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American Cancer Society

NonprofitAtlanta, Georgia, United States
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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TL;DR: A series of 359 male patients with 424 cancer lesions of the oral cavity and oropharynx identified at a US Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center were divided according to site of origin of the lesion and compared with 2,280 controls from the same hospital with respect to exposure to tobacco smoking and alcohol drinking.
Abstract: A series of 359 male patients with 424 cancer lesions of the oral cavity and oropharynx identified at a US Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center were divided according to site of origin of the lesion and compared with 2,280 controls from the same hospital with respect to exposure to tobacco smoking and alcohol drinking. Sites of origin were: floor of the mouth (153), oral tongue (50), anterior tonsillar pillar (49), soft palate (44), lingual aspect of retromolar trigone (11), alveolar ridge (5), buccal mucosa (4), and hard palate (2). Forty-one patients had cancers in multiple sites. Tobacco smoking was more strongly associated with soft-palate lesions than with lesions in more anterior sites. Patients with cancer of floor of the mouth and oral tongue had higher odds ratios for alcohol drinking than subjects with cancers of other sites. This study supports the hypothesis of the carcinogenic effect of tobacco smoke and alcoholic beverages on the oral mucosa through direct contact. © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

139 citations

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TL;DR: This study suggests that efforts should be made to improve the relationship between students and their advisors and to enhance the awareness of and the accessibility to mental health and counseling services to improved the mental health of Chinese international students.
Abstract: Objective: To examine the prevalence of depression and anxiety symptoms in Chinese international students, to identify factors that might be associated with these 2 symptom complexes, and to investigate their perception of mental health issues and counseling services. Participants: Chinese students (N = 130) at Yale University. Methods: Participants completed an anonymous online survey in fall 2009. Results: Forty-five percent reported symptoms of depression, and 29% reported symptoms of anxiety. A self-evaluation of poor current health, a poor relationship with one's advisor, and a low exercise regimen were associated with a higher prevalence of depression and anxiety symptoms. Twenty-seven percent of responders were not aware of the availability of mental health and counseling services on campus. Conclusions: This study suggests that efforts should be made to improve the relationship between students and their advisors and to enhance the awareness of and the accessibility to mental health and c...

139 citations

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15 Apr 1993-Cancer
TL;DR: By LBA, the incidence of ER and PgR in breast tumors from pregnant women was not significantly different from that of tumors from nonpregnant age-matched patients.
Abstract: Background. Because the occurrence of breast cancer during pregnancy is uncommon and because the high levels of estrogens and progestins associated with pregnancy could cause false-negative results from ligand binding assays (LBA), the actual incidence of steroid hormone receptor positivity in tumors from this subset of women is unclear. Methods. Estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PgR) were determined using LBA methods in 15 tumors from 15 pregnant patients with breast cancer. In addition, immunohistochemistry was done for ER, PgR, pS2, heat shock protein 27 (hsp27), and HER-2/neu on 12 of the 15 tumors. Results. Five of 15 (33%) tumors were positive for ER by LBA, compared with 52% of tumors from age-matched nonpregnant patients. Six of 12 (50%) were ER-positive by immunohistochemistry. For PgR, 7 of 15 (47%) tumors were positive by LBA, compared with 42% of tumors from nonpregnant patients. Ten of 12 (83%) stained positive for PgR. By LBA, 67% of tumors studied were positive for ER or PgR or both, as opposed to 57% of tumors from the nonpregnant comparison group. Two other estrogen receptor-mediated proteins, pS2 and hsp27, were present by staining in 8 of 12 (67%) and 10 of 12 (83%) of tumors, respectively. Seven of 12 tumors (58%) had positive staining for HER-2/neu, whereas only 16% of age-matched nonpregnant patients had positive-staining tumors. Conclusion. By LBA, the incidence of ER and PgR in breast tumors from pregnant women was not significantly different from that of tumors from nonpregnant age-matched patients. Some ER-negative tumors were PgR, pS2, or hsp27 positive, indicating that an intact estrogen response system was operative although ER was not detectable by standard LBA.

138 citations

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TL;DR: Results suggest that physical activity may be the key lifestyle behavior to include in multibehavioral interventions aimed at improving HRQOL.
Abstract: The purpose of the present study was to compare cancer survivors on three different lifestyle behaviors (i.e., physical activity, fruit and vegetable (F&V) consumption, and smoking) and examine the association between these lifestyle behaviors and health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Breast (n = 123), colorectal (n = 86), and prostate (n = 107) cancer survivors completed a survey that included lifestyle behavior questions and the RAND-36 Health Status Inventory (HSI). Results showed that similar percentages of breast, colorectal, and prostate cancer survivors met the lifestyle behavior recommendations. Overall, 69.9 and 26.3% reported meeting the recommendations for physical activity and F&V consumption while 94.3% did not smoke. In addition, survivors who met the physical activity recommendation had significantly higher HRQOL than those who did not, however, meeting the F&V recommendation was not related to HRQOL. Nonetheless, survivors who met more than one lifestyle behavior recommendation had signi...

138 citations


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NameH-indexPapersCitations
Walter C. Willett3342399413322
Meir J. Stampfer2771414283776
Frank B. Hu2501675253464
David J. Hunter2131836207050
Edward Giovannucci2061671179875
Irving L. Weissman2011141172504
Bernard Rosner1901162147661
Susan E. Hankinson15178988297
Paolo Boffetta148145593876
Jeffrey A. Bluestone14351577080
Richard D. Smith140118079758
Garth D. Illingworth13750561793
Brian E. Henderson13771269921
Ahmedin Jemal132500380474
Michael J. Thun12939279051
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No. of papers from the Institution in previous years
YearPapers
202312
20228
2021202
2020239
2019222
2018194