Background: Curcumin is the major yellow pigment extracted from turmeric, a commonly-used spice in India and Southeast Asia that has broad anticarcinogenic and cancer chemopreventive potential. However, few systematic...
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As human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines come to market, they will face education and training challenges similar to those of other new vaccines, along with HPV-specific issues. Recent studies document stark knowledge g...
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Purpose MGSC comprise nearly a third of all cancers in males. Prostate cancer (PrC) is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among males, and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Testicular cancer (TsC) is ...
Purpose MGSC comprise nearly a third of all cancers in males. Prostate cancer (PrC) is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among males, and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Testicular cancer (TsC) is the most common solid tumor among males aged 15–34 years. Penile (PnC) and other MGSC are uncommon. Recent national population-based data can further characterize these cancers. Methods Incidence data from 38 CDC-NPCR registries and 5 Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) registries (i.e., 91% of the US), and mortality data from CDC's National Center for Health Statistics (100% of the United States), were used to calculate age-specific and age-adjusted rates in 1999–2001 for the United States. Results About 96% and 98% of MGSC cases and deaths, respectively, were PrC. Incidence and death rates of PnC increased with increasing age, as well as incidence rates of other MGSC. PrC rates increased up to 70–79 years, where incidence declined but mortality continued to increase. TsC rates peaked at about 30-39 years, where incidence declined while mortality declined then increased at 80+ years. Compared to white males, age-adjusted incidence and death rates among black males were about twice as high for PrC and five to two times lower for TsC. Rates of PnC and other MGSC did not vary appreciably by white/black race. Analysis of age-adjusted PrC rates by census region showed the Northeast (NE) having the highest incidence rate and the Midwest (MW) and South (S) with the highest death rates. PnC incidence rates were highest in the NE and MW, while PnC death rates were highest in the MW and S. The West had the highest death rates for TsC and the highest incidence rates for other MGSC. TsC incidence rates and other MGSC death rates did not vary appreciably by Census region. Conclusions Demographic variations in the occurrence of uncommon MGSC were observed. Additional analyses by stage, histology, and grade are planned.
Background: Interest in the development of statistical methods for disease cluster detection has experienced rapid growth in recent years. Evaluations of statistical power provide important information for the selecti...
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program evaluation technology transfer is the transfer of information on program evaluation from research to practitioners. There have been anecdotal reports of a lack of technology transfer materials related to HIV p...
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The 1998 multistate Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) with the tobacco industry restricted cigarette advertising and promotions. The MSA monetary settlement was also associated with an average cigarette price increase...
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The 1998 multistate Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) with the tobacco industry restricted cigarette advertising and promotions. The MSA monetary settlement was also associated with an average cigarette price increase of U.S.$1.19/pack between 1998 and 2001 to fund, in part, industry payments to the states. We examined Federal Trade Commission reports on how the tobacco industry spends its cigarette advertising and promotional dollars to see if changes expected as a result of the MSA occurred. Expected changes included reduced total expenditures and reductions for outdoor advertising, specialty promotional items identified with a brand (e.g., caps, t-shirts, lighters), and public entertainment. However, tobacco industry spending for advertising and promotions increased 96% between 1995 and 2001, with large increases in 1998 and 1999, as the MSA took effect. Between 1997 and 2001, outdoor advertising declined 98%, expenditures for specialty promotional items decreased 41%, although public entertainment increased 45%. However, in 2001, these categories represented only a small fraction of the total budget. Expenditures for retail-value-added increased 344% between 1997 and 2001 (to 42.5% of total), perhaps to mitigate increased cigarette prices. In 2001, the incentives-to-merchants and retail-value-added categories comprised more than 80% of total expenditures. To adequately monitor tobacco industry expenditures as they adapt to the MSA and other tobacco control efforts, more refined reporting categories are essential.
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Rock, CLThis article was written by Cheryl L. Rock
PhD RD Professor Department of Family and Preventive Medicine and Cancer Prevention and Control Program University of California San Diego La Jolla CA.
Carotenoids are a group of biologically active compounds that provide colorto plants, microorganisms, fish, and birds, but they cannot be synthesized in animals. Theabsorption of carotenoids is not regulated when cons...
Carotenoids are a group of biologically active compounds that provide colorto plants, microorganisms, fish, and birds, but they cannot be synthesized in animals. Theabsorption of carotenoids is not regulated when consumed by humans, so carotenoidsin the blood andperipheral tissue reflect ingested carotenoids. Higher levels of carotenoid intake from the diethave been quite consistently associated with reduced risk for cancer, cardiovascular disease, andother chronic diseases in observational studies, and they demonstrate diverse biological activitiesin laboratory studies. Yet the beta carotene supplement trials just as consistently demonstratedthat no benefits are gained from this strategy, and in two studies, an increased risk for cancer inassociation with high-dose supplementation was observed in the groups that were targeted in thosestudies. Much has been learned about carotenoids since the resuits of the beta carotene supplementtrials made the headlines, and because of increased interest in other carotenoids (eg, lutein,lycopene), this new knowledge is relevant to clinical practice. There are some differences, but moresimilarities, in how the various carotenoids are handled by the body. This article addresses themore frequentlyasked questions about carotenoids.
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