Age-Based Trends of Gastric Adenocarcinoma in the United States

Background Recent studies have shown an increase in the incidence of gastric cancer (GC) among young adults in Asia and Latin America. However, it is unknown if a similar trend is happening in the United States. Methods A retrospective review of the National Cancer Database was conducted to identify patients diagnosed with gastric adenocarcinoma between the years of 2004 and 2013. Results A total of 93 734 patients were included. The two age groups below 40 did not see a change in GC incidence; however, age groups above 40 had increasing incidence. Patients aged 18 to 25 had the largest proportion of stage 4 disease and a poor survival (median 11.5 months), compared to older patients. Conclusion Despite the increasing trend of GC among individuals, the incidence of GC among young adults is not increasing. However, this subpopulation presents at more advanced stages (clinical stage 4) and thus has worse survival.

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Age-Based Trends of Gastric Adenocarcinoma in the United States

The American Surgeon ◽

10.1177/0003134820947395 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 000313482094739

Author(s):

Denslow Trumbull ◽

Riccardo Lemini ◽

Enrique F. Elli ◽

Sanjay P. Bagaria ◽

Kristopher Attwood ◽

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Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Young Adults ◽

Gastric Adenocarcinoma ◽

Clinical Stage ◽

Age Groups ◽

The United States ◽

National Cancer Data Base ◽

Cancer Data ◽

Stage 4 ◽

Advanced Stages

Background Recent studies have shown an increase in the incidence of gastric cancer (GC) among young adults in Asia and Latin America. However, it is unknown if a similar trend is happening in the United States (US). Methods A retrospective review of the National Cancer Data Base was conducted to identify patients diagnosed with gastric adenocarcinoma between the years of 2004 and 2013. Results A total of 93 734 patients were included. The 2 age groups below 40 did not see a change in GC incidence; however, age groups above 40 had increasing incidence. Patients aged 18-25 had the largest proportion of stage 4 disease and a poor survival (median 11.5 months), compared to older patients. Conclusion Despite the increasing trend of GC among individuals, the incidence of GC among young adults is not increasing. However, this subpopulation presents at more advanced stages (clinical stage 4) and thus has worse survival.

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Rorschach Comprehensive System Data for 100 Nonpatient Children From the United States in Two Age Groups

Journal of Personality Assessment ◽

10.1080/00223890701583457 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 89 (sup1) ◽

pp. S174-S182 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Mel Hamel ◽

Thomas W. Shaffer

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Age Groups ◽

The United States ◽

Comprehensive System ◽

Rorschach Comprehensive System ◽

System Data ◽

Two Age Groups

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The Effects of Age on the Rate of Learning a Second Language

Studies in Second Language Acquisition ◽

10.1017/s0272263100013723 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 1-16 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Georgina R. Slavoff ◽

Jacqueline S. Johnson

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Second Language ◽

Age Groups ◽

The United States ◽

Target Language ◽

Native Languages ◽

Lengths Of Stay ◽

Rate Of Learning ◽

Two Age Groups

The present study evaluates the role of age on the rate of acquiring English as a second language in an immersion setting. Subjects were children with native languages typologically very different from English. The children arrived in the United States between the ages of 7 and 12 years and were tested on their knowledge of English grammatical morphology and syntax at different lengths of stay in the United States, ranging from 6 months to 3 years. Subjects' performance was predicted by the length of their stay in the United States and by gender, with females outperforming males. Age of arrival played no role in predicting subjects' rate of acquisition. Performance was very similar between two age groups examined (7–9– and 10–12-year-old arrivals) throughout the 3 years measured. The present results suggest that, on certain aspects of grammar, different-aged children acquire a second language during the first 3 years of acquisition at similar rates when their native language is very different in typology from the target language.

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Violence Counseling

Pediatrics in Review ◽

10.1542/pir.12.3.68 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 68-93

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Young Adults ◽

Black Men ◽

Age Groups ◽

The United States ◽

Mortality Rates ◽

Homicide Rate ◽

Major Contributor ◽

Teenagers And Young Adults ◽

The Media

Violence and its consequences of injury and death pose major threats to the health of youth in America. The United States has the highest homicide rate in the industrialized world: 10 times higher than in England, 25 times higher than in Spain. Older teenagers and young adults are the only age groups in the United States with rising mortality rates, and violence is a major contributor to this trend. The highest rate of death from violence occurs among young black men. Most of these deaths are the result of intraracial attacks, countering the impression fostered by the media that most attacks are interracial.

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Rising Incidence of Clostridium difficile Related Discharges among Hospitalized Children in the United States

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology ◽

10.1017/ice.2015.234 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 37 (1) ◽

pp. 104-106 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Chaitanya Pant ◽

Abhishek Deshpande ◽

Richard Gilroy ◽

Mojtaba Olyaee ◽

Curtis J. Donskey

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Clostridium Difficile ◽

Incidence Rate ◽

Age Groups ◽

The United States ◽

Infect Control Hosp ◽

National Database ◽

Hospitalized Children ◽

Increasing Trend ◽

Rising Incidence

Using a national database, we report an increasing trend in Clostridium difficile incidence among hospitalized children in the United States from 2003 to 2012. The incidence rate of CDI increased from 24.0 to 58.0 per 10,000 discharges per year (P<0.001) across all age groups, with the greatest increase in children 15 years and older.Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol. 2015;37(1):104–106

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Perceptions of negative stereotypes of older people in magazine advertisements: comparing the perceptions of older adults and college students

Ageing and Society ◽

10.1017/s0144686x07006605 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 28 (2) ◽

pp. 233-251 ◽

Cited By ~ 31

Author(s):

TOM ROBINSON ◽

BOB GUSTAFSON ◽

MARK POPOVICH

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Older Adults ◽

Young People ◽

Older People ◽

Age Groups ◽

The United States ◽

Negative Stereotypes ◽

Negative Images ◽

Strong Consensus ◽

Two Age Groups

ABSTRACTNegative stereotypes not only affect how older people feel about themselves, but also how younger people feel about old age and their prospect of growing old. The research reported in this paper has examined the negative and potentially harmful stereotypes of older people portrayed in magazine advertisements in the United States, as perceived by groups of older and young people. Q-methodology sorts of 40 advertisements with negative images of older people, along with personal interviews, were used to probe older people's and college student's feelings and attitudes about the images. The subjects were placed in four categories: ‘moralists’, ‘objectors’, ‘ageing moralists’ and ‘resentfuls’. Regardless of whether stereotypes were used, the older people liked the advertisements that showed them as being clever, vibrant and having a sense of humour. Neither the older people nor the students liked advertisements that ridiculed or poked fun at older people, or presented them as being out of touch with reality and unattractive. Both groups rated the stereotypes dealing with the real problems associated with ageing as inoffensive. The comparison of the two age groups showed a strong consensus about which images were acceptable and which offensive.

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