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Health-related and psychosocial factors associated with prostate cancer stage at diagnosis among males participating in Alberta's Tomorrow Project
Researchers investigated the factors associated with the stage at which prostate cancer (PCa) is diagnosed among males in Alberta’s Tomorrow Project. They found that a higher number of lifetime prostate-specific…
Importance of accounting for timing of time-varying exposures in association studies: Hydrochlorothiazide and non-melanoma skin cancer
The researchers used different models to determine how non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) risk varies with hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) exposure and explored how the results may be contingent on modeling strategies. Data…
Agreement between self-report and administrative health data on occurrence of non-cancer chronic disease among participants of the BC generations project
Substituting bouts of sedentary behavior with physical activity: adopting positive lifestyle choices in people with a history of cancer
This study aimed to determine the association between substituting sitting time with other daily activities and changes in waist circumference amongst people with cancer history. The researchers found that small…
Assessing skin cancer risk factors, sun safety behaviors and melanoma concern in Atlantic Canada: a comprehensive survey study
Using data from 7,861 Atlantic PATH participants, this study sought to understand sun exposure, sun protection, and level of worry for cutaneous melanoma (CM), a deadly form of skin cancer,…
Predictors of long-term use of prescription opioids in the community-dwelling population of adults without a cancer diagnosis: a retrospective cohort study
This study aimed to identify risk factors for and predictors of long-term use of prescription opioids in the community-dwelling population of adults without a diagnosis of cancer, to inform practice…
Cancer incidence attributable to tobacco in Alberta, Canada, in 2012
The 2012 study looked at number of site-specific cancers in Alberta that are attributable to tobacco exposure. They looked at data from the Canadian Community Health Survey between 2000-2007, which…
Adaptation and evaluation of the National Cancer Institute's Diet History Questionnaire and nutrient database for Canadian populations
Applying Machine Learning to Arsenic Species and Metallomics Profiles of Toenails to Evaluate Associations of Environmental Arsenic with Incident Cancer Cases
This preliminary study aimed to understand the association between environmental metal pathogenicity and carcinogenicity and prostate cancer. Researchers used toenails to capture arsenic exposure!…
Cancer incidence attributable to red and processed meat consumption in Alberta in 2012
…was 1.6-2.1%. The attrituable risk for men eating processed meats was also higher (3.2-4.8%) than in women. Eating red and processed meates are attrituable to 12% of colorectal cancers in…