The Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program (EGRP) at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) is developing scientific priorities for cancer epidemiology research in the next decade. We would like to engage the research community and other stakeholders in a planning effort that will include a workshop in December 2012 to help shape new foci for cancer epidemiology research. To facilitate the pro...

Cancer registration has been with us for decades surveilling societies cancer incidence, trends, mortality and survival. Data are used health care planning but even more so research in treatment, outcome prevention – i.e. overall control. With the 70th anniversary of Registry Norway, this paper examines impact role registry past today affiliated Nordic countries, as well scientific peer reviewe...

Linhan Hua, Soutrik Mandalb* & Samiran Sinhaaa Department of Statistics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USAb Biostatistics Branch, Division Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Institute, Institutes Health, Rockville, MD, USA

Parathyroid cancer is a rare malignancy originating from the parathyroid glands, which regulate calcium levels in body. This review article aims to provide comprehensive overview of cancer, including its epidemiology, etiology, clinical presentation, diagnostic methods, treatment options, and prognosis. The also highlights recent advancements research potential future directions for improving m...

Affiliations of authors: Center for Infection Research in Cancer, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL (ARG); Infections and Immunoepidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD (ARK); Cancer Epidemiology Research Programme, Catalan Institute of Oncology, IDIBELL, Spain (SdS); CIBER Epidemiologia y Salut Públi...

Julia Brody, Ph.D., Executive Director, Silent Spring Institute Kenneth P. Cantor, Ph.D., M.P.H., Senior Investigator, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute William L. Chameides, Ph.D., Dean, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University Capt. Susan M. Conrath, Ph.D., U.S. Public Health Service, Office of Air and Radiation, Indoor Environments Division, U...

1 Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD. 2 Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD. 3 Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD. 4 Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD. 5 Departments of Nutrition and Epidem...

Epidemiology is one of the areas of medical research which by definition should have immediate clinical implications, since its inferences are based on and apply to humans and should in theory be directly transferable to clinical and preventive measures. However, interchange of information has not always been easy, and this has constituted a substantial drawback to both the epidemiologist and t...

Department of Behavioural and Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Heath Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland; Cancer Center, MMC 806, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; New Jersey Department of Health and Senior ...