detectable clonal mosaicism and its relationship to aging and cancer

Kevin B. Jacobs, +208 more
- 01 Jun 2012 - 
TL;DR: In an analysis of 31,717 cancer cases and 26,136 cancer-free controls from 13 genome-wide association studies, this paper observed large chromosomal abnormalities in a subset of clones in DNA obtained from blood or buccal samples.
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Survival rates in patients with primary malignant brain tumors stratified by patient age and tumor histological type: an analysis based on Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End results (SEER) data, 1973-1991

TL;DR: Improvements in diagnostic and treatment procedures since the mid-1970s have resulted in improved survival rates for patients diagnosed as having medulloblastoma, oligodendroglioma, and astrocytoma, controlling for age at diagnosis.