"Asia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The largest of the continents. It was known to the Romans more specifically as what we know today as Asia Minor. The name comes from at least two possible sources: from the Assyrian asu (to rise) or from the Sanskrit usa (dawn), both with reference to its being the land of the rising sun, i.e., eastern as opposed to Europe, to the west. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p82 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p34)
| Descriptor ID |
D001208
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.252
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Asia" by people in this website by year, and whether "Asia" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2012 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2013 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2017 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2018 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2019 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2020 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2021 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Asia" by people in Profiles.
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Cervical squamous cell carcinoma outcomes across continents: A retrospective study. Gynecol Oncol. 2024 Nov; 190:272-282.
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Body Mass Index and Risk of Colorectal Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Asia. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Aug 01; 7(8):e2429494.
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Diabetes and gastric cancer incidence and mortality in the Asia Cohort Consortium: A pooled analysis of more than a half million participants. J Diabetes. 2024 Jun; 16(6):e13561.
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Diabetes is associated with increased liver cancer incidence and mortality in adults: A report from Asia Cohort Consortium. Int J Cancer. 2024 Sep 01; 155(5):854-870.
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Family history and gastric cancer incidence and mortality in Asia: a pooled analysis of more than half a million participants. Gastric Cancer. 2024 Jul; 27(4):701-713.
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Association of female reproductive and hormonal factors with gallbladder cancer risk in Asia: A pooled analysis of the Asia Cohort Consortium. Int J Cancer. 2024 Jul 15; 155(2):240-250.
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Association between reproductive factors with lung cancer incidence and mortality: A pooled analysis of over 308,000 females in the Asia cohort consortium. Int J Cancer. 2024 Jun 15; 154(12):2090-2105.
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Obesity is associated with biliary tract cancer mortality and incidence: A pooled analysis of 21 cohort studies in the Asia Cohort Consortium. Int J Cancer. 2024 Apr 01; 154(7):1174-1190.
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Going local with ancient DNA: A review of human histories from regional perspectives. Science. 2023 10 06; 382(6666):53-58.
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Association between body mass index and oesophageal cancer mortality: a pooled analysis of prospective cohort studies with >800?000 individuals in the Asia Cohort Consortium. Int J Epidemiol. 2022 08 10; 51(4):1190-1203.