Use of state cancer surveillance data to estimate the cancer burden in disaster-affected areas--Hurricane Katrina, 2005.

Purpose: The objective of this study was to estimate the burden of cancer in counties affected by Hurricane Katrina using population-based cancer registry data, and to discuss issues related to cancer patients who have been displaced by disasters.

Methods: The cancer burden was assessed in 75 counties in Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi that were designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as eligible for individual and public assistance. Data from the National Program of Cancer Registries were used to determine three-year average annual age-adjusted incidence rates and case counts during the diagnosis years 2000-2002 for Louisiana and Alabama.

Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1975-2004, featuring cancer in American Indians and Alaska Natives.

Background: The American Cancer Society, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Cancer Institute, and the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries collaborate annually to provide updated information on cancer occurrence and trends in the U.S. The 2007 report features a comprehensive compilation of cancer information for American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN).

[Recombinant HEV caspid protein p239 specifically attached on HepG2 cells and blocked the infection of wild-type HEV on liver cells].

By using Western blot and immunofluorescence assays, the recombinant HEV capsid protein p239 was found specifically attached to the HepG2 cell surface and entered to the cytoplasm with the increase of incubation temperature. Pre-mixture of wild-type HEV with p239 blocked the infectivity of the virus on primary cultured human hepatocytes and HepG2 cells, indicating that p239 and HEV competed the same targeting site on these cells. These data provide evidence that p239 has a similar cell surface structure with wild-type HEV.

Incidence of esophageal and gastric cancers among Hispanics, non-Hispanic whites and non-Hispanic blacks in the United States: subsite and histology differences.

Objective: We examined subsite- and histology-specific esophageal and gastric cancer incidence patterns among Hispanics/Latinos and compared them with non-Hispanic whites and non-Hispanic blacks.

Methods: Data on newly diagnosed esophageal and gastric cancers for 1998-2002 were obtained from 37 population-based central cancer registries, representing 66% of the Hispanic population in the United States. Age-adjusted incidence rates (2000 US) were computed by race/ethnicity, sex, anatomic subsite, and histology.

Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1975-2003, featuring cancer among U.S. Hispanic/Latino populations.

Background: The American Cancer Society, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Cancer Institute, and North American Association of Central Cancer Registries collaborate annually to provide U.S. cancer information, this year featuring the first comprehensive compilation of cancer information for U.

Excess risk of subsequent primary cancers among colorectal carcinoma survivors, 1975-2001.

Background: Studies of persons with colorectal cancer have reported increased risk of subsequent primary cancers. Results have not been consistent, however, and there is little information about such risk in specific races and ethnic populations.

Methods: Using 1975-2001 data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program, we assembled 262,600 index cases of colorectal carcinoma to assess the occurrence of subsequent primary cancers in 13 noncolonic sites.

Associations of subsite-specific colorectal cancer incidence rates and stage of disease at diagnosis with county-level poverty, by race and sex.

Background: This study examined associations of subsite-specific colorectal cancer incidence rates and stage of the disease with county-level poverty.

Methods: The 1998-2001 colorectal cancer incidence data, covering 75% of the United States population, were from 38 states and metropolitan areas. The county-level poverty data were categorized into 3 groups according to the percentage of the population below the poverty level in 1999: <10% (low-poverty), 10%-19% (middle-poverty), and >or=20% (high-poverty).

Hierarchical modeling and other spatial analyses in prostate cancer incidence data.

Background: State central cancer registries are often asked to respond to questions about the spatial distribution of cancer cases. Spatial analysis methods and technology are evolving rapidly, and can be a considerable challenge to registries that do not have staff with training in this area. The purpose of this article is to describe a general methodological approach that potentially might be a starting point for many cancer registry spatial analyses at the county level.

Incidence of esophageal and gastric carcinomas among American Asians/Pacific Islanders, whites, and blacks: subsite and histology differences.

Background: The authors examined subsite-specific and histology-specific esophageal and gastric carcinoma incidence patterns among the Asians/Pacific Islander (API) population in the United States and compared them with those among whites and blacks.

Methods: Data on newly diagnosed esophageal and gastric carcinomas during 1996-2000 were obtained from 24 population-based central cancer registries, representing approximately 80% of the API population in the United States. Age-adjusted rates, using the 2000 United States standard population, and age-specific rates were computed by anatomic subsite, histology, race, and gender.

Initial treatment patterns for clinically localized prostate cancer and factors associated with the treatment in Louisiana.

This study investigated treatment patterns among Louisiana residents diagnosed with clinically localized prostate cancer in 2001 and factors that may be associated with the treatment. The differences in the initial treatment between 1997 and 2001 were also examined. The data were collected from hospital medical records, supplemented by information from freestanding radiation centers and physicians' offices.

Cancer incidence patterns among adolescents and young adults in the United States.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine age-specific cancer incidence patterns among adolescents and young adults (ages 15--49).

Method: Cancer incidence data for 1995--1999 from 22 population-based central cancer registries, covering about 47% of the US population, were used. Relative frequencies and average annual age-specific incidence rates per 100,000 person-year were computed for the five-year age groups from age 15--19 years through 45--49 years.

Geographic patterns of prostate cancer mortality and variations in access to medical care in the United States.

Background: Striking geographic variation in prostate cancer death rates have been observed in the United States since at least the 1950s; reasons for these variations are unknown. Here we examine the association between geographic variations in prostate cancer mortality and regional variations in access to medical care, as reflected by the incidence of late-stage disease, prostate-specific antigen (PSA) utilization, and residence in rural counties.

Methods: We analyzed mortality data from the National Center for Health Statistics, 1996 to 2000, and incidence data from 30 population-based central cancer registries from the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries, 1995 to 2000.

Statewide analysis of serum prostate specific antigen levels in Louisiana men without prostate cancer.

Objectives: To examine age, racial, and regional differences in serum PSA levels among men in Louisiana.

Methods: From January 1, 2001 through December 31, 2001, there were 10,012 serum PSA tests performed at Louisiana Health Care Services Division (HCSD) hospitals. Manual and electronic data mining were performed to select the earliest PSA value in those men who had multiple determinations.

Incidence of noncutaneous melanomas in the U.S.

Background: Description of the epidemiology of noncutaneous melanoma has been hampered by its rarity. The current report was the largest in-depth descriptive analysis of incidence of noncutaneous melanoma in the United States, using data from the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries.

Methods: Pooled data from 27 states and one metropolitan area were used to examine the incidence of noncutaneous melanoma by anatomic subsite, gender, age, race, and geography (northern/southern and coastal/noncoastal) for cases diagnosed between 1996 and 2000.

Treatment patterns for stage III colon cancer and factors related to receipt of postoperative chemotherapy in Louisiana.

This study examined treatment patterns among Louisiana residents diagnosed with stage III colon cancer in 2001 and factors that may be related to the receipt of chemotherapy. The data were collected from hospital medical records, supplemented by information from physician offices. We examined the association of chemotherapy with race (whites and blacks), gender, health insurance status (private versus public/none), hospital type (hospitals with a cancer program approved by the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons [COC hospital] versus other hospitals [non-COC hospital]), comorbidity, area of residence (rural versus urban), and level of poverty of the area (high poverty versus low poverty) in univariate analyses and logistic multivariate regression models.

Subsite-specific colorectal cancer incidence rates and stage distributions among Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States, 1995 to 1999.

Objective: This study examined subsite-specific colorectal cancer incidence rates and stage distributions for Asians and Pacific Islanders (API) and compared the API data with data for Whites and African Americans.

Methods: Data included 336,798 invasive colorectal cancer incident cases for 1995 to 1999 from 23 population-based central cancer registries, representing about two thirds of API population in the United States. Age-adjusted rates, using the 2000 U.

Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1975-2001, with a special feature regarding survival.

Background: The American Cancer Society (ACS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Cancer Institute (NCI), and the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR) collaborate annually to provide updated information regarding cancer occurrence and trends in the U.S. This year's report features a special section on cancer survival.

Patterns of treatment for ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast in Louisiana, 1988-1999.

Data from numerous studies show that lumpectomy (breast-conserving therapy) plus radiation therapy provides survival equivalent to that following mastectomy (either modified radical or radical mastectomy) for patients with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). According to the data from the National Cancer Data Base and the Surveillance Epidemiology End Results (SEER) Program, use of lumpectomy among female DCIS patients has increased dramatically over the last decade. This study examined population-based trends in treatment for DCIS among Louisiana women and compared the trends with the SEER data.

Cancer incidence in adolescents and young adults in the United States, 1992-1997.

Purpose: To examine cancer incidence patterns among adolescents and young adults in the United States.

Methods: Cancer incidence data from 26 population-based central cancer registries for 1992-1997 were used. Individual cancers were grouped into specific diagnostic groups and subgroups using an integrated classification scheme.