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Farhad Islami

Researcher at American Cancer Society

Publications -  245
Citations -  74220

Farhad Islami is an academic researcher from American Cancer Society. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Cancer. The author has an hindex of 70, co-authored 223 publications receiving 52150 citations. Previous affiliations of Farhad Islami include Tehran University of Medical Sciences & Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

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The global, regional, and national burden of colorectal cancer and its attributable risk factors in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

Farin Kamangar, +180 more
- 01 Dec 2019 - 
TL;DR: Although the overall colorectal cancer age-standardised death rate has been decreasing at the global level, the increasing age- standardised incidence rate in most countries poses a major public health challenge across the world.
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Global Trends of Lung Cancer Mortality and Smoking Prevalence

Farhad Islami, +2 more
- 01 Aug 2015 - 
TL;DR: The main priority to reduce the burden of lung cancer is to implement or enforce effective tobacco control policies in all countries and prevent an increase in smoking in sub-Saharan Africa and women in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
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The global, regional, and national burden of stomach cancer in 195 countries, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease study 2017

Arash Etemadi, +185 more
- 01 Jan 2020 - 
TL;DR: The findings provide insight into the changing burden of stomach cancer, which is useful in planning local strategies and monitoring their progress, and specific local strategies should be tailored to each country's risk factor profile.
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Light alcohol drinking and cancer: a meta-analysis

Vincenzo Bagnardi, +23 more
- 01 Feb 2013 - 
TL;DR: Light drinking increases the risk of cancer of oral cavity and pharynx, esophagus and female breast, and no association was found for colorectum, liver and larynx tumors.
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Measuring progress from 1990 to 2017 and projecting attainment to 2030 of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals for 195 countries and territories: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

Rafael Lozano, +1316 more
- 10 Nov 2018 - 
TL;DR: A global attainment analysis of the feasibility of attaining SDG targets on the basis of past trends and a estimates of health-related SDG index values in countries assessed at the subnational level varied substantially, particularly in China and India, although scores in Japan and the UK were more homogeneous.