lung cancer accounted for 1.79 million deaths globally, with 2.09 million new cases diagnosed. Tobacco use is the primary cause of most lung cancers2,3, and although other methods of tobacco consumption have emerged, smoking remains by far the most common4. ...
EARLY detection of cancerSQUAMOUS cell carcinomaCANCER diagnosisCANCER patientsBackground: Cancer is the second leading cause of death globally and is estimated to account for 9.6 million death in 2018. Lung, prostate, colorectal, stomach and liver cancers are those most common among men; w...
and Implications for Health Equity USPSTF Recommendation Statements Screening for Colorectal Cancer Screening for Hypertension Screening for Lung Cancer Screening for Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes In Children Screening for Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes In Adults Statins for Primary Prevention of Cardiova...
Conclusions and Relevance Despite the substantial heterogeneity among studies, this comprehensive systematic review on the prevalence and incidence of tinnitus suggests that tinnitus affects more than 740 million adults globally and is perceived as a major problem by more than 120 million people, mostly ...
Definition of the variables HIV infection was defined as being laboratory-confirmed using Western blot. As is widely accepted [20, 21], cancers were categorized as ADCs (Kaposi's sarcoma, KS; non- Hodgkin's lymphoma, NHL; and cervical cancer) or NADCs (cancers of the lung, liver, kidney...
High prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection in autoimmune disorders such as psoriasis and in chronic respiratory diseases, including lung cancer. The early diagnosis and treatment of individuals harboring M. tuberculosis is key to ensuring the effectiveness of health programs aimed at the elimination...
The largest absolute increases in total numbers of YLDs globally were between the ages of 40 and 69 years. Age-standardised YLD rates for all conditions combined were 10·4% (95% UI 9·0–11·8) higher in women than in men. Iron-deficiency anaemia, migraine, Alzheimer's disease and ...
This study aims to investigate the potential relationships between the systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) and body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, and the prevalence of obesity. A cross-sectional analysis was conducted on 7,645 individuals aged 20 and above from the NHANES 2017–2020...
Globally, female sex workers experience a high burden of gender-based violence and other forms of sexual violence [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]. Lifetime prevalence of workplace violence affecting sex workers ranges from 45 to 75% [6], but has been shown to be greater in settings where sex ...
We estimated population-level distributions of haemoglobin concentration by age and sex for each location from 1990 to 2021. We then calculated anaemia burden by severity and associated years lived with disability (YLDs). With data on prevalence of the causes of anaemia and associated cause-specific...