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SUBMITTER: Cook MB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2793271 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cook Michael B MB Dawsey Sanford M SM Freedman Neal D ND Inskip Peter D PD Wichner Sara M SM Quraishi Sabah M SM Devesa Susan S SS McGlynn Katherine A KA
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 20090317 4
<h4>Background</h4>Cancer epidemiology articles often point out that cancer rates tend to be higher among males than females yet rarely is this theme the subject of investigation.<h4>Methods</h4>We used the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results program data to compute age-adjusted (2000 U.S. standard population) sex-specific incidence rates and male-to-female incidence rate ratios (IRR) for specific cancer sites and histologies for the period 1975 to 2004.<h4>Results</h4>The 10 cancers with ...[more]