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American Cancer Society
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About: American Cancer Society is a nonprofit organization based out in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Cancer & Population. The organization has 1339 authors who have published 3700 publications receiving 688166 citations. The organization is also known as: American Cancer Society, ACS & American Society for the Control of Cancer.
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Johns Hopkins University1, Wistar Institute2, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research3, University of Southern California4, Harvard University5, University of California, San Francisco6, Arizona State University7, University of California, Los Angeles8, Massachusetts Institute of Technology9, American Cancer Society10, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center11, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center12, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center13, Mayo Clinic14, Stanford University15, Eli Lilly and Company16, Broad Institute17, Case Western Reserve University18, University of Toronto19, American Childhood Cancer Organization20, Medical University of South Carolina21, University of Colorado Denver22, University of Arizona23, University of California, San Diego24, University of Pennsylvania25, Ohio State University26, Nationwide Children's Hospital27, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill28, University of Louisville29, University of Gothenburg30, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine31, Washington University in St. Louis32, King's College London33, Dartmouth College34
TL;DR: The recommendations in this report prioritise areas of research in the USA that the experts believe would accelerate efforts to benefit patients with cancer and hope the recommendations will facilitate new international collaborations to further enhance global efforts in cancer control.
Abstract: We are in the midst of a technological revolution that is providing new insights into human biology and cancer. In this era of big data, we are amassing large amounts of information that is transforming how we approach cancer treatment and prevention. Enactment of the Cancer Moonshot within the 21st Century Cures Act in the USA arrived at a propitious moment in the advancement of knowledge, providing nearly US$2 billion of funding for cancer research and precision medicine. In 2016, the Blue Ribbon Panel (BRP) set out a roadmap of recommendations designed to exploit new advances in cancer diagnosis, prevention, and treatment. Those recommendations provided a high-level view of how to accelerate the conversion of new scientific discoveries into effective treatments and prevention for cancer. The US National Cancer Institute is already implementing some of those recommendations. As experts in the priority areas identified by the BRP, we bolster those recommendations to implement this important scientific roadmap. In this Commission, we examine the BRP recommendations in greater detail and expand the discussion to include additional priority areas, including surgical oncology, radiation oncology, imaging, health systems and health disparities, regulation and financing, population science, and oncopolicy. We prioritise areas of research in the USA that we believe would accelerate efforts to benefit patients with cancer. Finally, we hope the recommendations in this report will facilitate new international collaborations to further enhance global efforts in cancer control.
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National Institutes of Health1, American Cancer Society2, International Agency for Research on Cancer3, Karolinska Institutet4, Harvard University5, University of Minnesota6, City of Hope National Medical Center7, University of Bergen8, Shanghai Jiao Tong University9, United States Department of Veterans Affairs10, Cancer Council Victoria11, University of Melbourne12, Cancer Prevention Institute of California13, Cancer Care Ontario14, University of Toronto15, Washington University in St. Louis16, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research17, Imperial College London18, George Washington University19, Yeshiva University20, University of Illinois at Chicago21, Vanderbilt University22, Loma Linda University23, Maastricht University24, University of Washington25, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center26, New York University27
TL;DR: It is suggested that greater height and excess adiposity throughout adulthood are associated with higher incidence of most major types of thyroid cancer, including the least common but most aggressive form, anaplastic carcinoma, and higher thyroid cancer mortality.
Abstract: Background: Greater height and body mass index (BMI) have been associated with an increased risk of thyroid cancer, particularly papillary carcinoma, the most common and least aggressive subtype. Few studies have evaluated these associations in relation to other, more aggressive histologic types or thyroid cancer-specific mortality. Methods: This large pooled analysis of 22 prospective studies (833,176 men and 1,260,871 women) investigated thyroid cancer incidence associated with greater height, BMI at baseline and young adulthood, and adulthood BMI gain (difference between young-adult and baseline BMI), overall and separately by sex and histological subtype using multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression models. Associations with thyroid cancer mortality were investigated in a subset of cohorts (578,922 men and 774,373 women) that contributed cause of death information. Results: During follow-up, 2996 incident thyroid cancers and 104 thyroid cancer deaths were identified. All anthropometric facto...
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TL;DR: The high frequency of sunscreen use during the sunburning episodes suggests the need to educate youth and parents better about proper use of these agents, as well as the importance of practicing other sun protection behaviors, such as wearing hats and protective clothing and avoiding the sun during peak exposure times.
Abstract: Objective Epidemiologic evidence suggests that ultraviolet radiation (UVR), from sun exposure and sunburns during early life, is associated with increased risk of melanoma and other skin cancers in adulthood The objective of this study was to gather national, population-based data on sun exposure and protection behaviors among US youths ages 11 to 18 to quantify the magnitude and patterns of sun exposure and establish baselines for continued surveillance Methods A nationwide survey based on random-digit dialing and stratified, 2-stage national probability sampling was conducted of households with telephones in the 48 contiguous states of the United States during July through October of 1998; a population-based sample of 1192 youth ages 11 to 18 was studied to measure weighted prevalence estimates of summer sunburn and sun exposure and adjusted prevalence odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals from logistic regression analyses of sunburn Results Among youths ages 11 to 18, 72% reported having had at least 1 summer sunburn, 30% reported at least 3, and 12% reported at least 5 sunburns Before receiving their most serious summer sunburn, 39% of youths reported having applied sunscreen Factors associated with increased odds of sunburn included greater sun sensitivity, white race, age younger than 16 years, more hours spent outdoors, and high desirability of a tan Conclusions Summer sunburn was the norm among US youths ages 11 to 18 The high frequency of sunscreen use during the sunburning episodes suggests the need to educate youth and parents better about proper use of these agents, as well as the importance of practicing other sun protection behaviors, such as wearing hats and protective clothing and avoiding the sun during peak exposure times These data may serve as a baseline for tracking progress in skin cancer prevention efforts and will inform the crafting of future public health campaigns
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TL;DR: The distributions of the pesticides throughout the various rooms sampled suggest that the strictly agricultural herbicides atrazine and metolachlor are potentially being brought into the home on the farmer's shoes and clothing.
Abstract: Twenty-five farm (F) households and 25 nonfarm (NF) households in Iowa were enrolled in a study investigating agricultural pesticide contamination inside homes. Air, surface wipe, and dust samples were collected. Samples from 39 homes (20 F and 19 NF) were analyzed for atrazine, metolachlor, acetochlor, alachlor, and chlorpyrifos. Samples from 11 homes (5 F and 6 NF) were analyzed for glyphosate and 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyac etic acid (2,4-D). Greater than 88% of the air and greater than 74% of the wipe samples were below the limit of detection (LOD). Among the air and wipe samples, chlorpyrifos was detected most frequently in homes. In the dust samples, all the pesticides were detected in greater than 50% of the samples except acetochlor and alachlor, which were detected in less than 30% of the samples. Pesticides in dust samples were detected more often in farm homes except 2,4-D, which was detected in 100% of the farm and nonfarm home samples. The average concentration in dust was higher in farm homes vers...
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Walter C. Willett | 334 | 2399 | 413322 |
Meir J. Stampfer | 277 | 1414 | 283776 |
Frank B. Hu | 250 | 1675 | 253464 |
David J. Hunter | 213 | 1836 | 207050 |
Edward Giovannucci | 206 | 1671 | 179875 |
Irving L. Weissman | 201 | 1141 | 172504 |
Bernard Rosner | 190 | 1162 | 147661 |
Susan E. Hankinson | 151 | 789 | 88297 |
Paolo Boffetta | 148 | 1455 | 93876 |
Jeffrey A. Bluestone | 143 | 515 | 77080 |
Richard D. Smith | 140 | 1180 | 79758 |
Garth D. Illingworth | 137 | 505 | 61793 |
Brian E. Henderson | 137 | 712 | 69921 |
Ahmedin Jemal | 132 | 500 | 380474 |
Michael J. Thun | 129 | 392 | 79051 |