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Liora Sahar
Researcher at American Cancer Society
Publications - 19
Citations - 447
Liora Sahar is an academic researcher from American Cancer Society. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cancer & Population. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 17 publications receiving 286 citations. Previous affiliations of Liora Sahar include Technion – Israel Institute of Technology & Georgia Institute of Technology.
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Where Can Colorectal Cancer Screening Interventions Have the Most Impact
TL;DR: Advanced spatial analysis revealed large pockets of the United States with excessive colorectal cancer death rates that warrant prioritized screening intervention.
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Using Aerial Imagery and GIS in Automated Building Footprint Extraction and Shape Recognition for Earthquake Risk Assessment of Urban Inventories
TL;DR: This paper describes the development of algorithms for automatically extracting and recognizing 2-D building shape information using integrated aerial imagery processing and Geographic Information Systems data.
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Cancer death rates in US congressional districts
TL;DR: Average annual cancer death rates during 2002 to 2011 for each of the 435 congressional districts are calculated using mortality data from the National Center for Health Statistics and population estimates from the US Census Bureau to facilitate cancer control and stimulate conversation about the relationship between cancer and policies.
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GIScience and cancer: State of the art and trends for cancer surveillance and epidemiology.
Liora Sahar,Stephanie L. Foster,Recinda L. Sherman,Kevin A. Henry,Kevin A. Henry,Daniel W. Goldberg,David G. Stinchcomb,Joseph E. Bauer +7 more
TL;DR: GIScience is a powerful tool for cancer research, bringing additional context to cancer data analysis and potentially informing decision‐making and policy, ultimately aimed at reducing the burden of cancer.
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Association Between Declared Hurricane Disasters and Survival of Patients With Lung Cancer Undergoing Radiation Treatment.
TL;DR: This study uses National Cancer Database data to estimate associations between hurricane disaster declarations, which could disrupt electrical power, and survival of patients undergoing radiotherapy for nonoperative locally advanced non–small cell lung cancer between 2004 and 2014.