Farhad Islami

TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented estimates of cancer risk factors and screening tests in 2018 and 2019 among US adults, with a focus on smoking cessation, and found that the quit ratio was <45% among lower-income, uninsured, and Medicaid-insured persons, and was <55% among Black, American Indian/Alaska Native, lower-educated, lesbian, gay or bisexual, and recent immigrant persons.

TL;DR: This study provides the first direct evidence that multiple inflammatory biomarkers are coordinately elevated in future lung and esophageal cancer patients 2 or more years before cancer diagnosis.

TL;DR: The statistical principles, methods, and software programs used to calculate sample size are discussed and several important nonstatistical considerations in determination of sample size, such as novelty of the study and availability of resources are discussed.

TL;DR: Most premature lung cancer deaths in the USA are potentially avoidable and underscore the importance of increasing tobacco control measures in high-risk states and targeting tobacco control interventions to less educated populations in all states.

TL;DR: The results showed that FHC was strongly associated with ESCC risk in Kashmir, and it seems both genetic factors and shared environment are involved in this association.