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Gerda Engholm

Researcher at National Research Foundation of South Africa

Publications -  157
Citations -  14951

Gerda Engholm is an academic researcher from National Research Foundation of South Africa. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cancer & Population. The author has an hindex of 55, co-authored 153 publications receiving 12101 citations.

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Global surveillance of trends in cancer survival 2000-14 (CONCORD-3): analysis of individual records for 37 513 025 patients diagnosed with one of 18 cancers from 322 population-based registries in 71 countries.

Claudia Allemani, +594 more
- 17 Mar 2018 - 
TL;DR: For most cancers, 5-year net survival remains among the highest in the world in the USA and Canada, in Australia and New Zealand, and in Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, while for many cancers, Denmark is closing the survival gap with the other Nordic countries.
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Cancer survival in Europe 1999-2007 by country and age: results of EUROCARE--5-a population-based study

TL;DR: The major advances in cancer management that occurred up to 2007 seem to have resulted in improved survival in Europe, although results for lung cancer in some regions (central and eastern Europe) might be affected by overestimation.
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Progress in cancer survival, mortality, and incidence in seven high-income countries 1995–2014 (ICBP SURVMARK-2): a population-based study

TL;DR: Progress in cancer control over the study period was evident for stomach, colon, lung (in males), and ovarian cancer, and the impact of comorbidity are likely the main determinants of patient outcomes.
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Study design, exposure variables, and socioeconomic determinants of participation in Diet, Cancer and Health: a population-based prospective cohort study of 57,053 men and women in Denmark.

TL;DR: Results from the prospective cohort study ``Diet, Cancer and Health'' support the general assumption that lower socioeconomic groups are underrepresented in epidemiological studies.
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NORDCAN - A Nordic tool for cancer information, planning, quality control and research

TL;DR: The NORDCAN database and program include detailed information and results on cancer incidence, mortality and prevalence in each of the Nordic countries over five decades and has lately been supplemented with predictions of cancer incidence and mortality; future extensions include the incorporation of cancer survival estimates.