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Donald Maxwell Parkin

Donald Maxwell Parkin

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173895
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Overview

Donald Maxwell Parkin is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and specializes in medicine with a focus on oncology. Their research concentrates on cancer epidemiology, particularly global cancer incidence and screening, colorectal cancer screening and detection, and cervical cancer and HPV research. Other significant research areas include acute lymphoblastic leukemia, multiple and secondary primary cancers, advances in oncology and radiotherapy, and viral-associated cancers and disorders.

The scientist's recent publications provide insights into cancer statistics, trends, and burdens worldwide, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Some notable papers include:

  • "Cancer statistics for the year 2020: An overview" (2021), published in the International Journal of Cancer
  • "The GLOBOCAN 2022 cancer estimates: Data sources, methods, and a snapshot of the cancer burden worldwide" (2024), published in the International Journal of Cancer
  • "Trends in cervical cancer incidence in sub-Saharan Africa" (2020), published in the British Journal of Cancer
  • "Cancer in sub-Saharan Africa in 2020: a review of current estimates of the national burden, data gaps, and future needs" (2022), published in The Lancet Oncology
  • "The evolving epidemic of breast cancer in sub-Saharan Africa: Results from the African Cancer Registry Network" (2020), published in the International Journal of Cancer

The scientist frequently collaborates with colleagues such as Biying Liu, Eva Johanna Kantelhardt, Yvonne Walburga Joko-Fru, Eric Chokunonga, and Henry Wabinga. These collaborations support research published mainly in prominent oncology and epidemiology journals.

Parkin's work has appeared predominantly in the following venues:

  • International Journal of Cancer (17 publications)
  • The Lancet Oncology (3 publications)
  • Pediatric Blood & Cancer (3 publications)
  • Cancer Epidemiology (3 publications)
  • British Journal of Cancer (2 publications)

Their contributions span various subfields of medicine including oncology, epidemiology, pathology and forensic medicine, public health, environmental and occupational health, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine. Their most extensive publication record is within oncology, accounting for half of their total publications.

Best Publications

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

    Jacques Ferlay;Isabelle Soerjomataram;Rajesh Dikshit;Sultan Eser

  • Global cancer statistics, 2002.

    D M Parkin;F Bray;J Ferlay;P Pisani

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

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

  • Estimating the global cancer incidence and mortality in 2018: GLOBOCAN sources and methods

    J. Ferlay;M. Colombet;I. Soerjomataram;C. Mathers

  • Estimating the world cancer burden: Globocan 2000

    D. Maxwell Parkin;Freddie Ian Bray;Jacques Ferlay;Paola Pisani

  • The global health burden of infection-associated cancers in the year 2002.

    Donald Maxwell Parkin

  • Cancer statistics for the year 2020: An overview

    Jacques Ferlay;Murielle Colombet;Isabelle Soerjomataram;Donald M Parkin;Donald M Parkin

  • Global cancer statistics in the year 2000

    D Maxwell Parkin

  • Cancer burden in the year 2000. The global picture.

    D.M Parkin;F.I Bray;S.S Devesa

  • Estimates of the worldwide incidence of 25 major cancers in 1990

    D M Parkin;P Pisani;J Ferlay

  • Estimates of the worldwide incidence of eighteen major cancers in 1985.

    D. M. Parkin;P. Pisani;J. Ferlay

  • Estimates of the worldwide mortality from 25 cancers in 1990.

    Paola Pisani;D. Maxwell Parkin;Freddie Ian Bray;Jacques Ferlay

  • CHAPTER 2: THE BURDEN OF HPV-RELATED CANCERS

    D. Maxwell Parkin;Freddie Bray

  • Estimates of the worldwide frequency of sixteen major cancers in 1980.

    D. M. Parkin;E. Läärä;C. S. Muir

  • Erratum: Estimates of the worldwide mortality from 25 cancers in 1990. Int. J. Cancer, 83, 18-29 (1999).

    P. Pisani;D. M. Parkin;Freddie Ian Bray;J. Ferlay

  • The changing global patterns of female breast cancer incidence and mortality

    Freddie Bray;Peter McCarron;D Maxwell Parkin

  • The international incidence of childhood cancer

    D. M. Parkin;C. A. Stiller;G. J. Draper;C. A. Bieber

  • Estimates of the world-wide prevalence of cancer for 25 sites in the adult population.

    Paola Pisani;Freddie Bray;D. Maxwell Parkin

  • Globocan 2000 : cancer incidence, mortality and prevalence worldwide

    J. Ferlay;P. Pisani

  • 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

Freddie Bray
Freddie Bray International Agency For Research On Cancer
Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan
Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan International Agency For Research On Cancer
Jacques Ferlay
Jacques Ferlay International Agency For Research On Cancer
Valerie Beral
Valerie Beral University of Oxford
Robert U. Newton
Robert U. Newton Edith Cowan University
Harold W. Jaffe
Harold W. Jaffe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Gillian K Reeves
Gillian K Reeves University of Oxford
Peter Sasieni
Peter Sasieni King's College London
Charles A. Stiller
Charles A. Stiller Public Health England
Zuo-Feng Zhang
Zuo-Feng Zhang University of California, Los Angeles

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