Sentences with phrase «rates of cancer among»

To date, there has been no detectable increases in the rates of cancer among the survivors.

This is one way to explain the low rates of cancer among plant - based populations: the drop in animal protein intake leads to a drop in IGF - 1, which leads to a drop in cancer growth.

Previous studies have identified higher rates of cancer among patients with IBD than the general population, but these studies have lacked the population size or follow - up to assess trends in lifetime risks in childhood onset IBD.

These results followed the release of a controversial cancer study by the state, which found no increased rate of cancer among the Rensselaer County village's 3,400 residents.

A high rate of cancer among inmates at a southwestern Pennsylvania prison is linked to a nearby coal ash dump, and the correctional facility should be closed down, according to a report made public on Tuesday.

Not exact matches

«The only decrease in age - adjusted death rates among the 10 leading causes of death was for cancer,» wrote the CDC.

The obstacles mean that only two - thirds of Canadians at risk of cervical cancer are regularly screened for it — a rate that's much lower among new Canadians, low - income womenand remote populations.

Two thirds of the island now have extreme levels of contamination which have been related to disproportionately high cancer rates among the 9,000 residents.

In a chapter dedicated to the work of the Life charity, studies on the link between abortion and breast cancer are discussed, as are findings that show rates of suicide and binge drinking are higher among women who have had abortions.

Female partners of circumcised men do not report a lower rate of cervical cancer, 40 nor does circumcision prevent penile cancer.41 A recent study shows that the penile cancer rate is higher in the US than in Denmark, where circumcision, except among Middle - Eastern immigrant workers, is almost unheard of.42 Indeed, researchers should investigate the possibility that circumcision has actually increased the rate of these diseases.

This is one explanation for why developed countries, whose mothers breastfeed for shorter durations (or not at all) and have fewer children in their lifetimes, have higher rates of breast cancer among their populations.

Approximately 175000 cancer cases are diagnosed annually in children younger than age 15 years worldwide, 1 with an annual increase of around 0.9 % in incidence rate in the developed world, only partly explained by improved diagnosis and reporting.1, 2 Childhood cancer is rare and its survival rate has increased significantly over the years owing to advancement in treatment technologies; however, it is still a leading cause of death among children and adolescents in developed countries, ranking second among children aged 1 to 14 years in the United States, surpassed only by accidents.1, 3 Childhood cancer is also emerging as a major cause of death in the last few years in Asia, Central and South America, Northwest Africa, and the Middle East, where death rates from preventable communicable diseases are declining.2

Childhood cancer is a leading cause of mortality among children and adolescents in the developed world and the incidence rate increases each year.

Wife of Ondo State Governor, Mrs Betty Akeredolu, has expressed concern over the alarming rate of the spreading of breast cancer among Nigerian women, saying some people still attribute the disease to a spiritual attack.

Cervical cancer rates in the United States are higher than previously believed, particularly among 65 - to 69 - year - old women and African - American women, according to a study led by a researcher at the University of Maryland School of Medicine published in the journal Ccancer rates in the United States are higher than previously believed, particularly among 65 - to 69 - year - old women and African - American women, according to a study led by a researcher at the University of Maryland School of Medicine published in the journal CancerCancer.

For instance, among the six largest countries, although the actual numbers of female deaths from lung cancer will still be the highest in the UK in 2016 than in the other large countries (at 16,400), the rate per 100,000 women has started to fall (from 20.15 per 100,000 in 2013 to 19.37 predicted in 2016), while death rates are still rising in the other countries.

The overall death rate for lung cancer among women is being driven by women in the UK and Poland, with predicted rates of 21 and 17 per 100,000 in the UK and Poland respectively.

These rates are more than double those in Spain, which has a lung cancer death rate among women of just over eight per 100,000.

Death rates from leukemia among people of all ages in Europe are falling, according to the latest predictions for European cancer deaths in 2016, published in the leading cancer journal Annals of Oncology today (Wednesday).

«High rate of tumor shrinkage among pancreatic cancer patients.»

According to the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School, climate change over the coming decades is likely to increase rates of allergies, asthma, heart disease and cancer, among other illnesses.

According to the report, cancer incidence is 15 % higher among African - American men than among white, non-Hispanic men; all minority groups have higher rates of stomach cancer than white Americans; and the 5 - year cancer survival rate of Native Americans is only about two - thirds that of whites.

«The higher HPV vaccination rates among girls living in poor communities and majority Hispanic communities, which also tend to have high poverty rates, are encouraging because these communities often have higher cervical cancer rates, but continued cervical cancer screening of vaccinated and unvaccinated women is needed because the vaccine does not cover all cancer - causing HPV types and sexually active women could have been infected prior to vaccination.»

That's because the risk level is set using studies of cancer rates among people exposed to radon — not cellular studies.

Yet, according to two studies published in August, breast cancer rates also dipped among smaller groups of women who had been screened regularly, making reduced detection an unlikely cause.

Bruce Fowler, director of the toxicology programme at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, is «not surprised» that anecdotal reports of unusual cancer rates among silicon chip workers are finally starting to emerge.

There is no significant increase in the frequency of post-natal mortality, birth defects and hospitalization rate among the children of male cancer survivors compared to the general population.

One phase I trial of an immune checkpoint blockade drug combined with two established targeted therapies yielded 40 - 50 percent response rates among patients with metastatic kidney cancer.

While lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death and the second most commonly diagnosed cancer in both men and women, a low survival rate makes it the number eight cancer site represented among survivors.

Lawmakers around the country are turning up the heat on the tanning bed industry, blaming the popularity of indoor tanning among young people for rising skin cancer rates.

Stellman is now working on determining the rate of prostate cancer among Vietnam veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange or other herbicides.

When Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) researchers evaluated the overall and site - specific incidence of cancer among patients registered in the United States Immune Deficiency Network (USIDNET), they found increased cancer incidence rates among patients with primary immunodeficiency diseases — and, in particular, a significant increase in lymphoma Cancer Institute (RPCI) researchers evaluated the overall and site - specific incidence of cancer among patients registered in the United States Immune Deficiency Network (USIDNET), they found increased cancer incidence rates among patients with primary immunodeficiency diseases — and, in particular, a significant increase in lymphoma cancer among patients registered in the United States Immune Deficiency Network (USIDNET), they found increased cancer incidence rates among patients with primary immunodeficiency diseases — and, in particular, a significant increase in lymphoma cancer incidence rates among patients with primary immunodeficiency diseases — and, in particular, a significant increase in lymphoma cases.

A higher rate of lung cancer among men who had had vasectomies more than 20 years earlier was offset by a lower rate of cardiovascular disease.

In addition, rates of patient death and cancer relapse among the study participants were similar to historical averages.

While prostate cancer affects about ten percent of men in Asian nations, that rate climbs to about 40 percent when they immigrate to the U.S., mirroring the rates among the native born U.S. population.

Overall, the pathologic complete response rate was lower among women with at least one PIK3CA mutation in their tumor compared with women without a PIK3CA mutation, but the effect was only significant among the group of women with HER2 - and hormone receptor - positive breast cancer.

Among residents tested in parts of Houston, Los Angeles, and Elizabeth, N.J., Hispanics faced a cancer risk from air pollutants as much as five times the rate of non-Hispanic whites.

The report by American Cancer Society investigators calls high rates of smoking among specific subpopulations one of the most pressing challenges facing the tobacco control community.

Lung cancer mortality rates among young women (30 - 49 years) were stable or declining in 47 of the 52 populations examined.

A team led by epidemiologist Larry Clark of the Arizona Cancer Center in Tucson had observed lower rates of skin cancer among people with high levels of selCancer Center in Tucson had observed lower rates of skin cancer among people with high levels of selcancer among people with high levels of selenium.

Even our own research across a diverse group of young breast cancer survivors has shown that blacks and Hispanics have much lower testing rates, which may be the result of lower awareness and access to genetic testing among racial and ethnic minorities,» she said.

«What we're finding is the cancer mortality rates among some of the most vulnerable populations of New Jersey, which are children, has been declining over time, and it's declined significantly,» said Nan Stroup, director of the State Cancer Registry and an associate professor at the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jcancer mortality rates among some of the most vulnerable populations of New Jersey, which are children, has been declining over time, and it's declined significantly,» said Nan Stroup, director of the State Cancer Registry and an associate professor at the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New JCancer Registry and an associate professor at the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New JCancer Institute of New Jersey.

The rate of skin cancer diagnosis is rising in minority populations; among Hispanics it has increased by 22 % since 1992, according to one estimate.

The incidence of melanoma, the most lethal form of skin cancer, is rising at one of the fastest rates of all cancers in the U.S. Melanoma can strike people of all ages and is the most common form of cancer among young adults ages 25 to 29.

A new study reveals an association between smoking and rates of Y chromosome loss in blood cells, which may explain elevated cancer risk among male smokers.

Quizartinib inhibits FLT3 kinase activity and induced about a 50 % composite response rate among patients with FLT3 - ITD mutations in phase I and II studies, said lead author Mahesh Swaminathan, MD of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

Various types of meditation have been shown to improve well - being among different populations such as physicians and the general public.14, 15, 16 Preliminary evidence suggests that meditation - based interventions may slow cellular aging rates by increasing telomerase activity, but many such studies lacked an active control group.17, 18 Recent randomized trials in breast cancer suggest that long - term intensive meditation interventions might have positive effects on telomerase activity.

Success and a Quest - The vastly improved survival rates among pediatric cancer patients is one of the truly great success stories of modern medicine.

Now, on Nov. 5, a news story likened those findings to the results of a large trial by the National Cancer Institute, which showed that CT scans reduced mortality rates among the highest - risk lung cancer patients by 20 peCancer Institute, which showed that CT scans reduced mortality rates among the highest - risk lung cancer patients by 20 pecancer patients by 20 percent.

At Penn Medicine's Abramson Cancer Center, the 2 - PREVENT (Secondary PREvention through SurVEillance and iNTervention) aims to address one of the greatest challenges in breast cancer treatment: The high rate of relapse and late treatment effects among breast cancer survCancer Center, the 2 - PREVENT (Secondary PREvention through SurVEillance and iNTervention) aims to address one of the greatest challenges in breast cancer treatment: The high rate of relapse and late treatment effects among breast cancer survcancer treatment: The high rate of relapse and late treatment effects among breast cancer survcancer survivors.