2022
Long-Term Survival and Causes of Death After Diagnoses of Common Cancers in 3 Cohorts of U.S. Health Professionals
Cheng E, Lee DH, Tamimi RM, Hankinson SE, Willett WC, Giovannucci EL, Eliassen AH, Stampfer MJ, Mucci LA, Fuchs CS, Spiegelman D. Long-Term Survival and Causes of Death After Diagnoses of Common Cancers in 3 Cohorts of U.S. Health Professionals. JNCI Cancer Spectrum 2022, 6: pkac021-. PMID: 35603853, PMCID: PMC8973409, DOI: 10.1093/jncics/pkac021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer-specific mortalityHealth Study IIUterine corpusCause of deathCommon cancerThyroid cancerPrimary cancerCancer survivorsLung cancerCumulative mortalityHealth StudyColorectal cancer-specific mortalityLong-term overall survivalNurses' Health Study IICancer-specific mortality ratesU.S. health professionalsHealth Professionals FollowNurses' Health StudyMale cancer survivorsFemale cancer survivorsProfessionals FollowMost patientsOverall survivalExcess riskUrinary bladder
2021
Health system gaps in cardiovascular disease prevention and management in Nepal
Shrestha A, Maharjan R, Karmacharya BM, Bajracharya S, Jha N, Shrestha S, Aryal A, Baral PP, Bhatt RD, Bhattarai S, Bista D, Citrin D, Dhimal M, Fitzpatrick AL, Jha AK, Karmacharya RM, Mali S, Neupane T, Oli N, Pandit R, Parajuli SB, Pradhan PMS, Prajapati D, Pyakurel M, Pyakurel P, Rai BK, Sapkota BP, Sapkota S, Shrestha A, Shrestha AP, Shrestha R, Sharma GN, Sharma S, Spiegelman D, Suwal PS, Thapa B, Vaidya A, Xu D, Yan LL, Koju R. Health system gaps in cardiovascular disease prevention and management in Nepal. BMC Health Services Research 2021, 21: 655. PMID: 34225714, PMCID: PMC8258928, DOI: 10.1186/s12913-021-06681-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth systemCardiovascular disease preventionCause of deathHealth system gapsQuality of careResource-limited settingsNational health policyHealth system performanceBackgroundCardiovascular diseaseCVD preventionCVD careCVD servicesHealth outcomesDisease preventionHealth policyHealth insuranceHealth spendingCarePreventionKey informant interviewsTask ForceSystem gapsInformant interviewsService deliverySafety
2020
Long-term cancer survival in cohorts of U.S. health professionals.
Cheng E, Lee D, Tamimi R, Hankinson S, Willett W, Giovannucci E, Eliassen H, Tworoger S, Meir S, Mucci L, Fuchs C, Spiegelman D. Long-term cancer survival in cohorts of U.S. health professionals. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2020, 38: 12075-12075. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2020.38.15_suppl.12075.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCancer-specific mortality ratesMortality rateCancer patientsOvarian cancerMajor cancersLong-term cancer survivalCorpus cancer patientsU.S. health professionalsHealth Professionals FollowUterine corpus cancerKaplan-Meier curvesMortality 10 yearsCause-specific mortality ratesCause of deathCumulative mortality rateLong-term survivalNHS IICorpus cancerIndex cancerProfessionals FollowUterine corpusColorectal cancerCancer survivalBreast cancerHealth Study
2013
Preventing the global burden of type 2 diabetes by improving the quality of staple foods: The Global Nutrition and Epidemiologic Transition Initiative
Mattei J, Malik V, Wedick N, Spiegelman D, Hu F, Willett W, Campos H. Preventing the global burden of type 2 diabetes by improving the quality of staple foods: The Global Nutrition and Epidemiologic Transition Initiative. The FASEB Journal 2013, 27: 1055.23-1055.23. DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.27.1_supplement.1055.23.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchType 2 diabetesEpidemiological transitionNutrition transitionOverall death rateCause of deathDiabetes preventionMedian ageFood balance sheetsHigh-income countriesGlobal burdenEpidemic proportionsDiabetesAppropriate interventionsDeath ratePercent energyLife expectancyPilot dataAdverse changesTraditional foodsIntakeGlobal nutritionNutritionFoodGlobal research effortStaple food