[HTML][HTML] East meets West: ethnic differences in prostate cancer epidemiology between East Asians and Caucasians

T Kimura - Chinese journal of cancer, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Prostate cancer is the most prevalent cancer in males in Western countries. The reported
incidence in Asia is much lower than that in African Americans and European Caucasians …

Prostate-specific antigen and other serum and urine markers in prostate cancer

C Stephan, B Ralla, K Jung - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews …, 2014 - Elsevier
Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is one of the most widely used tumor markers, and strongly
correlates with the risk of harboring from prostate cancer (PCa). This risk is visible already …

Cardiovascular disease among survivors of adult-onset cancer: a community-based retrospective cohort study

SH Armenian, L Xu, B Ky, C Sun, LT Farol… - Journal of Clinical …, 2016 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), including ischemic heart disease, stroke, and
heart failure, are well-established late effects of therapy in survivors of childhood and young …

[HTML][HTML] Surveillance of certain health behaviors and conditions among states and selected local areas—Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States …

C Li, LS Balluz, CA Okoro, TW Strine, JM Lin… - MMWR Surveill …, 2011 - cdc.gov
Problem: Chronic diseases and conditions (eg, heart disease, cancer, stroke, and diabetes)
are the leading causes of death in the United States. Controlling health risk behaviors and …

[HTML][HTML] Pre-existing diabetes mellitus increases the risk of gastric cancer: a meta-analysis

JM Yoon, KY Son, CS Eom, D Durrance… - World journal of …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
METHODS: We searched MedLine (PubMed), EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library without
any limitations with respect to publication date or language, we also searched the …

[HTML][HTML] Surveillance for certain health behaviors among states and selected local areas—United States, 2010

F Xu, M Town, LS Balluz, WP Bartoli, W Murphy… - MMWR Surveill …, 2013 - cdc.gov
Problem: Chronic diseases (eg, heart disease, stroke, cancer, and diabetes) are the leading
causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Engaging in healthy behaviors (eg …

Hepatitis B virus transmissions associated with a portable dental clinic, West Virginia, 2009

RA Radcliffe, D Bixler, A Moorman, VA Hogan… - The Journal of the …, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Although hepatitis B virus (HBV) transmission in dental settings is rare, in 2009
a cluster of acute HBV infections was reported among attendees of a two-day portable …

Prevalence of overweight and obesity and their cardiometabolic comorbidities in Hispanic adults living in Puerto Rico

CM Pérez, H Sánchez, AP Ortiz - Journal of community health, 2013 - Springer
This study characterized the prevalence of overweight and obesity and assessed their
cardiometabolic comorbidities in the population aged 21–79 years living in the San Juan …

Who tweets about cancer? An analysis of cancer-related tweets in the USA

D Murthy, M Eldredge - Digital health, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Cancer patients, family members and friends are increasingly using social media. Some
oncologists and oncology centres are engaging with social media, and advocacy groups are …

[HTML][HTML] Peer reviewed: Incarceration of a household member and hispanic health disparities: Childhood exposure and adult chronic disease risk behaviors

A Gjelsvik, DM Dumont, A Nunn - Preventing chronic disease, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods We analyzed data from 81,910 respondents to the 2009–2010 Behavioral Risk
Factor Surveillance System to identify associations between the childhood experience of …