Recommendations c Treatment decisions should be timely, rely on evidence-based guidelines, and be made collaboratively with patients based on individual preferences, prognoses, and comorbidities. B c Providers should consider the burden of treatment and self-efficacy of patients when recommending treatments. E c Treatment plans should align with the Chronic Care Model, emphasizing productive in...

OBJECTIVE Gastric cancer is the fourth most common cancer worldwide. While it is one of the most common cancers in Iran, there are only limited data regarding incidence trends in the country. This study is the first of its type to investigate trends across six geographical areas during 2000-2005 using cancer registry data. MATERIALS AND METHODS The registered data for gastric cancer cases in ...

Department of Oncology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC; Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, California; IBMTR/ABMTR Statistical Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; National Marrow Donor Program, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington; Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, University of Minneso...

INTRODUCTION Cancer incidence and mortality rates for American Indians in the Northern Plains region of the United States are among the highest in the nation. Reliable cancer surveillance data are essential to help reduce this burden; however, racial data in state cancer registries are often misclassified, and cases are often underreported. METHODS We used a community-based participatory rese...

The Indian Council of Medical Research initiated a network of cancer registries under the National Cancer Registry Programme (NCRP) in 1981 and data collection commenced in these registries from January 1982. The results on incidence rates provided by the Population Based Cancer Registries (PBCRs) have shown the variation in patterns of cancer in general and that of cancer cervix in particular....

Long-term survival rates are the most commonly used outcome measures for patients with cancer. However, traditional long-term survival statistics, which are derived by cohort-based types of analysis, essentially reflect the survival expectations of patients diagnosed many years ago. They are therefore often severely outdated at the time they become available. A couple of years ago, a new method...

Follow-up procedures vary among cancer registries in North America. US registries are funded by the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program and/or the National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR). SEER registries ascertain vital status and date of last contact to meet follow-up standards. NPCR and Canadian registries primarily conduct linkages with local and national death re...

Clinical and public health research depends on factors including national systems, socio-cultural influences, and access to organisations and individuals. As a 'new' country, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has yet to develop strong support for population research. However, there is interest in research. The challenges for quantitative and qualitative research include the varied composition and ...

Setting and participants. This study examined participants in the Cancer Prevention Study II (CPS-II) Nutrition Cohort, a prospective study examining the impact of environmental and lifetyle factors on cancer incidence and mortality in 184,187 American men and women. The CPS-II Nutrition Cohort is a subgroup of the CPS-II, a prospective mortality study of 1.2 million participants established in...

During the last 20 years, India has emerged as a fast growing economy with changes in lifestyle-related behavior partially responsible for the increasing cancer burden. While cancer incidence rates are lower than many western countries some changes over recent decades have emerged. This paper examines the time trends in cancer-specific incidence from six population-based cancer registries in In...