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• Projection du fardeau du cancer au Canada en 2022.

  Authors:Darren R. Brenner, Abbey Poirier, Ryan R. Woods, Larry F. Ellison, Jean-Michel Billette, Alain A. Demers, et al.From:CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal (Vol. 194, Issue 23) Peer-Reviewed

  June 13, 20225,212 words Article 1920LContexte : La surveillance reguliere du cancer est essentielle pour comprendre ou des progres sont realises et ou il faut en faire plus. Nous avons cherche a donner un apercu du fardeau attendu du cancer au Canada, en...

• Measuring progress in cancer survival across Canadian provinces: Extending the cancer survival index to further evaluate cancer control efforts.

  Author:Larry F. EllisonFrom:Health Reports (Vol. 33, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 20225,150 words Article 1630LBackground A comprehensive evaluation of progress in cancer survival for all cancer types combined in Canada has recently been accomplished. An analogous evaluation across Canadian provinces has yet to be conducted....

• Projected estimates of cancer in Canada in 2022.

  Authors:Darren R. Brenner, Abbey Poirier, Ryan R. Woods, Larry F. Ellison, Jean-Michel Billette, Alain A. Demers, et al.From:CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal (Vol. 194, Issue 17) Peer-Reviewed

  May 2, 20224,111 words Report 1820LBackground: Regular cancer surveillance is crucial for understanding where progress is being made and where more must be done. We sought to provide an overview of the expected burden of cancer in Canada in 2022....

• Projected burden of cancer in Canada in 2020

  Authors:Darren R. Brenner, Hannah K. Weir, Alain A. Demers, Larry F. Ellison, Cheryl Louzado, Amanda Shaw, et al.From:CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal (Vol. 192, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 2, 20204,348 words Report 1750LBACKGROUND: Cancer projections to the current year help in policy development, planning of programs and allocation of resources. We sought to provide an overview of the expected incidence and mortality of cancer in...

• The cancer survival index: Measuring progress in cancer survival to help evaluate cancer control efforts in Canada.

  Author:Larry F. EllisonFrom:Health Reports (Vol. 32, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 20215,533 words Article 1650LBackground A comprehensive evaluation of progress in cancer survival for all cancer types combined has not previously been conducted for Canada. The cancer survival index (CSI) is superior to age standardization in...

• Canadian cancer statistics at a glance: cancer in children

  Authors:Larry F. Ellison, Prithwish De, Leslie S. Mery, and Paul E. GrundyFrom:CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal (Vol. 180, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 17, 20091,601 words Article 1570LEvery year in Canada, cancer is diagnosed in about 850 children (143 per million in 2004) between birth and 14 years of age. (1) The incidence is generally highest during the first 5 years of life and decreases with...

• Estimating relative survival for cancer: an analysis of bias introduced by outdated life tables

  Author:Larry F. EllisonFrom:Health Reports (Vol. 25, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 20143,827 words Report 1660LBackground Relative survival analyses of cancer data often incorporate outdated information about expected survival when current information is not readily available. The assumption is that any bias introduced into...

• Canadian cancer statistics at a glance: mesothelioma

  Authors:Loraine D. Marrett, Larry F. Ellison, and Dagny DryerFrom:CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal (Vol. 178, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 11, 20081,046 words Article 1500LKey points of the article * Mesothelioma is usually associated with workplace exposure to asbestos. * Canada still produces asbestos and exports it to developing countries. * In addition to miners, construction...

• Variation in breast cancer counts using SEER and IARC multiple primary coding rules

  Authors:Joellyn L. Hotes, Larry F. Ellison, Holly L. Howe, Ingrid Friesen, and Betsy KohlerFrom:Cancer Causes & Control (Vol. 15, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

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• Progress in net cancer survival in Canada over 20 years.

  Author:Larry F. EllisonFrom:Health Reports (Vol. 29, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 19, 20183,570 words Article 1590LBackground: Monitoring the progress of cancer survival in a population over time is an important part of cancer surveillance. Data and methods: Data are from the Canadian Cancer Registry with mortality follow-up...

• Differences in cancer survival in Canada by sex

  Author:Larry F. EllisonFrom:Health Reports (Vol. 27, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 20165,156 words Report 1590LBackground: Research in the United States and Europe has found that women have an advantage over men in surviving a diagnosis of cancer, but the issue has not been systematically studied in Canada. Data and methods:...

• Canadian adolescents and young adults with cancer: opportunity to improve coordination and level of care

  Authors:Prithwish De, Larry F. Ellison, Ronald D. Barr, Robert Semenciw, Loraine D. Marrett, Hannah K. Weir, et al.From:CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal (Vol. 183, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 22, 20116,119 words Report 1990LCancers in adolescents and young adults (aged 15-29 years) represent a transition between the nonepithelial types, especially acute leukemias and embryonal tumours, that are common during childhood and the epithelial...

• Changing trends in thyroid cancer incidence in Canada: A histologic examination, 1992 to 2016.

  Authors:Larry F. Ellison and Tracey BushnikFrom:Health Reports (Vol. 31, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20206,097 words Article 1720LBackground: Age-standardized incidence rates (ASIRs) of thyroid cancer (TC) have increased in many parts of the world, primarily because of increased papillary TC detection. While rapid increases in TC incidence have...

• Trends in paediatric cancer survival in Canada, 1992 to 2017.

  Authors:Larry F. Ellison, Lin Xie, and Lillian SungFrom:Health Reports (Vol. 32, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 20215,395 words Article 1580LBackground While impressive gains in childhood cancer survival have been reported both in Canada and internationally, it has been almost 15 years since the last comprehensive evaluation of Canadian data. Data and...

• Adjusting relative survival estimates for cancer mortality in the general population

  Author:Larry F. EllisonFrom:Health Reports (Vol. 25, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 20143,627 words Article 1710LBackground In theory, expected survival probabilities used in the derivation of relative survival ratios (RSR) are determined from a control group free of the cancer under study. In practice, expected survival is...