Cancer Epidemiology

Papers
(The median citation count of Cancer Epidemiology is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
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Age-period-cohort effects on incidence trends of childhood leukemia from four population-based cancer registries in Colombia61
Projections of the future burden of cancer in Australia using Bayesian age-period-cohort models59
Classic myeloproliferative neoplasms in Singapore: A population-based study on incidence, trends, and survival from 1968 to 201756
Low baseline vitamin D levels increase the risk of bone metastases among females with breast cancer − Hospital based cohort study51
Different prognosis of left compared to right breast cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis44
Hot beverage consumption in the African Esophageal Cancer Corridor: A community-based thermal exposure measurement study across the lifespan37
The effect of age on the opportunity to receive cancer treatment35
Survival from five common cancers in Georgia, 2015–2019 (CONCORD)35
Treatment differences and long-term outcomes in adults and children with Ewing sarcoma35
Guideline interval: A new time interval in the diagnostic pathway for symptomatic cancer35
Gender differences in adherence to COVID-19 preventative measures and preferred sources of COVID-19 information among adolescents and young adults with cancer35
Cancers attributable to tobacco smoking in Italy in 202034
Serum bilirubin subgroups and cancer risk: Insights with a focus on lung cancer31
Incidence and relative survival of pancreatic adenocarcinoma and pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms in Germany, 2009–2018. An in-depth analysis of two population-based cancer registries30
Risk of developing hypothyroidism with the use of tyrosine kinase inhibitors and immune checkpoint inhibitors30
Vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 and risk of hospital admission and death among infected cancer patients: A population-based study in northern Italy29
Disparities in colorectal cancer time-to-treatment and survival time associated with racial and economic residential segregation surrounding the diagnostic hospital, Georgia 2010–201527
Associations of dietary fat types (MUFA, PUFA, SFA) and sources (animal, plant) with colorectal cancer risk: A comprehensive systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective cohort stu26
Ethiopian women's breast cancer self-examination practices and associated factors. A systematic review and meta-analysis26
Racial disparities and treatment trends among young-onset colorectal cancer patients: An analysis of a hospital cancer registry25
The validity of cancer information on death certificates in Norway and the impact of death certificate initiated cases on cancer incidence and survival25
Health related quality of life in adult cancer survivors: Importance of social and emotional support24
Beyond the urban-rural divide: Exploring spatial variations in breast cancer outcomes in Queensland, Australia23
Prevalence and determinants of cervical cancer screening in five sub-Saharan African countries: A population-based study22
Incidence and prognosis of patients with small intestinal neuroendocrine tumors in a population based nationwide study21
Trends in incidence, mortality and survival of gastric cancer in Xiamen, China from 2011 to 2020: A population-based study21
Glioblastoma in adolescents and young adults: An age-based comparative study from Jordan over a 17-year period20
Biased effects of pre-diagnostic physical activity on breast cancer survival: Systematic review and meta-analysis19
Trends in pancreatic cancer incidence, characteristics, and outcomes in Denmark 1980–2019: A nationwide cohort study18
A prospective study of pre-diagnostic circulating tryptophan and kynurenine, and the kynurenine/tryptophan ratio and risk of glioma17
Glycogen synthase kinase-3ß inhibitor use and prostate cancer incidence in Manitoba, Canada: A population-based nested case–control study17
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Health locus of control and symptom distress: The mediating role of illness acceptance and symptom severity in acute leukemia patients17
Childhood leukemia near nuclear sites in Belgium: An ecological study at small geographical level17
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Polycystic ovary syndrome and risk of differentiated thyroid cancer: A nationwide, register-based cohort study based on Danish health data17
Improving diagnostic strategies for ovarian cancer in Filipino women using ultrasound imaging and a multivariate index assay16
Point of care tobacco treatment sustains during COVID-19, a global pandemic16
Aggregation of melanoma tumour site within Western Australian families16
Breast cancer incidence and stage at diagnosis in the six US-Affiliated Pacific Islands16
Predictors of treatment initiation and mapping the cancer diagnostic pathway: A retrospective observational cohort study of patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer15
Fasting plasma glucose and alanine aminotransferase on the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma: A nested case-control study15
Pre-existing psychological disorders, diabetes, and pancreatic cancer: A population-based study of 38,952 Finns15
Incidence and survival of patients with melanoma in Colombia15
A systematic review and meta-analysis of mortality in anal cancer patients by HIV status15
Cardiovascular risk factor reporting in immune checkpoint inhibitor trials: A systematic review15
Residential exposure to ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and incident breast cancer among young women in Ontario, Canada15
Three-year hospital service use trajectories of people diagnosed with cancer: A retrospective cohort study15
Chronic metformin intake and gastric cancer: A pooled analysis within the Stomach cancer Pooling (StoP) Project15
Socio-demographic inequalities in stage at diagnosis of lung cancer: A French population-based study15
Corrigendum to “The impact of delayed screening colonoscopies during the COVID-19 pandemic on clinical outcomes” [Cancer Epidemiol. 92 (2024) 102629]14
Gender differences in tumor characteristics, treatment and survival of colorectal cancer: A population-based study14
Introduction of the Danish Lung Nodule Registry: A part of the Danish Lung Cancer Registry13
Neuroblastoma in Spain: Linking the national clinical database and epidemiological registries – A study by the Joint Action on Rare Cancers13
Addressing the cervical cancer burden in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas through a multi-component program to improve screening and diagnostic follow-up: A retrospective cohort study13
Survival pattern of colorectal cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis13
Incidence and survival of patients with malignant pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms in Germany, 2009–202112
REV3L single nucleotide variants lead to increased susceptibility towards non-small cell lung cancer in the population of Jammu and Kashmir12
Trends in cancer mortality in the elderly and oldest old in South America12
Smoking and other health factors in patients with head and neck cancer12
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Geographic variations in cancer incidence and mortality in the State of São Paulo, Brazil 2001–1711
The impact of skin cancer prevention efforts in New South Wales, Australia: Generational trends in melanoma incidence and mortality11
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Prevalence of cancer risk behaviors by county-level persistent poverty11
Stage-specific risk of colon and rectal cancer in patients presenting with rectal bleeding or change in bowel habit in primary care: A population-based cohort study11
Investigating factors affecting the effectiveness of Gardasil 4, Cervarix, and Gardasil 9 vaccines considering the WHO regions in females: A systematic review11
Prediction model establishment of prognosis factors for distant metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma based on the SEER database11
An intronic variant in the CELF4 gene is associated with risk for colorectal cancer11
Corrigendum to “Lifetime occupational and recreational physical activity and risk of lymphoma subtypes. Results from the European Epilymph case-control study” [Cancer Epidemiol. 87 (2023) 102495]11
Disparities in survival improvement for U.S. childhood and adolescent cancer between 1995 and 2019: An analysis of population-based data11
Side effects of drug-antibody conjugates enfortumab-vedotin and sacituzumab-govitecan in targeted therapy in cancer11
Mortality in patients with cancer and SARS-CoV-2 infection: Results from the Argentinean Network of Hospital-Based Cancer Registries11
Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of hepatocellular carcinoma in Xiamen11
The association between marital status and treatment initiation in lung cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies10
Disease burden of cancers attributable to high fasting plasma glucose from 1990 to 2021 and projections until 2031 in China10
Pre-diagnostic circulating p53 autoantibodies and subsequent lung cancer risk in low-income African and European Americans10
Notification of locoregional breast cancer recurrence based on pathology reports: A nationwide validation study with the Netherlands Cancer Registry10
Latin America and the Caribbean Code Against Cancer 1st Edition: 17 cancer prevention recommendations to the public and to policy-makers (World Code Against Cancer Framework)10
Temporal trends and factors associated with the cancer diagnosed at stage IV in patients included in the integrated hospital-based cancer registry system in Brazil in two decades10
Cancer mortality 1981–2016 and contribution of specific cancers to current socioeconomic inequalities in all cancer mortality: A population-based study10
Hysterectomy and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer by histologic type, endometriosis, and menopausal hormone therapy10
Prostate cancer incidence rates, trends, and treatment related to prostate-specific antigen screening recommendations in the United States10
Corrigendum to “Factors associated with 5- and 10-year survival among a recent cohort of childhood cancer survivors (France, 2000–2015)” [Cancer Epidemiol. 73 (2021) 101950]10
The incidence trends of papillary thyroid carcinoma in Belarus during the post-Chernobyl epoch10
Quantification of overdiagnosis in randomised trials of cancer screening: an overview and re-analysis of systematic reviews10
Lung cancer in nonsmokers- A risk factor analysis10
Whole-population trends in pathology-confirmed cancer incidence in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: A retrospective observational study10
Cancer incidence in ELSA-Brasil: Making the case for population based cancer registries in Brazil9
Repeat hepatectomy justified in patients with early recurrence of colorectal cancer liver metastases: A systematic review and meta-analysis9
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on lung cancer diagnoses and mortality: A nationwide study in France9
Associations of demographic and perinatal factors with childhood neuroblastoma in Texas, 1995–20119
Occurrence of comorbidity with colorectal cancer and variations by age and stage at diagnosis9
Rural cancer disparities from Oklahoma cancer and vital records registries 2016–20209
Association between insulin resistance related indicators with the prognosis of patients with colorectal cancer9
Sleep disturbances among cancer survivors9
Dose-response relationship between fat distribution and liver cancer incidence: A prospective cohort study in Chinese men9
Effectiveness of population-based colorectal cancer screening programme in down-staging9
Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) mortality in Vietnam war era veterans9
Survival after breast cancer according to participation in organised or opportunistic screening and deprivation9
Use of conditional estimates of effect in cancer epidemiology: An application to lung cancer treatment9
Initial screening of gastric cancer using oral contrast-enhanced trans-abdominal ultrasonography in rural asymptomatic individuals9
Stomach cancer incidence trends in selected Latin America countries: Age, period, and birth-cohort effects9
Cadmium in biological samples and site-specific cancer risk and mortality: A systematic review of original articles and meta-analyses8
Association of circulating leptin and adiponectin levels with colorectal cancer risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis of case-control studies8
Evaluating the efficacy of artificial intelligence tools for the automation of systematic reviews in cancer research: A systematic review8
Are older patients less likely to be treated for pancreatic cancer? A systematic review and meta-analysis8
The effects of the first UK lockdown for the COVID-19 pandemic on primary-care-recorded cancer and type-2 diabetes mellitus records: A population-based quasi-experimental time series study8
Multi-state survival models with treatment effects and biomarkers: Simulations for study design assessment8
Association between antihypertensive medicine use and risk of ovarian cancer in women aged 50 years and older8
Colorectal cancer incidence in a multi-ethnic population: Age-period-cohort analysis of trends in Singapore8
Genetically inferred birthweight, height, and puberty timing and risk of osteosarcoma8
Coverage rate of opportunistic and organised breast cancer screening in France: Department-level estimation8
Multiple myeloma, race, insurance and treatment8
Diabetes increases the risk of meningioma: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies8
The association of the healthy eating index with risk of colorectal cancers (overall and by subsite) among Canadians8
Appendectomy and the subsequent risk of cancer: A prospective population-based cohort study with long follow-up8
Innovative use of Australian cancer registry data for early detection of the effects of epidemics and other mass disruptions on cancer incidence8
Head and neck cancer mortality trends in Espírito Santo, Brazil8
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Mobile phone use and trends in the incidence of cancers of the parotid and other salivary glands8
Risk factors associated with head and neck cancer in former smokers: A Brazilian multicentric study8
Fair comparisons of cause-specific and relative survival by accounting for the systematic removal of patients from risk-sets7
Relationships between serum iron and liver diseases in nutrition intervention trials: A nested case-control study7
Role of social status and social environment on net survival in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia: A high-resolution population-based study7
Colorectal cancer incidence trends in Golestan, Iran: An age-period-cohort analysis 2004–20187
Understanding gastrointestinal cancer mortality disparities in a racially and geographically diverse population7
Clinicopathologic predictors of early relapse in advanced epithelial ovarian cancer: development of prediction models using nationwide data7
Examining concordance with the guidelines of the national comprehensive cancer network for the treatment of endometrial cancer in Puerto Rico7
Vitamin D-related genetic variants and prostate cancer risk in Black men7
Hospital surgical volume and colorectal cancer survival in Norway: A nationwide cohort study7
Risk factors for breast cancer and their association with molecular subtypes in a population of Northeast Brazil7
Latin American and the Caribbean Code Against Cancer 1st edition: Infections and cancer7
Survival of primary liver cancer for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in Australia7
Colorectal cancer among farmers in the AGRICAN cohort study7
Reproductive and external hormonal factors and the risk of renal cell cancer in the Netherlands Cohort Study7
Temporal trends in age and stage-specific incidence of colorectal cancer in Saudi Arabia: A registry-based cohort study between 1997 and 20177
Trends in head and neck cancer incidence in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam between 1996 and 20157
Risk of carcinomas among children and adolescents with birth defects7
Breast and colorectal cancer recurrence-free survival estimates in the US: Modeling versus active data collection7
Prevalence of Human Papilloma Virus in Coquimbo, Chile7
HPV-driven oropharyngeal cancer burden in Paris and its region (ILE DE FRANCE) from 1981 TO 20217
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Risk factors for childhood brain tumours: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies from 1976 to 20227
Regional differences in patient age and prostate cancer characteristics and rates of treatment modalities in favorable and unfavorable intermediate risk prostate cancer across United States SEER regis7
Association between metabolic syndrome and participation in colorectal cancer screening in Japan: A retrospective cohort analysis using LIFE study data7
Six years of colorectal cancer mortality surveillance in the screening population for a risk stratified screening program7
Factors associated with 5- and 10-year survival among a recent cohort of childhood cancer survivors (France, 2000–2015)7
Mortality risk among adult americans living with cancer and elevated CRP7
Cancer risk associated with the use of valsartan in Korea: A nationwide cohort study6
Exploring the influence of rural residence on uptake of organized cancer screening – A systematic review of international literature6
Employment outcomes among cancer patients in the United States6
Lung cancer from suspicion to treatment: An indicator of healthcare access in Turkey6
Liver cancer in Saudi Arabia: A registry-based nationwide descriptive epidemiological and survival analysis6
Understanding current trends and incidence projections of prostate cancer in India: A comprehensive analysis of national and regional data from the global burden of disease study (1990 –2021)6
Cancer incidence and spectrum among Uygurs in Hotan District in China6
The interaction between systemic inflammatory markers and polygenic risk score in breast cancer risk: A cohort study in the UK Biobank6
Gynaecological cancer incidence and mortality trends in a Brazilian State with medium human development index: A 22-year analysis6
Challenges of cancer registration and epidemiology in Italy6
Racial differences in carcinoma-in-situ and non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer mortality: Accounting for insurance status, black segregation, and neighborhood poverty6
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the use of systemic therapy for patients diagnosed with cancer in England: A population-based study with a focus on breast and lung cancer6
Cigarette smoking and risk of second primary cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis6
Systematic review of smoking relapse rates among cancer survivors who quit at the time of cancer diagnosis6
Cancer incidence after an open cut coal mine fire6
Treatment outcomes for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia in low-middle income country before minimal residual disease risk stratification6
The challenge of ovarian cancer care in the oldest old6
Prognosis related to treatment plan in patients with biliary tract cancer: A nationwide database study6
Predictors and consequences of different pathways to emergency diagnosis of cancer in England: Evidence from linked national audit and cancer registration data6
Response to shared decision making in prostate cancer screening: Different perspective of public health physicians and urologists6
A systematic review and meta-analysis of the association of human papilloma virus infections with ocular surface squamous neoplasia6
The intersection of race, ethnicity, and urbanicity on treatment paradigms and clinical outcomes for non-malignant primary tumors of the spine6
Pre-diagnostic cigarette smoking and risk of second primary cancer: The Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study6
A meta-analysis of sunburn and basal cell carcinoma risk6
Breast cancer incidence trends in Golestan, Iran: An age-period-cohort analysis by ethnic region, 2004-20186
Association of alcohol consumption, betel nut chewing, and cigarette smoking with mortality in patients with head and neck cancer among the Taiwanese population: A nationwide population-based cohort s6
Trends in pediatric lymphoma incidence by global region, age and sex from 1988-20126
Evaluation of disparities in maintaining healthy lifestyle behaviors among female cancer survivors by race/ethnicity and US nativity6
Is opium use related to the increased risk of oral cavity cancers? A case-control study in Iran6
Lymphoid blood cancers, incidence and survival 2005-2023: A report from the UK’s Haematological Malignancy Research Network6
Epidemiology of laryngeal cancer in Brazil: Historical data from 2000 to 20196
Sexual identity differences in biomarkers of tobacco exposure among women in a national sample6
Differences in recording of cancer diagnosis between datasets in England: A population-based study of linked cancer registration, hospital, and primary care data6
The frequency of using wearable activity trackers is associated with minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity among cancer survivors: Analysis of HINTS data5
Regional cancer incidence and survival in Denmark5
Patterns and temporal trends in the incidence of childhood and adolescence cancer in Cyprus 1998–2017: A population-based study from the Cyprus Paediatric Oncology Registry5
Relative rates of cancers and deaths in Australian communities with PFAS environmental contamination associated with firefighting foams: A cohort study using linked data5
Time intervals and previous primary care consultations in the pathway to emergency cancer diagnosis5
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Latin America and the Caribbean Code Against Cancer 1st edition: Tobacco and nicotine-related products, secondhand smoke, and alcohol and cancer5
An update on the current epidemiological status of metastatic neoplasms to the thyroid5
Toxoplasma gondii infection/exposure and the risk of brain tumors: A systematic review and meta-analysis5
Changes in the salivary cotinine cut-offs to discriminate smokers and non-smokers before and after Spanish smoke-free legislation5
Regional variation in cancer survival in Norway5
Esophageal cancer in relation to alcohol drinking and tobacco use among men in Kerala, India – Karunagappally cohort5
Association of the affordable care act with perceived health care quality of cancer survivors5
Impact of age on survival according to molecular tumor findings in children and adolescents with soft-tissue and bone sarcoma: The BIOSCA project5
Population-based cancer survival in the Golestan province in the northeastern part of Iran 2007–20125
Risk of thyroid cancer following hysterectomy5
Latin America and the Caribbean Code Against Cancer 1st Edition: Medical interventions including hormone replacement therapy and cancer screening5
The reduced mortality of malignant melanoma at the population level is mainly attributable to treatment advances for the past decade5
Survival of patients who had cancer diagnosed through an emergency hospital admission: A retrospective matched case-comparison study in Australia5
Survival rate of colorectal cancer and its relation to the individual and geographical variations in Malaysia, 2013–20185
Cancers of unknown primary: Survival by histologic type, demographic features, and treatment in the U.S. Military Health System5
Sleep problems and risk of cancer incidence and mortality in an older cohort: The Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS)5
Feasibility and limitations of using commercial databases to evaluate residential mobility in registry-based research on childhood cancer5
Trends in gastric cancer mortality 2005–2020 in Peru and its geographical areas: A joinpoint regression analysis5
Hepatitis E virus infection and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma: A systematic review and meta-analysis5
Age and metastasis – How age influences metastatic spread in cancer. Colorectal cancer as a model5
Diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer in Denmark during the COVID-19 pandemic5
The association between the incidence of post-menopausal breast cancer and residential greenness5
Incidence patterns of childhood cancer in two tertiary hospitals in Ghana from 2015 to 2019: A retrospective observational study5
Demographic, clinical, and social characteristics of anal cancer among patients stratified by age (<50 and ≥50 years) in Alabama between 2012 and 20185
The contribution of rural/urban residence to incidence and survival in thymoma and thymic carcinoma, a retrospective cohort study of the SEER 2000–2020 database5
Socioeconomic differences in prostate cancer treatment: A systematic review and meta-analysis5
Association between disparities in intergenerational economic mobility and cause-specific mortality among Black and White persons in the United States5
Risk of primary haematologic cancers following incident non-metastatic breast cancer: A Danish population-based cohort study5
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Assessment of surveillance versus etiologic factors in the reciprocal association between papillary thyroid cancer and breast cancer4
Characteristics of patients with lung cancer in clinical practice and their potential eligibility for clinical trials evaluating tyrosine kinase inhibitors or immune checkpoint inhibitors4
Commentary to Oliveros et al., Cancer Epidemiol 2025;96:1027844
The Danish metastatic melanoma database (DAMMED): A nation-wide platform for quality assurance and research in real-world data on medical therapy in Danish melanoma patients4
Lead (Pb) in biological samples in association with cancer risk and mortality: A systematic literature review4
Maternal lifestyle factors and risk of neuroblastoma in the offspring: A meta-analysis including Greek NARECHEM-ST primary data4
A brain metastasis prediction model in women with breast cancer4
Breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening test use in the US territories of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands4
Latin American and the Caribbean Code Against Cancer 1st edition: Weight, physical activity, diet, breastfeeding, and cancer4
Differences in lung cancer death rates by rural vs. urban status in comparison to all-cancer death rates — United States, 1999–20204
Trends in incidence and survival of the four most common cancers by stage at diagnosis in Cyprus: A population-based study from 2004 to 20174
Differences in risk factors for head and neck cancer among men and women in Nepal: A case-control study4
Follow-up of women screened for cervical cancer in São Paulo, Brazil: An analysis of the times to diagnostic investigation and treatment4
Use of risk-based cervical screening programs in resource-limited settings4
2D:4D digit ratio as a potential marker for prostate cancer risk4
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The outcome of patients with serous papillary peritoneal cancer, fallopian tube cancer, and epithelial ovarian cancer by treatment eras: 27 years data from the SEER registry4
Lifestyle factors associated with sex differences in Kaposi sarcoma incidence among adult black South Africans: A case-control study4
Early repeat resection of liver metastases from colorectal cancer may not be justified without controlled trial evidence4
A national study of alcohol consumption patterns among population-based U.S. cancer survivors compared with cancer-free individuals4
Epidemiological analysis of lung and mediastinal neuroendocrine neoplasms in Japan based on the national database4
Incidence of prostate, colorectal and male breast cancers in relation with statins and testosterone replacement therapy: SEER-Medicare 2007–20154
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A prospective cohort study of physical activity in relation to lung cancer incidence among Black women4
A competing-risk nomogram for predicting gastric cancer-specific survival in patients over 70 years: A SEER-based study4
Nitrates in drinking water and cancers of the colon and rectum: a meta-analysis of epidemiological studies4
Lack of significant associations between single nucleotide polymorphisms in LPAL2-LPA genetic region and all cancer incidence and mortality in Japanese population: The Japan public health center-based4
Perceptions of e-cigarette harm among cancer survivors: Findings from a nationally representative survey4
Changes in the overall survival of patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma in the era of immune-checkpoint inhibitors4
The association of different body weight classes and survival outcomes in patients with cervical cancer4
Co-occurrence of cancer and diabetes in a high-income country: Age-period-cohort projections 2020–20444
Geographic disparities in cardiovascular mortality among patients with myelodysplastic syndromes: A population-based analysis.4
Lifetime caffeine intake and the risk of epithelial ovarian cancer4
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