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Overview

Susan S. Devesa is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with specific contributions across several subfields including obstetrics and gynecology, oncology, epidemiology, pathology and forensic medicine, and neurology.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Viral-associated cancers and disorders
  • Lymphoma diagnosis and treatment
  • Endometrial and cervical cancer treatments
  • Uterine myomas and treatments
  • Gynecological conditions and treatments
  • Immune cell function and interaction
  • Meningioma and schwannoma management

Susan S. Devesa has published in various respected venues, with frequent publications in:

  • JAMA Oncology
  • Hemato
  • Cancer
  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • Cancer Medicine

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Racial and Ethnic Differences in Hysterectomy-Corrected Uterine Corpus Cancer Mortality by Stage and Histologic Subtype," 2022, JAMA Oncology
  • "Burkitt Lymphoma Incidence in Five Continents," 2022, Hemato
  • "Nonmalignant meningioma and vestibular schwannoma incidence trends in the United States, 2004-2017," 2021, Cancer
  • "Geographic Patterns in U.S. Lung Cancer Mortality and Cigarette Smoking," 2022, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • "Decreasing incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma among most racial groups: SEER-22, 2000-2019," 2023, Cancer Medicine

The scientist collaborates frequently with coauthors such as Sam M. Mbulaiteye, Meredith S. Shiels, Megan A. Clarke, Anne Hammer, and Nicolas Wentzensen.

Best Publications

  • Changing patterns in the incidence of esophageal and gastric carcinoma in the United States

    Susan S. Devesa;William J. Blot;Joseph F. Fraumeni

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

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

  • Rising incidence of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and gastric cardia.

    William J. Blot;Susan S. Devesa;Robert W. Kneller;Joseph F. Fraumeni

  • Rising incidence of renal cell cancer in the United States

    Wong Ho Chow;Susan S. Devesa;Joan L. Warren;Joseph F. Fraumeni

  • Lymphoma incidence patterns by WHO subtype in the United States, 1992-2001

    Lindsay M. Morton;Sophia S. Wang;Sophia S. Wang;Susan S. Devesa;Susan S. Devesa;Patricia Hartge;Patricia Hartge

  • Trends in Thyroid Cancer Incidence and Mortality in the United States, 1974-2013.

    Hyeyeun Lim;Susan S. Devesa;Julie A. Sosa;David Check

  • Epidemiology and risk factors for kidney cancer

    Wong Ho Chow;Linda M. Dong;Susan S. Devesa

  • International trends and patterns of prostate cancer incidence and mortality

    Ann W. Hsing;Lilian Tsao;Susan S. Devesa

  • Rising Thyroid Cancer Incidence in the United States by Demographic and Tumor Characteristics, 1980-2005

    Lindsey Enewold;Kangmin Zhu;Elaine Ron;Aizen J. Marrogi

  • International lung cancer trends by histologic type: Male:female differences diminishing and adenocarcinoma rates rising

    Susan S. Devesa;Freddie Bray;A. Paloma Vizcaino;D. Max Parkin

  • Incidence of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus among white Americans by sex, stage, and age

    Linda Morris Brown;Susan S. Devesa;Wong Ho Chow

  • Trends in inflammatory breast carcinoma incidence and survival: the surveillance, epidemiology, and end results program at the National Cancer Institute.

    Kenneth W. Hance;William F. Anderson;Susan S. Devesa;Heather A. Young

  • Cutaneous lymphoma incidence patterns in the United States: a population-based study of 3884 cases

    Porcia T. Bradford;Susan S. Devesa;William F. Anderson;Jorge R. Toro

  • Acute leukemia incidence and patient survival among children and adults in the United States, 2001-2007

    Graça M. Dores;Graça M. Dores;Susan S. Devesa;Rochelle E. Curtis;Martha S. Linet

  • Incidence patterns of soft tissue sarcomas, regardless of primary site, in the surveillance, epidemiology and end results program, 1978-2001: An analysis of 26,758 cases.

    Jorge R. Toro;Lois B. Travis;Hongyu Julian Wu;Kangmin Zhu

  • Global trends in breast cancer incidence and mortality 1973–1997

    Michelle D Althuis;Jaclyn M Dozier;William F Anderson;Susan S Devesa

  • Cancer Surveillance Series: Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Incidence by Histologic Subtype in the United States From 1978 Through 1995

    Frank D. Groves;Martha S. Linet;Lois B. Travis;Susan S. Devesa

  • Recent Trends in Cutaneous Melanoma Incidence Among Whites in the United States

    Ahmedin Jemal;Susan S. Devesa;Patricia Hartge;Margaret A. Tucker

  • Cancer Incidence and Mortality Trends Among Whites in the United States, 1947–84

    Susan S. Devesa;Debra T. Silverman;John L. Young;Earl S. Pollack

  • Epidemiologic trends in esophageal and gastric cancer in the United States

    Linda Morris Brown;Susan S Devesa

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph F. Fraumeni
Joseph F. Fraumeni National Institutes of Health
Katherine A. McGlynn
Katherine A. McGlynn National Institutes of Health
William F. Anderson
William F. Anderson National Institutes of Health
Martha S. Linet
Martha S. Linet National Institutes of Health
Ann W. Hsing
Ann W. Hsing Stanford University
Linda Morris Brown
Linda Morris Brown RTI International
Ahmedin Jemal
Ahmedin Jemal American Cancer Society
Wong Ho Chow
Wong Ho Chow The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Philip S. Rosenberg
Philip S. Rosenberg National Institutes of Health
William J. Blot
William J. Blot Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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