Lynn A. G. Ries
National Institutes of Health
87 Papers
865 Citations
Lynn A. G. Ries is an academic researcher from National Institutes of Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cancer & Population. The author has an hindex of 58, co-authored 87 publications.
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Papers
Epidemiology of Myelodysplastic Syndromes and Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders in the United States, 2001-2004, Using Data From the NAACCR and SEER Programs
Dana E. Rollison,Nadia Howlader,Martyn T. Smith,Sara S. Strom,William D. Merritt,Lynn A. G. Ries,Brenda K. Edwards,Alan F. List +7 more
TL;DR: MDS incidence rates significantly increased with calendar year in 2001 through 2004, and only 4% of patients were reported to registries by physicians' offices, suggesting that MDS disease burden in the United States may be underestimated.
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Cancer Surveillance Series: Interpreting Trends in Prostate Cancer—Part I: Evidence of the Effects of Screening in Recent Prostate Cancer Incidence, Mortality, and Survival Rates
Benjamin F. Hankey,Eric J. Feuer,Limin X. Clegg,Richard B. Hayes,Julie M. Legler,Phillip C. Prorok,Lynn A. G. Ries,Ray M. Merrill,Richard Kaplan +8 more
TL;DR: The decline in the incidence of distant stage disease holds the promise that testing for prostate-specific antigen may lead to a sustained decline in prostate cancer mortality, however, population data are complex, and it is difficult to confidently attribute relatively small changes in mortality to any one cause.
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Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1973-1996, With a Special Section on Lung Cancer and Tobacco Smoking
Phyllis A. Wingo,Lynn A. G. Ries,Gary A. Giovino,Daniel S. Miller,Harry M. Rosenberg,Donald R. Shopland,Michael J. Thun,Brenda K. Edwards +7 more
TL;DR: The declines in cancer incidence and death rates, particularly for lung cancer, are encouraging, however, unless recent upward trends in smoking among adolescents can be reversed, the lung cancer rates that are currently declining in the United States may rise again.
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The surveillance, epidemiology, and end results program: a national resource.
TL;DR: The fight against cancer escalated in 1971 with the introduction of the National Cancer Act during the presidency of Richard M. Nixon and since that time, there have been dramatic developments in a number of research areas including prevention, screening, and treatment.
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