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Hannah K. Weir

Researcher at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Publications -  96
Citations -  13970

Hannah K. Weir is an academic researcher from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Cancer. The author has an hindex of 39, co-authored 91 publications receiving 10946 citations. Previous affiliations of Hannah K. Weir include University of Toronto.

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Liver cancer survival in the United States by race and stage (2001-2009): Findings from the CONCORD-2 study.

TL;DR: This study examined population‐based survival by state, race, and stage at diagnosis for liver cancer in the United States using data from the CONCORD‐2 study.
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Building the infrastructure for nationwide cancer surveillance and control--a comparison between the National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR) and the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program (United States).

TL;DR: Compared incidence rates from NCI's Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results program and CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR), rate differences may arise from population difference in socio-demographic characteristics, screening use, health behaviors, exposure to cancer causing agents or registry operations factors.
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Worldwide comparison of survival from childhood leukaemia for 1995-2009, by subtype, age, and sex (CONCORD-2): a population-based study of individual data for 89 828 children from 198 registries in 53 countries.

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TL;DR: Global inequalities in survival from childhood leukaemia have narrowed with time but remain very wide for both ALL and AML, which provides useful information for health policy makers on the effectiveness of health-care systems and for cancer policy makers to reduce inequalities in childhood cancer survival.
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Melanoma in adolescents and young adults (ages 15-39 years): United States, 1999-2006

TL;DR: Differences in incidence rates by anatomic site, histology, and stage among adolescents and young adults by race, ethnicity, and sex suggest that both host characteristics and behaviors influence risk.