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2023

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Overview

David Forman is affiliated with the International Agency For Research On Cancer in France. Their research spans several areas within medicine, with a primary focus on cancer epidemiology and gastroenterology related to Helicobacter pylori infections.

The scientist frequently publishes on topics including:

  • Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies
  • Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
  • Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments
  • Veterinary medicine and infectious diseases
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
  • Multiple and Secondary Primary Cancers

David Forman's work is concentrated primarily in the field of medicine, with significant contributions in subfields such as surgery, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, oncology, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

Their recent publications include:

  • "Is gastric cancer becoming a rare disease? A global assessment of predicted incidence trends to 2035," 2020, Gut
  • "Helicobacter pylori eradication for the prevention of gastric neoplasia", 2020, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • "25 year trends in cancer incidence and mortality among adults aged 35-69 years in the UK, 1993-2018: retrospective secondary analysis," 2024, BMJ
  • "Tobacco-related cancers in Europe: The scale of the epidemic in 2018," 2020, European Journal of Cancer
  • "Eradication Therapy to Prevent Gastric Cancer in Helicobacter pylori-Positive Individuals: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials and Observational Studies," 2025, Gastroenterology

Their frequent publication venues highlight contributions to Gastroenterology, Gut, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, BMJ, and the European Journal of Cancer.

David Forman collaborates with several co-authors, notably including Jin Young Park, Alexander C. Ford, Yuhong Yuan, Paul Moayyedi, and Isabelle Soerjomataram. These collaborations reflect shared research interests and multidisciplinary approaches within their key areas of study.

Best Publications

  • Global cancer statistics

    Ahmedin Jemal;Freddie Ian Bray;Jacques Ferlay

  • Cancer incidence and mortality worldwide: sources, methods and major patterns in GLOBOCAN 2012.

    Jacques Ferlay;Isabelle Soerjomataram;Rajesh Dikshit;Sultan Eser

  • Estimates of worldwide burden of cancer in 2008: GLOBOCAN 2008.

    Jacques Ferlay;Hai-Rim Shin;Freddie Bray;David Forman

  • Cancer Incidence in Five Continents

    Freddie Ian Bray;J. Ferlay;M. Laversanne;D. H. Brewster

  • Cancer incidence and mortality patterns in Europe: Estimates for 40 countries in 2012

    J. Ferlay;Eva Steliarova-Foucher;Joannie Lortet-Tieulent;Sonia Rosso

  • Global burden of cancers attributable to infections in 2008: a review and synthetic analysis

    Catherine de Martel;Jacques Ferlay;Silvia Franceschi;Jérôme Vignat

  • Global cancer transitions according to the Human Development Index (2008-2030): a population-based study

    Freddie Bray;Ahmedin Jemal;Nathan Grey;Jacques Ferlay

  • Global burden of human papillomavirus and related diseases.

    David Forman;Catherine de Martel;Charles J. Lacey;Isabelle Soerjomataram

  • Association between infection with Helicobacter pylori and risk of gastric cancer: evidence from a prospective investigation.

    D. Forman;D. G. Newell;F. Fullerton;J. W. G. Y. Yarnell

  • Global incidence of oesophageal cancer by histological subtype in 2012

    Melina Arnold;Isabelle Soerjomataram;Jacques Ferlay;David Forman

  • An international association between Helicobacter pylori infection and gastric cancer

    D Forman;M Coleman;Gui De Backer;J Eider

  • Helicobacter pylori in Peptic Ulcer Disease

    Tadataka Yamada;John G. Searle;Dennis Ahnen

  • Global burden of cancer attributable to high body-mass index in 2012: a population-based study

    Melina Arnold;Nirmala Pandeya;Graham Byrnes;Andrew G Renehan

  • Cancer survival in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and the UK, 1995–2007 (the International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership): an analysis of population-based cancer registry data

    MP Coleman;D Forman;H Bryant;J Butler

  • Global burden of gastric cancer attributable to Helicobacter pylori

    Martyn Plummer;Silvia Franceschi;Jérôme Vignat;David Forman

  • Eradication of Helicobacter pylori for non‐ulcer dyspepsia

    Paul Moayyedi;Shelly Soo;Jonathan J Deeks;Brendan Delaney

  • Global burden of cancer in 2008: a systematic analysis of disability-adjusted life-years in 12 world regions

    Isabelle Soerjomataram;Joannie Lortet-Tieulent;D Maxwell Parkin;Jacques Ferlay

  • Comprehensive control of human papillomavirus infections and related diseases.

    F. Xavier Bosch;Thomas R. Broker;David Forman;Anna Barbara Moscicki

  • Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy to prevent gastric cancer in healthy asymptomatic infected individuals: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

    Alexander C Ford;Alexander C Ford;David Forman;Richard H Hunt;Yuhong Yuan

  • GLOBOCAN 2012 v1.0, Cancer Incidence and Mortality Worldwide: IARC Cancer Base No. 11 [Internet]

    J Ferlay;I Soerjomataram;M Ervik;R Dikshit

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Moayyedi
Paul Moayyedi McMaster University
Freddie Bray
Freddie Bray International Agency For Research On Cancer
Isabelle Soerjomataram
Isabelle Soerjomataram International Agency For Research On Cancer
Jacques Ferlay
Jacques Ferlay International Agency For Research On Cancer
Alexander C. Ford
Alexander C. Ford University of Leeds
D. Timothy Bishop
D. Timothy Bishop University of Leeds
Penelope M. Webb
Penelope M. Webb QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Jennifer H. Barrett
Jennifer H. Barrett University of Leeds
Michel P Coleman
Michel P Coleman London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Richard Doll
Richard Doll University of Oxford

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