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City of Hope Intensive Course in Genomic Cancer Risk Assessment

Accepting applications until August 1

A systematic review of economic burden of colorectal cancer

Abdosaleh Jafari, Fatemeh A Hosseini, Faride S Jalali et al.Health Sci Rep. 2024 Aug 21;7(8):e70002

Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in the Western Hemisphere. It is the third most common cancer in men after prostate and lung cancers and the second most common cancer in women after breast cancer. The data from 3... Read More

Breast cancer statistics 2024

Angela N Giaquinto , Hyuna Sung , Lisa A Newman , et al CA Cancer J Clin. 2024 Nov-Dec;74(6):477-495

Breast cancer incidence continued an upward trend, rising by 1% annually during 2012-2021, largely confined to localized-stage and hormone receptor-positive disease. A steeper increase in women younger than 50 years (1.4% annually... Read More

Global burden, trends, and attributable risk factors of women's cancers with projection to 2050: Results from the GLOBOCAN 2022 and global burden of disease study 2021

Tingting Wei , Yunhai Li , Ze Zhang , et al. Eur J Surg Oncol. 2026 Mar 7;52(5):111742

Women's cancers pose a significant global health burden, with pronounced geographical and age-related disparities. Targeting modifiable risk factors and enhancing healthcare access, especially in low-SDI regions, is essential to r... Read More

Estimating Productivity Loss from Breast and Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer among Working-Age Patients and Unpaid Caregivers: A Survey Study Using the Multiplier Method

Kevin Chiu, Joanna P MacEwan, Suepattra G May, et al. MDM Policy Pract. 2022 Aug 3;7(2)

Cancer can have a profound impact on productivity. Traditional approaches to capturing health-related productivity loss focus only on the foregone wages of affected patients, overlooking the losses caregivers can incur. This study... Read More