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Overview

Katherine A. McGlynn is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States and has an extensive publication record in the medical research field. Their scholarly output mainly focuses on epidemiology, surgery, oncology, hepatology, and cancer research. They have contributed significantly to understanding liver diseases, particularly hepatocellular carcinoma and related liver cancer types.

Their research spans various specialized topics, including:

  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Hepatitis B Virus Studies
  • Testicular diseases and treatments
  • Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis
  • Diet, Metabolism, and Disease

Katherine A. McGlynn has frequently published in several academic venues. The most common journals they contributed to include:

  • Cancer Research
  • International Journal of Cancer
  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • Hepatology
  • Cancer

Their prominent recent papers include:

  • "Epidemiology of Hepatocellular Carcinoma" (2020), published in Hepatology
  • "Global Burden of 5 Major Types of Gastrointestinal Cancer" (2020), published in Gastroenterology
  • "Global burden of primary liver cancer in 2020 and predictions to 2040" (2022), published in Journal of Hepatology
  • "Global trends in intrahepatic and extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma incidence from 1993 to 2012" (2020), published in Cancer
  • "Hepatocellular Carcinoma Survival by Etiology: A SEER-Medicare Database Analysis" (2020), published in Hepatology Communications

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • Jessica L. Petrick
  • Barry I. Graubard
  • Christian S. Álvarez
  • Xuehong Zhang
  • John D. Groopman

McGlynn's main field of study is Medicine, with a total of 258 publications. The subfields with the highest number of contributions are Epidemiology with 68 articles, Surgery with 49, Oncology with 32, Hepatology with 28, and Cancer Research with 15 publications.

Best Publications

  • Epidemiology of Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

    Katherine A. McGlynn;Jessica L. Petrick;Hashem B. El‐Serag

  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma Incidence, Mortality, and Survival Trends in the United States From 1975 to 2005

    Sean F. Altekruse;Katherine A. McGlynn;Marsha E. Reichman

  • Global Burden of 5 Major Types of Gastrointestinal Cancer

    Melina Arnold;Christian C. Abnet;Rachel E. Neale;Jerome Vignat

  • The Continuing Increase in the Incidence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in the United States: An Update

    Hashem B El-Serag;Jessica A Davila;Nancy J Petersen;Katherine A McGlynn

  • Diabetes increases the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in the United States: a population based case control study

    J. A. Davila;Robert O Morgan;Y. Shaib;K. A. McGlynn

  • Global epidemiology of hepatocellular carcinoma: an emphasis on demographic and regional variability.

    Katherine A. McGlynn;Jessica L. Petrick;W. Thomas London

  • Rising incidence of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma in the United States: a true increase?

    Yasser H Shaib;Yasser H Shaib;Jessica A Davila;Jessica A Davila;Kathryn McGlynn;Hashem B El-Serag;Hashem B El-Serag

  • Metabolic syndrome increases the risk of primary liver cancer in the United States: A study in the SEER‐medicare database

    Tania M. Welzel;Tania M. Welzel;Barry I. Graubard;Stefan Zeuzem;Hashem B. El-Serag

  • Detectable clonal mosaicism and its relationship to aging and cancer

    Kevin B. Jacobs;Kevin B. Jacobs;Meredith Yeager;Meredith Yeager;Weiyin Zhou;Weiyin Zhou;Sholom Wacholder

  • Risk factors of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma in the United States: A case-control study

    Yasser H. Shaib;Hashem B. El-Serag;Jessica A. Davila;Robert Morgan

  • Hepatitis C infection and the increasing incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma: A population-based study

    Jessica A Davila;Robert O Morgan;Yasser Shaib;Katherine A McGlynn

  • The Global Epidemiology of Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Present and Future

    Katherine A. McGlynn;W. Thomas London

  • Risk Factors for Intrahepatic and Extrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma in the United States: A Population-Based Case-Control Study

    Tania M Welzel;Barry I Graubard;Hashem B El-Serag;Yasser H Shaib

  • Changing Hepatocellular Carcinoma Incidence and Liver Cancer Mortality Rates in the United States

    Sean F Altekruse;S Jane Henley;James E Cucinelli;Katherine A McGlynn

  • Sex Disparities in Cancer Mortality and Survival

    Michael B. Cook;Katherine A. McGlynn;Susan S. Devesa;Neal D. Freedman

  • Sex disparities in cancer incidence by period and age.

    Michael B. Cook;Sanford M. Dawsey;Neal D. Freedman;Peter D. Inskip

  • Epidemiology and natural history of hepatocellular carcinoma.

    Katherine A. McGlynn;W.Thomas London

  • Epidemiology of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    Hashem B. El‐Serag

  • International trends and patterns of primary liver cancer

    Katherine A. McGlynn;Lilian Tsao;Ann W. Hsing;Susan S. Devesa

  • Detectable clonal mosaicism and its relationship to aging and cancer

    Kevin B. Jacobs;Meredith Yeager;Weiyin Zhou;Sholom Wacholder

Frequent Co-Authors

Barry I. Graubard
Barry I. Graubard National Institutes of Health
Neal D. Freedman
Neal D. Freedman National Institutes of Health
Mark P. Purdue
Mark P. Purdue National Institutes of Health
Julie E. Buring
Julie E. Buring Brigham and Women's Hospital
Howard D. Sesso
Howard D. Sesso Harvard Medical School
Stephen J. Chanock
Stephen J. Chanock National Institutes of Health
Susan S. Devesa
Susan S. Devesa National Institutes of Health
Andrew T. Chan
Andrew T. Chan Harvard University
Demetrius Albanes
Demetrius Albanes National Institutes of Health
I-Min Lee
I-Min Lee Harvard University

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