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Acral lentiginous melanoma incidence by sex, race, ethnicity, and stage in the United States, 2010–2019 Open

Dawn M. Holman, Jessica King, Arica White, Simple D. Singh, J. Leonard Lichtenfeld · 2023

Cancer Distribution Among Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Subgroups — United States, 2015–2019 Open

Suzanne Bock, S. Jane Henley, Mary Elizabeth O’Neil, Simple D. Singh, Trevor Thompson , et al. · 2023

Non-Hispanic Asian (Asian) and non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) persons represent growing segments of the U.S. population (1). Epidemiologic cancer studies often aggregate Asian and NHPI persons (2,3); however, beca…

Trends in Incidence of Cancers of the Oral Cavity and Pharynx — United States 2007–2016 Open

Taylor D. Ellington, S. Jane Henley, Virginia Senkomago, Mary Elizabeth O’Neil, Reda Wilson , et al. · 2020

Cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx account for 3% of cancers diagnosed in the United States* each year. Cancers at these sites can differ anatomically and histologically and might have different causal factors, such as tobacco use, alc…

Visualizing Cancer Incidence and Mortality Estimates by Congressional Districts, United States 2012-2016. Open

Virginia Senkomago, Trevor Thompson, Lia C. Scott, Simple D. Singh, Mary Elizabeth O’Neil , et al. · 2020

This examination of cancer rates at the CD-level provides data that can be used to inform cancer control strategies at the local and national levels. Displaying the data with the Data Visualizations tool makes it easily accessible to the p…

Surveillance for Cancers Associated with Tobacco Use — United States, 2010–2014 Open

M. Shayne Gallaway, S. Jane Henley, C. Brooke Steele, Behnoosh Momin, Cheryll C. Thomas , et al. · 2018

Tobacco-associated cancer incidence can be reduced through prevention and control of tobacco use and comprehensive cancer-control efforts focused on reducing cancer risk, detecting cancer early, and better assisting communities disproporti…

Racial and ethnic differences in survival of pediatric patients with brain and central nervous system cancer in the United States Open

David A. Siegel, Jun Li, Helen Ding, Simple D. Singh, Jessica King , et al. · 2018

Background Brain and central nervous system (CNS) cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among children and adolescents in the United States. Data from earlier studies suggested racial and ethnic differences in survival among pediatri…

Lung Cancer Among Women in the United States Open

S. Jane Henley, Shayne Gallaway, Simple D. Singh, Mary Elizabeth O’Neil, Natasha Buchanan Lunsford , et al. · 2018

November marks Lung Cancer Awareness Month, and reminds us that lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among women in the United States. In this brief report, we highlight CDC resources that can be used to examine the most recent…

Summary of Notifiable Noninfectious Conditions and Disease Outbreaks: Surveillance Data Published Between April 1, 2016 and January 31, 2017 — United States Open

Kimberly Thomas, Ruth Ann Jajosky, Ralph J. Coates, Geoffrey M. Calvert, Daniel Dewey-Mattia , et al. · 2017

The Summary of Notifiable Noninfectious Conditions and Disease Outbreaks: Surveillance Data Published Between April 1, 2016 and January 31, 2017 - United States, herein referred to as the Summary (Noninfectious), contains official statisti…

Racial and ethnic disparities among state Medicaid programs for breast cancer screening Open

Florence K. L. Tangka, Sujha Subramanian, Lee R. Mobley, Sonja Hoover, Jiantong Wang , et al. · 2017

Invasive Cancer Incidence and Survival — United States, 2013 Open

S. Jane Henley, Simple D. Singh, Jessica King, Reda Wilson, Mary Elizabeth O’Neil , et al. · 2017

Although cancer represents many heterogeneous diseases, some cancer types share common risk factors. For example, conclusive evidence links cancer at multiple sites with tobacco use, alcohol use, human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, exces…

Surveillance for Cancer Incidence and Mortality — United States, 2013 Open

Simple D. Singh, S. Jane Henley, A. Blythe Ryerson · 2017

This report provides, in tabular and graphic form, official federal statistics on cancer incidence and mortality for 2013 and trends for 1999-2013 as reported by CDC and the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Data in this report come from th…

Surveillance for Cancer Incidence and Mortality — United States, 2012 Open

Simple D. Singh, S. Jane Henley, A. Blythe Ryerson · 2016

This report provides, in tabular and graphic form, official federal statistics on the occurrence of cancer for 2012 and trends for 1999-2012 as reported by CDC and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) (1). Cancer incidence data are from pop…

Introduction to the Summary of Notifiable Noninfectious Conditions and Disease Outbreaks — United States Open

Ralph J. Coates, Martha Stanbury, Ruth Ann Jajosky, Kimberly Thomas, Michele Monti , et al. · 2016

With this 2016 Summary of Notifiable Noninfectious Conditions and Disease Outbreaks - United States, CDC is publishing official statistics for the occurrence of nationally notifiable noninfectious conditions and disease outbreaks for the s…

Breast Cancer Screening Among Women with Medicaid, 2006–2008: a Multilevel Analysis Open

Lee R. Mobley, Sujha Subramanian, Florence K. L. Tangka, Sonja Hoover, Jiantong Wang , et al. · 2016

Cancer Incidence in Appalachia, 2004–2011 Open

Reda Wilson, A. Blythe Ryerson, Simple D. Singh, Jessica King · 2016

Background: Limited literature is available about cancer in the Appalachian Region. This is the only known analysis of all cancers for Appalachia and non-Appalachia covering 100% of the US population. Appalachian cancer incidence and trend…

Invasive cancer incidence - Puerto Rico, 2007-2011. Open

Mary Elizabeth O’Neil, S. Jane Henley, Simple D. Singh, Reda Wilson, Karen J. Ortiz‐Ortiz , et al. · 2015

Identifying these variations can aid evaluation of factors associated with high incidence, such as cancer screening practices, and development of targeted cancer prevention and control efforts. Public health professionals can monitor cance…

Invasive cancer incidence and survival--United States, 2011. Open

S. Jane Henley, Simple D. Singh, Jessica King, Reda Wilson, Mary Elizabeth O’Neil , et al. · 2015

Because of improvements in early detection and treatment of cancer, the proportion of persons with cancer who survive ≥5 years after diagnosis has increased. To assess progress toward achieving Healthy People 2020 objectives,* CDC analyzed…

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