The study of the incidence and spread of infectious diseases in populations over time. Host, pathogen and environmental factors are monitored to determine the dynamics of infection, the ultimate ...

Rather than list survival rates by type, organizations like the American Cancer Society use the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program (SEER) database, which is maintained by the National ...

Epidemiology is a field of medicine that studies the incidence, causes and effects of diseases in populations, and patterns within these. It has a key role in protecting public health and can ...

Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention publishes articles featuring population-based research on cancer etiology, prevention, surveillance, survivorship, and cancer health disparities—with a ...

“The thing about epidemiology is it’s a career that can go in many different directions,” says Dale Sandler, chief of the epidemiology branch at the National Institute of Environmental ...