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February 20, 2007
Cancer Statistics 2007
Cancer statistics, 2007.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
posted by nih 6 days ago
CA Cancer J Clin. ;57(1):43-66.
Jemal A, Siegel R, Ward E, Murray T, Xu J, Thun MJ.
Category: Oncology
Each year, the American Cancer Society (ACS) estimates the number of new cancer cases and deaths expected in the United States in the current year and compiles the most recent data on cancer incidence, mortality, and survival based on incidence data from the National Cancer Institute, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries and mortality data from the National Center for Health Statistics. This report considers incidence data through 2003 and mortality data through 2004. Incidence and death rates are age-standardized to the 2000 US standard million population. A total of 1,444,920 new cancer cases and 559,650 deaths for cancers are projected to occur in the United States in 2007. Notable trends in cancer incidence and mortality rates include stabilization of the age-standardized, delay-adjusted incidence rates for all cancers combined in men from 1995 through 2003; a continuing increase in the incidence rate by 0.3% per year in women; and a 13.6% total decrease in age-standardized cancer death rates among men and women combined between 1991 and 2004. This report also examines cancer incidence, mortality, and survival by site, sex, race/ethnicity, geographic area, and calendar year, as well as the proportionate contribution of selected sites to the overall trends. While the absolute number of cancer deaths decreased for the second consecutive year in the United States (by more than 3,000 from 2003 to 2004) and much progress has been made in reducing mortality rates and improving survival, cancer still accounts for more deaths than heart disease in persons under age 85 years. Further progress can be accelerated by supporting new discoveries and by applying existing cancer control knowledge across all segments of the population.
Electronic Access to this journal for UM affiliates:
CA; : a cancer journal for clinicians.
Posted by schnitzr at 01:53 PM
February 19, 2007
Women's Health and Fitness Event at Ypsi High
The Health Sciences Libraries were represented at the Women's Health and Fitness Event sponsored by a variety of groups and organized by the UM Women Medical Students and held at Ypsilanti High School on February 17th, from early morning until early afternoon. We set up a table with two laptops featuring PowerPoint of a number of relevant MedlinePlus topics (we tried to match them up with the workshops held at the event), and we distributed over 50 NLM flyers and a number of library brochures (plus a lot of good will). After the crowds had dispersed we attended a number of excellent workshops (e.g., "Hiding in Plain Sight"--about violence to women; "Chair Yoga," and "It's Not Just Potty Talk"-- about colon cancer and the need for screening. We also made contact with Debbi Smith who runs the UM Women's Health Resource Center, and we promised to collaborate with each other. She will drop off bookmarks for her unit soon and will pick up some of our brochures, she said. I think that we all agreed that it was an outstanding outreach experience. We learned quite a few things, had a good time, and cannot wait to go to next year's Women's Health and Fitness Day!
Posted by schnitzr at 03:50 PM
Taubman Medical Library extending Winter Term hours
In response to requests that arose during recent meetings with the Medical School student council, Taubman Medical Library has both expanded our weekend hours and also instituted an extended hours program which is primarily designed to support study for the board exams. The final schedule for the Winter Term 2007 is:
LIBRARY HOURS REFERENCE HOURS
January 2 - 28
Mon.-Thurs. 8 am-11:45 pm 9 am -7 pm
Fri. 8 am -7:45 pm 9 am -5 pm
Sat. 11 am -7:45 pm 1 pm -5 pm
Sun. noon -11:45 pm 1 pm -5 pm
January 29 - March 24
Mon.-Thurs. 8 am -11:45 pm 9 am -7 pm
Fri. 8 am -7:45 pm 9 am -5 pm
Sat. 10 am -7:45 pm 1 pm -5 pm
Sun. 11 am -11:45 pm 1 pm -5 pm
March 25 - May 7
Mon.-Thurs. 8 am – 2 am 9 am -7 pm
Fri. 8 am – 2 am 9 am -5 pm
Sat. 8 am – 2 am 1 pm -5 pm
Sun. 8 am – 2 am 1 pm -5 pm
May 8 - May 25
Mon.-Thurs. 8 am -11:45 pm 9 am -6 pm
Fri. 8 am -7:45 pm 9 am -5 pm
Sat. 10 am -7:45 pm 1 pm -5 pm
Sun. 11 am -11:45 pm 1 pm -5 pm
Variations in REFERENCE HOURS:
Tues Jan 2 1 pm -5 pm
Wed Jan 3 9 am -5 pm
Sat-Sun Feb 24-25 No Service
Mon-Fri Feb 26-Mar 2 9 am -5 pm
Sat-Sun Mar 3-4 No Service
Mon-Fri Apr 18-27 8 am -5 pm
Sat-Sun Apr 28-Apr 29 No Service
Posted by wfield at 11:17 AM
February 11, 2007
Dr. Paul Farmer speaks at UMHS on February 12th
This year's Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti READS' book choice is "Mountains beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder telling about the work of physician and anthropologist Paul Farmer, of Harvard Medical School, who is pioneering effective treatments for HIV and TB in Haiti and Africa.
Dr. Farmer will be speaking at the University on Monday at 5 pm. Tickets are not available, but the talk will be "live video simulcast" at several locations in the Medical School, including West Lecture Hall, the BSRB Auditorium, and Ford Auditorium, at 5 pm on Monday.
Posted by schnitzr at 07:11 PM
February 07, 2007
Patron Survey Question - Searching by author in Medline
We are very pleased to be getting so many responses to our short survey. Please keep them coming!
One question concerned searching by author in Medline when the author's name is common. It can be a real help to add the institution information to the search strategy.
To do this in PubMed:
Use the AD field, which includes the institutional affiliation and address (including e-mail address) of the first author of the article as it appears in the journal. This field can be used to search for work done at specific institutions (e.g., cleveland [ad] AND clinic [ad]).
For more detail on doing this in UM-MEDSEARCH, see:
http://www.lib.umich.edu/taubman/medsearch/ausearch.html
Posted by pmartin at 04:41 PM
News From The American Cancer Society
Recently, the American Cancer Society announced that cancer deaths declined in the United States for the second year in a row – a milestone event that indicates dramatic progress is being made against the disease. There were 3,014 fewer cancer deaths in 2004 than in 2003, a significantly larger decrease than the 369 fewer deaths reported the previous year. Thirteen years of continuing drops in the overall cancer death rate have now overtaken trends in aging and growth of the US population, resulting in decreased numbers of deaths.
Recently, the American Cancer Society announced that cancer deaths declined in the United States for the second year in a row – a milestone event that indicates dramatic progress is being made against the disease. There were 3,014 fewer cancer deaths in 2004 than in 2003, a significantly larger decrease than the 369 fewer deaths reported the previous year. Thirteen years of continuing drops in the overall cancer death rate have now overtaken trends in aging and growth of the US population, resulting in decreased numbers of deaths.
More information available on the American Cancer Society web page.
Posted by oriley at 12:39 PM
February 05, 2007
HSL Participates with "Give Kids a Smile"
During the annual "Give Kids a Smile" community outreach program offered by the School of Dentistry on February 3, members of the Health Sciences Libraries staff were able to distribute information about MedlinePlus.gov and the American Dental Association (ADA) to over 55 families. A colorful flyer highlighting MedlinePlus and ADA web pages was passed out along with other MedlinePlus materials (trifolds, bookmarks, pens) while people were in line to register and wait for their appointment with the dental teams for x-rays, cleanings and simple fillings. Over 100 children were accommodated during the day (surpassing participation in previous years) by a large contingent of dental students and supporting Dental School faculty and staff.
A delightful part of the Health Sciences Libraries (HSL) involvement during the free clinic was meeting a 5th grader interested in starting a 'health club' at her school. She was so interested in the health club idea, that she came back a second time to talk with HSL staff. She left us with her Principal's name in hopes that arrangements could be made for HSL librarians to talk at her school about health information.
Special thanks to Dr. Steve Stefanac, Associate Dean for Patient Services, and Andrea Fraser, VP Give Kids a Smile for their willingness to partner with the Health Sciences Libraries during this event. All-in-all it was a successful day, for the participants, for the School of Dentistry, and for the Health Sciences Libraries.
Posted by dlauseng at 04:25 PM