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Farin Kamangar

Researcher at Morgan State University

Publications -  262
Citations -  20296

Farin Kamangar is an academic researcher from Morgan State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Cohort study. The author has an hindex of 61, co-authored 237 publications receiving 16554 citations. Previous affiliations of Farin Kamangar include National Institutes of Health & Tehran University of Medical Sciences.

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Patterns of Cancer Incidence, Mortality, and Prevalence Across Five Continents: Defining Priorities to Reduce Cancer Disparities in Different Geographic Regions of the World

TL;DR: Using the GLOBOCAN and Cancer Incidence in Five Continents databases, overall cancer incidence, mortality, and prevalence, age-adjusted temporal trends, and age-specific incidence patterns in selected geographic regions of the world are described.
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Global, regional, and national cancer incidence, mortality, years of life lost, years lived with disability, and disability-adjusted life-years for 29 cancer groups, 1990 to 2017

Christina Fitzmaurice, +627 more
- 27 Sep 2019 - 
TL;DR: The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study as discussed by the authors has been used to describe cancer burden for 29 cancer groups in 195 countries from 1990 through 2017 to provide data needed for cancer control planning, including cancer incidence, mortality, years lived with disability, years of life lost, and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs).
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Gastric Cancer: Descriptive Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Screening, and Prevention

TL;DR: The epidemiology, screening, and prevention of gastric cancer are reviewed, including its incidence, survival, mortality, and trends over time, and risk factors are characterized, both environmental and genetic.
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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
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.