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Overview

Farin Kamangar is affiliated with Morgan State University in the United States and focuses primarily on medical research. Their work spans various fields including medicine, public health, oncology, surgery, molecular biology, and epidemiology, with a significant number of publications dedicated to each area.

The scientist's recent publications include:

  • The global, regional, and national burden of oesophageal cancer and its attributable risk factors in 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (2020, The Lancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology)
  • Patterns of Cancer Incidence, Mortality, and Prevalence Across Five Continents: Defining Priorities to Reduce Cancer Disparities in Different Geographic Regions of the World (2023, Journal of Clinical Oncology)

Kamangar has frequently collaborated with several coauthors over the course of their career. Key collaborators include Arash Etemadi, Christian C. Abnet, Hossein Poustchi, Paolo Boffetta, and Reza Malekzadeh.

The scientist's work is commonly published in certain venues, with multiple publications appearing in:

  • International Journal of Cancer
  • UNC Libraries
  • Archives of Iranian Medicine
  • Nutrients
  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention

The main fields of study covered by Kamangar are medicine and its subfields, notably public health, environmental and occupational health, oncology, surgery, molecular biology, and epidemiology.

Main topics addressed by Kamangar's research include:

  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
  • Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology

Best Publications

  • Global, regional, and national cancer incidence, mortality, years of life lost, years lived with disability, and disability-adjusted life-years for 29 cancer groups, 1990 to 2017

    Christina Fitzmaurice;Degu Abate;Naghmeh Abbasi;Hedayat Abbastabar

  • Patterns of Cancer Incidence, Mortality, and Prevalence Across Five Continents: Defining Priorities to Reduce Cancer Disparities in Different Geographic Regions of the World

    Farin Kamangar;Graça M. Dores;William F. Anderson

  • Gastric Cancer: Descriptive Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Screening, and Prevention

    Parisa Karimi;Farhad Islami;Sharmila Anandasabapathy;Neal D. Freedman

  • Cholangiocarcinoma: Thirty-one-Year Experience With 564 Patients at a Single Institution

    Michelle L. DeOliveira;Steven C. Cunningham;Steven C. Cunningham;John L. Cameron;Farin Kamangar

  • The global, regional, and national burden of colorectal cancer and its attributable risk factors in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Farin Kamangar;Dariush Nasrollahzadeh;Saeid Safiri;Sadaf G Sepanlou

  • The global, regional, and national burden of stomach cancer in 195 countries, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease study 2017

    Arash Etemadi;Saeid Safiri;Sadaf G Sepanlou;Kevin Ikuta

  • Prospective Epidemiological Research Studies in Iran (the PERSIAN Cohort Study): Rationale, Objectives, and Design.

    Hossein Poustchi;Sareh Eghtesad;Farin Kamangar;Arash Etemadi

  • Environmental Causes of Esophageal Cancer

    Farin Kamangar;Wong Ho Chow;Christian C. Abnet;Sanford M. Dawsey

  • Opposing Risks of Gastric Cardia and Noncardia Gastric Adenocarcinomas Associated With Helicobacter pylori Seropositivity

    Farin Kamangar;Sanford M. Dawsey;Martin J. Blaser;Guillermo I. Perez-Perez

  • Total and Cancer Mortality After Supplementation With Vitamins and Minerals: Follow-up of the Linxian General Population Nutrition Intervention Trial

    You-Lin Qiao;Sanford M. Dawsey;Farin Kamangar;Jin-Hu Fan

  • Helicobacter pylori and esophageal cancer risk: a meta-analysis.

    Farhad Islami;Farin Kamangar

  • Tea drinking habits and oesophageal cancer in a high risk area in northern Iran: population based case-control study

    Farhad Islami;Akram Pourshams;Dariush Nasrollahzadeh;Dariush Nasrollahzadeh;Farin Kamangar

  • Cigarette Smoking and Adenocarcinomas of the Esophagus and Esophagogastric Junction: A Pooled Analysis From the International BEACON Consortium

    Michael B. Cook;Farin Kamangar;Farin Kamangar;David C. Whiteman;Neal D. Freedman

  • High‐temperature beverages and foods and esophageal cancer risk—A systematic review

    Farhad Islami;Paolo Boffetta;Jian-Song Ren;Leah Pedoeim

  • Body mass index in relation to oesophageal and oesophagogastric junction adenocarcinomas: a pooled analysis from the International BEACON Consortium

    Cathrine Hoyo;Michael B. Cook;Farin Kamangar;Farin Kamangar;Neal D. Freedman

  • Opium, tobacco, and alcohol use in relation to oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma in a high-risk area of Iran

    D Nasrollahzadeh;F Kamangar;K Aghcheli;M Sotoudeh

  • Cohort Profile: The Golestan Cohort Study—a prospective study of oesophageal cancer in northern Iran

    Akram Pourshams;Hooman Khademi;Akbar Fazeltabar Malekshah;Farhad Islami;Farhad Islami

  • Validity and reliability of a new food frequency questionnaire compared to 24 h recalls and biochemical measurements: pilot phase of Golestan cohort study of esophageal cancer

    A F Malekshah;M Kimiagar;M Saadatian-Elahi;A Pourshams

  • Incidence and age distribution of colorectal cancer in Iran: results of a population-based cancer registry.

    Reza Ansari;Mahboobeh Mahdavinia;Alireza Sadjadi;Mehdi Nouraie

  • Multimorbidity: Epidemiology and Risk Factors in the Golestan Cohort Study, Iran: A Cross-Sectional Analysis.

    Batoul Ahmadi;Masoomeh Alimohammadian;Mehdi Yaseri;Azam Majidi

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian C. Abnet
Christian C. Abnet National Institutes of Health
Reza Malekzadeh
Reza Malekzadeh Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Farhad Islami
Farhad Islami American Cancer Society
Sanford M. Dawsey
Sanford M. Dawsey National Institutes of Health
Paolo Boffetta
Paolo Boffetta Stony Brook Medicine
Akram Pourshams
Akram Pourshams Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Paul Brennan
Paul Brennan International Agency For Research On Cancer
Neal D. Freedman
Neal D. Freedman National Institutes of Health
Paul D.P. Pharoah
Paul D.P. Pharoah University of Cambridge
Philip R. Taylor
Philip R. Taylor Cardiff University

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