Background: Previous reviews of geographical disparities in the prostate cancer continuum
from diagnosis to mortality have identified a consistent pattern of poorer outcomes with …

PURPOSE: Along with increasing age and a positive family history subSaharan African
ancestry has long been recognized as an important risk factor for prostate cancer. In the …

Background: The rapidly rising incidence of papillary thyroid cancer may be due to
overdiagnosis of a reservoir of subclinical disease. To conclude that overdiagnosis is …

Background Population-based cancer registry data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology,
and End Results (SEER) Program at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) are mainly based on …

Background Although both race and socioeconomic status are well known to influence
mortality patterns in the United States, few studies have examined the simultaneous …

Considered the most comprehensive handbook in the field, this rich resource reviews the
biological, psychological, and social factors that affect health, health behavior, and illness …

The largest US cancer health disparity exists in prostate cancer, with Black men having more
than a two-fold increased risk of dying from prostate cancer compared to all other races. This …

This monograph presents one of the most comprehensive analyses yet on socioeconomic
patterns in cancer incidence and outcomes in the United States. The extensive amount of …

BACKGROUND There have been reports that the incidence rates of brain tumors have
increased over the past few decades, but most have considered all brain tumors together …

BACKGROUND Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection causes hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
and subtypes of non‐Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). Associations with other cancers are not …