North America

"North America" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The northern continent of the Western Hemisphere, extending northward from the Colombia-Panama border and including CENTRAL AMERICA, MEXICO, Caribbean area, the UNITED STATES, CANADA and GREENLAND. The term often refers more narrowly to MEXICO, continental UNITED STATES, AND CANADA.

Descriptor ID	D009656
MeSH Number(s)	Z01.107.567
Concept/Terms	North America North America Northern America Northern America

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Geographicals [Z]
Geographic Locations [Z01]
Americas [Z01.107]
North America [Z01.107.567]

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Year	Minor Topic	Total
1998	1	1
1999	1	1
2001	1	1
2002	2	2
2004	1	1
2005	2	2
2006	1	1
2007	1	1
2008	1	1
2009	5	5
2010	3	3
2011	1	1
2012	1	1
2013	4	4
2014	6	6
2015	2	2
2016	4	4
2017	10	10
2018	7	7
2019	3	3
2020	4	4
2021	6	6
2022	2	2
2023	4	4
2024	6	6
2025	2	2

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Bertini A, Stephens A, Finocchiaro A, Silvia V, Arjun D, Elnaz G, Nicholas C, Lughezzani G, Buffi N, Di Trapani E, Ficarra V, Briganti A, Salonia A, Montorsi F, Sood A, Rogers C, Abdollah F. Association of Area of Deprivation Index With Active Surveillance (AS) Utilization and Adherence to as Guidelines: Results From a Contemporary North American Cohort. Prostate. 2025 Aug; 85(11):1024-1035.

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Cirulli GO, Stephens A, Chiarelli G, Finati M, Bertini A, Chase M, Tinsley S, Arora S, Sood A, Lughezzani G, Buffi N, Carrieri G, Salonia A, Briganti A, Montorsi F, Rogers C, Abdollah F. Comparing PSA Screening Patterns and Their Role as Predictor of Prostate Cancer Diagnosis: Analysis of a Contemporary North American Cohort. Prostate. 2025 May; 85(6):531-540.

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Lang R, Coburn SB, Gill MJ, Grossman J, Gebo KA, Horberg MA, Mayor AM, Justice AC, Bosch RJ, Silverberg MJ, Rabkin CS, Sterling TR, Thorne JE, Moore RD, Althoff KN. The Association of Anemia With Survival Among People With HIV Following Antiretroviral Initiation in the NA-ACCORD 2007-2016. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2024 Dec 01; 97(4):334-343.

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Finati M, Stephens A, Cirulli GO, Chiarelli G, Tinsley S, Morrison C, Sood A, Buffi N, Lughezzani G, Salonia A, Briganti A, Montorsi F, Busetto GM, Rogers C, Carrieri G, Abdollah F. Association of race and area of deprivation index with prostate cancer incidence and lethality: results from a contemporary North American cohort. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2024 Nov 01; 8(6).

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Lang R, Coburn SB, Gill MJ, Justice AC, Grossman J, Gebo KA, Horberg MA, Mayor AM, Silverberg MJ, McGinnis KA, Hogan B, Moore RD, Althoff KN. Evaluation of mean corpuscular volume among anemic people with HIV in North America following ART initiation. AIDS Res Ther. 2024 Aug 07; 21(1):52.

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Finati M, Davis M, Stephens A, Chiarelli G, Cirulli GO, Morrison C, Affas R, Sood A, Buffi N, Lughezzani G, Briganti A, Montorsi F, Carrieri G, Rogers C, Vickers AJ, Abdollah F. The Role of Baseline Prostate-specific Antigen Value Prior to Age 60 in Predicting Lethal Prostate Cancer: Analysis of a Contemporary North American Cohort. Eur Urol Oncol. 2024 Dec; 7(6):1535-1542.

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Corsi NJ, Stephens A, Finati M, Malchow T, Morrison C, Davis M, Hares K, Corsi MP, Arora S, Chiarelli G, Cirulli GO, Autorino R, Sood A, Rogers C, Abdollah F. Testing the external validity of the POUT III trial (adjuvant platnium-based chemotherapy in upper tract urothelial carcinoma) in a North American cohort. Urol Oncol. 2024 06; 42(6):175.e19-175.e25.

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Chiarelli G, Davis M, Stephens A, Cirulli GO, Finati M, Corsi NJ, Sood A, Tinsley S, Carrieri G, Briganti A, Montorsi F, Lughezzani G, Buffi N, Rogers C, Abdollah F. Comparison of patient background between a real-world North American cohort and the G?teborg-2 trial. Int J Urol. 2024 May; 31(5):562-567.

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Lavretsky P, Hern?ndez F, Swale T, Mohl JE. Chromosomal-level reference genome of a wild North American mallard (Anas platyrhynchos). G3 (Bethesda). 2023 09 30; 13(10).

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Smith MS, Teufel-Shone N. Editorial: Indigenous knowledge and chronic disease prevention among the first people of North America. Front Public Health. 2023; 11:1150221.

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