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Cancer Clusters

Cancer Clusters is a geographic epidemiological phenomenon characterized by a statistically significant aggregation of cancer cases in a specific region or population over a defined period, distinguishing it from random spatial distributions through elevated incidence rates suggestive of common environmental, genetic, or behavioral etiological factors.

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Polyclonal breast cancer metastases arise from collective dissemination of keratin 14-expressing tumor cell clusters

Kevin J. Cheung, Veena Padmanaban, Vanesa L. Silvestri et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2016 · 762 citations · Full text

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Evaluating cluster alarms: a space-time scan statistic and brain cancer in Los Alamos, New Mexico.

Martin Kulldorff, W F Athas, E J Feurer et al. · American Journal of Public Health · 1998 · 674 citations

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Cluster Validation by Prediction Strength

Robert Tibshirani, Guenther Walther · Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics · 2005 · 652 citations

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Unsupervised Learning With Random Forest Predictors

Tao Shi, Steve Horvath · Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics · 2006 · 540 citations

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Breast Cancer Clusters in the Northeast United States: A Geographic Analysis

Martin Kulldorff, E. J. Feuer, B. A. Miller et al. · American Journal of Epidemiology · 1997 · 404 citations · Full text

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Authors

1.9K

  1. MK
    Martin Kulldorff

    Harvard University, United States

    7 publications · 1.4K citations

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  2. GM
    Geoffrey M. Jacquez

    Biomedware (United States), United States

    6 publications · 235 citations

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  3. CW
    Craig W. Trumbo

    Colorado State University, United States

    5 publications · 454 citations

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  4. KH
    Kazuo Hase

    National Defense Medical College, Japan

    5 publications · 409 citations

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  5. CW
    Clark W. Heath

    American Cancer Society, United States

    5 publications · 117 citations

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Institutions

770

  1. National Cancer Institute

    Bethesda, United States

    11 h-index

    46 publications

    4.9K citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    9 h-index

    29 publications

    2.9K citations

  3. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    9 h-index

    19 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. University at Buffalo, State University of New York

    Buffalo, United States

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    269 citations

  5. Stony Brook University

    Stony Brook, United States

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    258 citations

  6. Sun Yat-sen University

    Guangzhou, China

    7 h-index

    73 publications

    6.7K citations

  7. Biomedware (United States)

    Ann Arbor, United States

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    409 citations

  8. Inserm

    Paris, France

    6 h-index

    31 publications

    1.2K citations

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  1. Statistics in Medicine

    12 publications · 296 citations

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  2. PubMed

    Repository · 15 publications · 397 citations

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  3. Scientific Reports

    9 publications · 215 citations

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  4. International Journal of Cancer

    8 publications · 612 citations

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  5. American Journal of Epidemiology

    AJE · 8 publications · 881 citations

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