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Salvatore Vaccarella
Researcher at International Agency for Research on Cancer
Publications - 114
Citations - 9486
Salvatore Vaccarella is an academic researcher from International Agency for Research on Cancer. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Cervical cancer. The author has an hindex of 43, co-authored 99 publications receiving 7793 citations.
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Worldwide distribution of human papillomavirus types in cytologically normal women in the International Agency for Research on Cancer HPV prevalence surveys: a pooled analysis.
Gary M. Clifford,Silvano Gallus,Rolando Herrero,Nubia Muñoz,Peter J.F. Snijders,Salvatore Vaccarella,P. T H Anh,Catterina Ferreccio,Nguyen Trong Hieu,Elena Matos,Mónica Molano,R. Rajkumar,Guglielmo Ronco,S de Sanjosé,Hai-Rim Shin,Sukhon Sukvirach,Jaiyeola Thomas,S. Tunsakul,Chris J. L. M. Meijer,Silvia Franceschi +19 more
TL;DR: Heterogeneity in HPV type distribution among women from different populations should be taken into account when developing screening tests for the virus and predicting the effect of vaccines on the incidence of infection.
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Worldwide Thyroid-Cancer Epidemic? The Increasing Impact of Overdiagnosis
Salvatore Vaccarella,Silvia Franceschi,Freddie Bray,Christopher P. Wild,Martyn Plummer,Luigino Dal Maso +5 more
TL;DR: There are concerns that hundreds of thousands of cases may be overdiagnoses — diagnosis of tumors that would not, if left alone, result in symptoms or death.
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Worldwide trends in cervical cancer incidence: impact of screening against changes in disease risk factors.
TL;DR: The importance of strengthening screening efforts and augmenting existing cancer control efforts with HPV vaccination is underscored, notably in those countries where unfavourable cohort effects are continuing or emerging.
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Dietary glycemic index and glycemic load, and breast cancer risk: A case-control study
Livia S. A. Augustin,L. Dal Maso,C. La Vecchia,C. La Vecchia,Maria Parpinel,Eva Negri,Salvatore Vaccarella,Cyril W.C. Kendall,David J.A. Jenkins,Silvia Franceschi +9 more
TL;DR: This study supports the hypothesis of moderate, direct associations between glycemic index or glycemic load and breast cancer risk and, consequently, a possible role of hyperinsulinemia/insulin resistance in breast cancer development.
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Oral cancer in Southern India: The influence of smoking, drinking, paan-chewing and oral hygiene
Prabha Balaram,Sridhar H,Thangarajan Rajkumar,Salvatore Vaccarella,Rolando Herrero,A Nandakumar,Kandaswamy Ravichandran,Kunnambath Ramdas,R. Sankaranarayanan,Vendhan Gajalakshmi,Nubia Muñoz,Silvia Franceschi +11 more
TL;DR: Low educational attainment, occupation as a farmer or manual worker and various indicators of poor oral hygiene were associated with significantly increased risk of cancer of the oral cavity in Southern India.