Publisher Copyright: © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.; Comprehensive, comparable, and timely estimates of demographic metrics—including life expectancy and age-specific mortality—are essential for evaluating, understanding, and addressing trends in population health. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of timely and all-cau...
Publisher Copyright: © 2023 Cambridge University Press. All rights reserved.; This systematic literature review aimed to provide an overview of the characteristics and methods used in studies applying the Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALY) concept for infectious diseases within European Union (EU)/European Economic Area (EEA)/European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries and the United Kingdom. Electronic...
Funding Information: This publication is based upon work from COST Action CA18218 (European Burden of Disease Network; www.burden-eu.net ), supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology; www.cost.eu ). Publisher Copyright: © 2023, The Author(s).; Background: Although overall health status in the last decades improved, health inequalities due to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) persist betwee...
Funding Information: The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. This study is based upon work from COST Action ML4Microbiome “Statistical and machine learning techniques in human microbiome studies” (CA18131), supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology), www.cost.eu . MB acknowledges support through the Metagenopo...
Funding: Dr Conde acknowledges financial support from the European Research Council ERC Starting Grant agreement No 848325. Dr Costa acknowledges her grant (SFRH/ BHD/110001/2015), received by Portuguese national funds through Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, IP under the Norma Transitória grant DL57/2016/CP1334/CT0006. Funding Information: Dr Conde acknowledges financial support from the European Research...
Funding: J A Loureiro acknowledges support from Base Funding UIDB/00511/2020 of the LEPABE funded by national funds through the FCT/MCTES (PIDDAC) and Scientific Employment Stimulus (FCT) [CEECINST/00049/2018].; Background: In estimating the global burden of cancer, adolescents and young adults with cancer are often overlooked, despite being a distinct subgroup with unique epidemiology, clinical care needs, and...
Funding: J A Loureiro reports support for the present manuscript from Scientific Employment Stimulus (FCT; CEECINST/00049/2018) as support to their salary and from UIDB/00511/2020 of the LEPABE, funded by national funds through the FCT/MCTES (PIDDAC) as research support.; BACKGROUND: Understanding the magnitude of cancer burden attributable to potentially modifiable risk factors is crucial for development of ef...