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Sean F. Altekruse

Researcher at National Institutes of Health

Publications -  136
Citations -  18945

Sean F. Altekruse is an academic researcher from National Institutes of Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Cancer. The author has an hindex of 49, co-authored 133 publications receiving 16443 citations. Previous affiliations of Sean F. Altekruse include Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition & United States Department of Health and Human Services.

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Human Papillomavirus and Rising Oropharyngeal Cancer Incidence in the United States

TL;DR: In this article, the prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in oropharyngeal cancer was determined for all 271 oropharygeal cancers (1984-2004) collected by the three population-based cancer registries in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Residual Tissue Repositories Program.
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Hepatocellular Carcinoma Incidence, Mortality, and Survival Trends in the United States From 1975 to 2005

TL;DR: Screening of at-risk groups and treatment of localized-stage tumors may contribute to increasing HCC survival rates in the United States, particularly among middle-aged black, Hispanic, and white men.
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US incidence of breast cancer subtypes defined by joint hormone receptor and HER2 status

TL;DR: In the future, SEER data can be used to monitor clinical outcomes in women diagnosed with different molecular subtypes of breast cancer for a large portion of the US population.
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Outcomes for Children and Adolescents With Cancer: Challenges for the Twenty-First Century

TL;DR: Almost 38,000 childhood malignant cancer deaths were averted in the United States from 1975 through 2006 as a result of more effective treatments identified and applied during this period.