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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Childhood cancer: Survival, treatment modalities, late effects and improvements over time159
Childhood cancer: Estimating regional and global incidence87
Childhood cancer in India50
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 registry50
Validity of initial cancer diagnoses in the Diagnosis Procedure Combination data in Japan44
Global burden of ototoxic hearing loss associated with platinum-based cancer treatment: A systematic review and meta-analysis39
The world cancer patient population (WCPP): An updated standard for international comparisons of population-based survival38
Ovarian cancer survival by stage, histotype, and pre-diagnostic lifestyle factors, in the prospective UK Million Women Study38
Uncommon EGFR mutations in non-small-cell lung cancer: A systematic literature review of prevalence and clinical outcomes34
Trends in time to cancer diagnosis around the period of changing national guidance on referral of symptomatic patients: A serial cross-sectional study using UK electronic healthcare records from 2006–32
Trends in breast and cervical cancer in India under National Cancer Registry Programme: An Age-Period-Cohort analysis31
The metastatic pattern of intestinal and diffuse type gastric carcinoma – A Dutch national cohort study27
Routes to diagnosis and the association with the prognosis in patients with cancer – A nationwide register-based cohort study in Denmark26
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 patients26
Parity and risk of developing breast cancer according to tumor subtype: A systematic review and meta-analysis26
Increasing Area Deprivation Index negatively impacts ovarian cancer survival26
The incidence of young-onset colorectal cancer in Canada continues to increase25
Use of metformin and aspirin is associated with delayed cancer incidence24
Incidence of radiation induced sarcoma attributable to radiotherapy in adults: A retrospective cohort study in the SEER cancer registries across 17 primary tumor sites23
Childhood cancer in Latin America: from detection to palliative care and survivorship23
Cigarette smoking and risk of second primary cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis22
A systematic review of the barriers and facilitators influencing the cancer screening behaviour among people with intellectual disabilities22
Risk of gonadal neoplasia in patients with disorders/differences of sex development22
Prevalence and determinants of cervical cancer screening in five sub-Saharan African countries: A population-based study22
Effect of post-diagnosis exercise on depression symptoms, physical functioning and mortality in breast cancer survivors: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized control trials21
Associations between comorbidities and advanced stage diagnosis of lung, breast, colorectal, and prostate cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis21
Age and metastasis – How age influences metastatic spread in cancer. Colorectal cancer as a model20
Epidemiology and prognostic factors of pediatric brain tumor survival in the US: Evidence from four decades of population data19
Epidemiology of Kaposi’s sarcoma in sub-Saharan Africa19
Childhood cancer care in the Middle East, North Africa, and West/Central Asia: A snapshot across five countries from the POEM network19
Infection with Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and risk of subsites within the oral cancer19
Sweetened beverage consumption and risk of liver cancer by diabetes status: A pooled analysis18
A nationwide population-based study on overall survival after meningioma surgery18
Does changing healthcare use signal opportunities for earlier detection of cancer? A review of studies using information from electronic patient records17
Demographic and socioeconomic disparities in pediatric cancer in the United States: Current knowledge, deepening understanding, and expanding intervention16
Cancer incidence and stage at diagnosis among people with psychotic disorders: Systematic review and meta-analysis16
Epidemiology of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: A first estimate of incidence and prevalence using the French nationwide healthcare database16
Thyroid cancer overdiagnosis revisited16
Trends in Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) testing and prostate cancer incidence and mortality in Australia: A critical analysis16
Japanese cancer screening programs during the COVID-19 pandemic: Changes in participation between 2017-202016
Outdoor artificial light at night and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma among women in the California Teachers Study cohort16
Repeat hepatectomy justified in patients with early recurrence of colorectal cancer liver metastases: A systematic review and meta-analysis15
Toxoplasma gondii infection/exposure and the risk of brain tumors: A systematic review and meta-analysis15
Proportion of cancer cases and deaths attributable to alcohol consumption by US state, 2013-201614
Multiple myeloma, race, insurance and treatment14
The epidemiology of desmoid tumors in Denmark14
HPV DNA genotyping, HPV E6*I mRNA detection, and p16INK4a/Ki-67 staining in Belgian head and neck cancer patient specimens, collected within the HPV-AHEAD study14
Health related quality of life in adult cancer survivors: Importance of social and emotional support14
Use of risk-based cervical screening programs in resource-limited settings13
Exploring the influence of rural residence on uptake of organized cancer screening – A systematic review of international literature13
Kidney cancer mortality disparities among Hispanics in the US13
Diagnostic and prognostic value of miR-200 family in breast cancer: A meta-analysis and systematic review13
Spatial and temporal variations in cervical cancer screening participation among indigenous and non-indigenous women, Queensland, Australia, 2008–201713
Area-level deprivation and oral cancer in England 2012–201612
Prevalence of skin examination behaviours among Australians over time12
Projections of the future burden of cancer in Australia using Bayesian age-period-cohort models12
The impact of excluding or including Death Certificate Initiated (DCI) cases on estimated cancer survival: A simulation study12
Impact of comorbidities at diagnosis on the 10-year colorectal cancer net survival: A population-based study12
Sugar-containing beverages and their association with risk of breast, endometrial, ovarian and colorectal cancers among Canadian women12
Association of circulating leptin and adiponectin levels with colorectal cancer risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis of case-control studies12
Sleep problems and risk of cancer incidence and mortality in an older cohort: The Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS)12
Evaluation of the impact of the European Code against Cancer on awareness and attitudes towards cancer prevention at the population and health promoters’ levels12
Urinary concentration of endocrine-disrupting phthalates and breast cancer risk in Indian women: A case-control study with a focus on mutations in phthalate-responsive genes11
Distinct clinical and genetic mutation characteristics in sporadic and Lynch syndrome-associated endometrial cancer in a Chinese population11
Nitrates in drinking water and cancers of the colon and rectum: a meta-analysis of epidemiological studies11
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 regis10
Validity of chemotherapy information derived from routinely collected healthcare data: A national cohort study of colon cancer patients10
Exploring socioeconomic differences in surgery and in time to elective surgery for colon cancer in England: Population-based study10
Women cancers in India: Incidence, trends and their clinical extent from the National Cancer Registry Programme10
Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in cervical, breast, and colorectal cancer screening participation among women in Japan, 2010–201910
The prevalence of chronic conditions in patients diagnosed with one of 29 common and rarer cancers: A cross-sectional study using primary care data10
Trends in colorectal cancer incidence in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (1996–2015): Joinpoint regression and age–period–cohort analyses10
Association of mycoplasma with prostate cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis10
County-level characteristics associated with incidence, late-stage incidence, and mortality from screenable cancers10
Breast cancer trends in women younger than 40 years in Brazil9
Global burden of oropharyngeal cancer attributable to human papillomavirus by anatomical subsite and geographic region9
Cancer mortality 1981–2016 and contribution of specific cancers to current socioeconomic inequalities in all cancer mortality: A population-based study9
Short- and long-term survival outcomes among never smokers who developed lung cancer9
Trends in pancreatic cancer incidence, characteristics, and outcomes in Denmark 1980–2019: A nationwide cohort study9
Factors associated with 5- and 10-year survival among a recent cohort of childhood cancer survivors (France, 2000–2015)9
Cruciferous vegetable consumption and pancreatic cancer: A case-control study9
Evaluation of data quality at the Hungarian National Cancer Registry, 2000–20199
The impact of skin cancer prevention efforts in New South Wales, Australia: Generational trends in melanoma incidence and mortality9
Burden of cancer and changing cancer spectrum among older adults in China: Trends and projections to 20309
Ethnic, racial and socioeconomic disparities in breast cancer survival in two Brazilian capitals between 1996 and 20129
Gender disparities in clinical presentation, treatment, and outcomes in metastatic spine disease9
The association between dietary intakes of methionine, choline and betaine and breast cancer risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis9
Sex hormones, SHBG and risk of colon and rectal cancer among men and women in the UK Biobank9
Incidence and relative survival of pancreatic adenocarcinoma and pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms in Germany, 2009–2018. An in-depth analysis of two population-based cancer registries9
Racial disparities and treatment trends among young-onset colorectal cancer patients: An analysis of a hospital cancer registry9
Risk of dementia in colorectal cancer patients receiving chemotherapy: A nationwide cohort study8
Residential traffic exposure and lymphohematopoietic malignancies among children in the city of São Paulo, Brazil: An ecological study8
The effect of silica exposure on the risk of lung cancer: A dose-response meta-analysis8
Changes in colorectal cancer treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan: Interrupted time-series analysis using the National Database of Japan8
Appendectomy and the subsequent risk of cancer: A prospective population-based cohort study with long follow-up8
Insurance status as a mediator of clinical presentation, type of intervention, and short-term outcomes for patients with metastatic spine disease8
Disparities in the long-term survival of adolescent and young adult diffuse large B cell lymphoma survivors8
Body mass index and weight gain after middle adulthood are associated with risk of papillary thyroid cancer: A case–control study8
A 5-year evaluation of using stool-based test for opportunistic colorectal cancer screening in primary health institutions across Malaysia8
The association between fatty acid intake and breast cancer based on the NHANES and Mendelian randomization study8
Occupational disparities in survival from common cancers in Japan: Analysis of Kanagawa cancer registry8
Trends in pediatric lymphoma incidence by global region, age and sex from 1988-20127
Examining methodology to identify patterns of consulting in primary care for different groups of patients before a diagnosis of cancer: An exemplar applied to oesophagogastric cancer7
Influence of deprivation and rurality on patient-reported outcomes of men living with and beyond prostate cancer diagnosis in the UK: A population-based study7
Colonoscopy screening and surveillance disparities during the COVID-19 pandemic7
An intronic variant in the CELF4 gene is associated with risk for colorectal cancer7
Point of care tobacco treatment sustains during COVID-19, a global pandemic7
Evaluation of disparities in maintaining healthy lifestyle behaviors among female cancer survivors by race/ethnicity and US nativity7
Ethiopian women's breast cancer self-examination practices and associated factors. A systematic review and meta-analysis7
The association of VEGF rs833061 and rs2010963 polymorphisms with susceptibility to colorectal cancer in an Iranian population7
Occurrence of comorbidity with colorectal cancer and variations by age and stage at diagnosis7
Performance of low-dose computed tomography on lung cancer screening in high-risk populations: The experience over five screening rounds in Sichuan, China7
International trends in the incidence of brain tumours in children and young-adults and their association with indicators of economic development7
A ten-year study of Retinoblastoma in Uganda: An approach to improving outcome with limited resources7
Socioeconomic status and its relation with breast cancer recurrence and survival in young women in the Netherlands7
Progress in cancer survival across last two decades: A nationwide study of over 1.2 million Polish patients diagnosed with the most common cancers7
Risk of thyroid cancer following hysterectomy7
Ovarian cancer in California: Guideline adherence, survival, and the impact of geographic location, 1996–20147
The delay of breast cancer diagnosis and management during the Syrian war6
Opium use as an independent risk factor for pancreatic cancer: A case-control study6
Reproductive and menstrual factors for papillary thyroid cancer risk: A case-control study in Chinese women6
Lithuanian cohort of Chernobyl cleanup workers: Cancer incidence follow-up 1986–20126
Personal history of autoimmune disease and other medical conditions and risk of myelodysplastic syndromes6
Glioblastoma in adolescents and young adults: An age-based comparative study from Jordan over a 17-year period6
Population-based survival of lymphoid neoplasms: Twenty years of epidemiological data in the Girona province, Spain6
Development and validation of a coding framework to identify severe acute toxicity from systemic anti-cancer therapy using hospital administrative data6
Diabetes increases the risk of meningioma: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies6
Do prognoses of patients with second primary cancers differ from those of patients with no prior cancer? A population-based study6
Cancer incidence trends in the Czech Republic6
Dose-response relationship between fat distribution and liver cancer incidence: A prospective cohort study in Chinese men6
Quantification of overdiagnosis in randomised trials of cancer screening: an overview and re-analysis of systematic reviews6
Association between disparities in intergenerational economic mobility and cause-specific mortality among Black and White persons in the United States6
Trends in brain cancers (glioma) in New Zealand from 1995 to 2020, with reference to mobile phone use6
A prospective study of inflammatory biomarkers and growth factors and risk of glioma in the UK Biobank6
What is the most appropriate period to define synchronous cancers?6
Racial/ethnic and sex differences in young adult malignant brain tumor incidence by histologic type6
Cancer risk in patients with primary immune thrombocytopenia – A Swedish nationwide register study6
Risk factors for childhood brain tumours: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies from 1976 to 20226
Dietary Inflammatory Index, Alternative Healthy Eating Index-2010, Mediterranean Diet Score and the risk of pancreatic cancer6
Global trends in esophageal cancer mortality with predictions to 2025, and in incidence by histotype6
The association between the incidence of post-menopausal breast cancer and residential greenness6
Young adult cancer incidence trends in Taiwan and the U.S. from 2002 to 20166
28-year incidence and time trends of childhood leukaemia in former East Germany compared to West Germany after German reunification: A study from the German Childhood Cancer Registry6
Feasibility of Rapid Case Ascertainment for Cancer in East Africa: An Investigation of Community-Representative Kaposi Sarcoma in the Era of Antiretroviral Therapy6
Temporal and geographical variations of thyroid cancer incidence and mortality in France during 1986–2015: The impact of overdiagnosis6
Health economic evaluation of primary human papillomavirus screening in urban populations in China6
Patterns and associations of smoking and electronic cigarette use among survivors of tobacco related and non-tobacco related cancers: A nationally representative cross-sectional analysis6
Risk factors associated with head and neck cancer in former smokers: A Brazilian multicentric study6
Childhood cancer epidemiology in the Czech Republic (1994–2016)5
Pre-diagnosis lifestyle, health history and psychosocial factors associated with stage at breast cancer diagnosis – Potential targets to shift stage earlier5
Anticipated delay in help-seeking for cancer symptoms: Findings from a nationwide study of Malaysian adults5
Prevalence of cigarette and e-cigarette use among U.S. adults eligible for lung cancer screening based on updated USPSTF guidelines5
Reproductive and external hormonal factors and the risk of renal cell cancer in the Netherlands Cohort Study5
High serum riboflavin is associated with the risk of sporadic colorectal cancer5
Leisure-time physical activity is associated with reduced risks of breast cancer and triple negative breast cancer in Nigerian women5
Abdominal investigations in the year preceding a diagnosis of abdominal cancer: A register-based cohort study in Denmark5
Reliability of a computational platform as a surrogate for manually interpreted immunohistochemical markers in breast tumor tissue microarrays5
Effectiveness of population-based colorectal cancer screening programme in down-staging5
The effect of the Flemish breast cancer screening program on breast cancer-specific mortality: A case-referent study5
Gender differences in adherence to COVID-19 preventative measures and preferred sources of COVID-19 information among adolescents and young adults with cancer5
Age-related differences in colon and rectal cancer survival by stage, histology, and tumour site: An analysis of United States SEER-18 data5
History and current status of cancer registration in Russia5
Increasing incidence and survival of paediatric and adolescent thyroid cancer in Cyprus 1998–2017: A population-based study from the Cyprus Pediatric Oncology Registry5
Comparative evaluation of two colorectal cancer screening campaigns using different faecal occult blood tests in a French area5
Relative rates of cancers and deaths in Australian communities with PFAS environmental contamination associated with firefighting foams: A cohort study using linked data5
Anthropometry, physical activity and cancer of unknown primary (CUP) risk: Results from the Netherlands cohort study5
Changes in hospital variation in the probability of receiving treatment with curative intent for esophageal and gastric cancer5
Early-onset colorectal cancer risk extends to second- and third-degree relatives5
European trends in cervical cancer mortality in relation to national screening programs, 1985–20145
Socioeconomic differences in prostate cancer treatment: A systematic review and meta-analysis5
Coverage rate of opportunistic and organised breast cancer screening in France: Department-level estimation5
A prospective study of pre-diagnostic circulating tryptophan and kynurenine, and the kynurenine/tryptophan ratio and risk of glioma5
Educational inequalities and regional variation in colorectal cancer survival in Finland5
Lymphoid blood cancers, incidence and survival 2005-2023: A report from the UK’s Haematological Malignancy Research Network5
The effect of age on the opportunity to receive cancer treatment5
Perceptions of e-cigarette harm among cancer survivors: Findings from a nationally representative survey5
Investigation of cancer incidence in ELSA-Brasil5
Breast cancer in Brazil: Screening program and surgical approach5
Early detection of melanoma in specialised primary care practice in Australia5
Reproductive factors and breast cancer risk in Palestine: A case control study5
Disentangling the obesity paradox in upper gastrointestinal cancers: Weight loss matters more than body mass index5
Mortality in patients with cancer and SARS-CoV-2 infection: Results from the Argentinean Network of Hospital-Based Cancer Registries5
An update on the current epidemiological status of metastatic neoplasms to the thyroid5
Health of children born to childhood cancer survivors: Participant characteristics and methods of the Multicenter Offspring Study5
A retrospective analysis of human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence and genotype distribution among 25,238 women in Shanghai, China revealed the limitations of current HPV-based screening and HPV vaccin5
Socio-economic inequalities on cancer mortality in nine European areas: The effect of the last economic recession5
Sustainability and monitoring of the European Code Against Cancer: Recommendations5
Follow-up of women screened for cervical cancer in São Paulo, Brazil: An analysis of the times to diagnostic investigation and treatment5
Incidence and prognosis of patients with small intestinal neuroendocrine tumors in a population based nationwide study5
Descriptive epidemiology of cancer of unknown primary in South Korea, 1999–20175
Childhood cancer: A global perspective4
Association between lung cancer screening and smoking cessation4
Multiple mediation analysis of racial disparity in breast cancer survival4
A systematic review of methodological considerations in time to diagnosis and treatment in colorectal cancer research4
Mammographic breast density and characteristics of invasive breast cancer4
Twenty years of melanoma in Victoria, Queensland, and South Australia (1997 – 2016)4
Incidence of lung cancer in males and females in Algeria: The lung cancer registry in Algeria (LuCaReAl)4
Measuring disparities in event-free survival among children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in an academic institute in Oklahoma, 2005–20194
Global, regional, and national burden of biliary tract cancer from 1990 to 2017 based on the 2017 Global Burden of Disease study4
Geographic variation in diagnostic and treatment interval, cancer stage and mortality among colorectal patients – An international comparison between Denmark and Scotland using data-linked cohorts4
Risk factors for the development of lung cancer among never smokers: A systematic review4
Breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening test use in the US territories of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands4
Maternal lifestyle factors and risk of neuroblastoma in the offspring: A meta-analysis including Greek NARECHEM-ST primary data4
Differences in colorectal cancer (CRC) patients who did and did not undergo screening: Results from the 45 and Up Study cohort4
Gender-specific trends in cigarette smoking and lung cancer incidence: A two-stage age-stratified Bayesian joinpoint model4
Incidence of multiple myeloma in Kailuan cohort: A prospective community-based study in China4
Characteristics of patients with lung cancer in clinical practice and their potential eligibility for clinical trials evaluating tyrosine kinase inhibitors or immune checkpoint inhibitors4
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)4
World-wide trends in net survival from pancreatic cancer by morphological sub-type: An analysis of 1,258,329 adults diagnosed in 58 countries during 2000–2014 (CONCORD-3)4
Population-based cancer survival in the Golestan province in the northeastern part of Iran 2007–20124
Cancer risk associated with the use of valsartan in Korea: A nationwide cohort study4
Physical activity and the risk of breast cancer among Nigerian women4
Analgesic use and the risk of renal cell carcinoma – Findings from the Consortium for the Investigation of Renal Malignancies (CONFIRM) study4
Prevalence and factors associated with atrophic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia: A multivariate, hospital-based, statistical analysis4
Impact of area-level socioeconomic status and accessibility to treatment on life expectancy after a cancer diagnosis in Queensland, Australia4
Associations of multimorbidity with breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening delivery: a cross-sectional study of a nationally representative Japanese sample4
Colorectal cancer among farmers in the AGRICAN cohort study4
Adolescent and young adult cancers in India–Findings from the National Cancer Registry Programme4
Cessation experiences and quitting perspectives of Jordanian cancer patients who smoke4
Survival from five common cancers in Georgia, 2015–2019 (CONCORD)4
Vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 and risk of hospital admission and death among infected cancer patients: A population-based study in northern Italy4
The validity of self-reported cancer in a population-based cohort compared to that in formally registered sources4
Prognostic value of comorbidity measures among Australian men with non-metastatic prostate cancer4
Effect of Pap-smear and sociodemographic factors on cervical cancer risk in Estonia: A population-based case-control study4
Relative survival analysis of gynecological cancers in an urban district of Shanghai during 2002–20134
Hysterectomy and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer by histologic type, endometriosis, and menopausal hormone therapy4
Many hands make light work: CNV of GSTM1 effect on the oral carcinoma risk4
Late effects of childhood cancer treatment in long-term survivors diagnosed before the age of 3 years – A multicenter, nationwide study4
Staging practices and breast cancer stage among population-based registries in the MENA region4
A national study of alcohol consumption patterns among population-based U.S. cancer survivors compared with cancer-free individuals4
Geographic disparities of breast cancer incidence in Portugal at the district level: A spatial age-period-cohort analysis, 1998-20114
Cumulative tea consumption is inversely associated with colorectal adenomas in adults: A cross-sectional study in a Taiwanese population4
Changes in prostate specific antigen (PSA) “screening” patterns by geographic region and socio-economic status in Australia: Analysis of medicare data in 50–69 year old men4
The impact of driving time on participation in colorectal cancer screening with sigmoidoscopy and faecal immunochemical blood test4
Survival disparities for childhood cancers exist when defined by race/ethnicity and sex4
Trends in incidence and mortality of lung cancer in Switzerland: Possible explanations and open questions4
A prospective cohort study of physical activity in relation to lung cancer incidence among Black women4
Increased risk of cancer mortality by smoking-induced aryl hydrocarbon receptor repressor DNA hypomethylation in Japanese population: A long-term cohort study4
Factors associated with overall survival in a population-based cohort of non- squamous NSCLC patients from northern New Zealand: A comparative analysis by EGFR mutation status4
Global changes in bladder cancer mortality in the elderly4
Use of phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors and the incidence of melanoma4
Six years of colorectal cancer mortality surveillance in the screening population for a risk stratified screening program3
Risk of developing hypothyroidism with the use of tyrosine kinase inhibitors and immune checkpoint inhibitors3
Validation of plasma metabolites associated with breast cancer risk among Mexican Americans3
Incidence patterns of childhood non-Wilms renal tumors: Comparing data of the Nationwide Registry of Childhood Hematological Malignancies and Solid Tumors (NARECHEM-ST), Greece, and the Surveillance, 3
American Indian/Alaska Native and black colon cancer patients have poorer cause-specific survival based on disease stage and anatomic site of diagnosis3
Utility of prescription-based comorbidity indices for predicting mortality among Australian men with prostate cancer3
Lessons learnt from the implementation of a colorectal cancer screening programme for lynch syndrome in a tertiary public hospital3
Global variation in young adult central nervous system tumor incidence by region, age, and sex from 1988 to 20123
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients from Norway show elevated Epstein-Barr virus IgA and IgG antibodies prior to diagnosis3
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