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Life (Basel)
December 2024
Department of Dermatovenerology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia.
Background: Esophageal cancer is a major public health issue, yet risk factors for its occurrence are still insufficiently known. This study aimed to estimate the global burden of esophageal cancer and its risk factors.
Methods: This ecological study presented the incidence, mortality, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) of esophageal cancer in the world.
Cancers (Basel)
January 2025
Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center, Lexington, KY 40536, USA.
: Little information has been published on patients diagnosed with brain metastasis secondary to lung cancer. Correlating outcome patterns (hospice care, lost to follow-up, death before hospice care or treatment) and specific characteristics of treated and untreated patients may identify subsets of patients who may benefit from treatment. : We evaluated data from the Kentucky Cancer Registry and identified 284 cases who were diagnosed with brain metastasis secondary to non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) between 1 August 2016, and 31 December 2019.
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January 2025
Fertility and Infertility Research Center, Health Technology Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Background: Breast cancer (BC) is the second most common cancer in the world. This study aimed to investigate the burden of BC due to some risk factors in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries from 1990 to 2019.
Methods: This study is a secondary analysis based on the Global Burden of Disease 2019 data.
Stats (Basel)
September 2024
Biostatistics and Data Sciences, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Public Health, New Orleans, LA 70122, USA.
Background: Previous research has identified differences in e-cigarette use and socioeconomic factors between different racial groups However, there is little research examining specific risk factors contributing to the racial differences.
Objective: This study sought to identify racial disparities in e-cigarette use and to determine risk factors that help explain these differences.
Methods: We used Wave 5 (2018-2019) of the Adult Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study.
Subst Use Misuse
January 2025
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
Objectives: To examine prevalence trends in the use of smoked tobacco products in 11 South American (SA) countries (i.e., Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela) and their association with country-specific socio-demographic index (SDI) over 30 years.
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