A5035109799- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
- Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments
- Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
- Cancer Risks and Factors
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- BRCA gene mutations in cancer
- Uterine Myomas and Treatments
- Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes
- Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
- Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Multiple and Secondary Primary Cancers
- Gynecological conditions and treatments
- Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- demographic modeling and climate adaptation
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Spatial and Panel Data Analysis
- Census and Population Estimation
- Medical Coding and Health Information
- Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments
New York State Department of Health
2014-2023
University at Albany, State University of New York
2006-2022
Albany State University
2013-2020
New York State Department of State
2010-2018
Albany Medical Center Hospital
2017-2018
University of Rochester Medical Center
2017
John Wiley & Sons (United States)
2016
Fred Hutch Cancer Center
2016
University of Washington Medical Center
2016
Cancer Research Center
2016
BACKGROUND The American Cancer Society (ACS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institute (NCI), North Association of Central Registries (NAACCR) collaborate annually to provide updates on cancer incidence death rates trends in these outcomes United States. This year's report includes prevalence comorbidity at time first diagnosis among patients with lung, colorectal, breast, or prostate survival based level. METHODS Data were obtained from NCI, CDC, NAACCR; data...
The American Cancer Society (ACS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institute (NCI), North Association of Central Registries (NAACCR) collaborate annually to produce updated, national cancer statistics. This Annual Report includes a focus on breast incidence by subtype using new, national-level data.Population-based trends molecular were calculated. Breast subtypes classified tumor biomarkers hormone receptor (HR) human growth factor-neu (HER2) expression.Overall...
An inverse relationship between solar ultraviolet-B (UV-B) exposure and non-skin cancer mortality has long been reported. Vitamin D, acquired primarily through to the sun via skin, is believed inhibit tumor development growth reduce for certain cancers. We extend analysis of this include incidence as well mortality, using higher quality resolution data sets than have typically available. Over three million incident cases 1998 2002 deaths 1993 in continental United States were regressed...
Many geographic studies use distance as a simple measure of accessibility, risk, or disparity. Straight-line (Euclidean) is most often used because the ease its calculation. Actual travel over road network superior alternative, although historically an expensive and labor-intensive undertaking. This no longer true, time can be calculated directly from commercial Web sites, without need to own purchase specialized information system software street files. Taking advantage this feature, we...
Given scarce data regarding the relationship among age, complications, and survival beyond 30-day postoperative period for oncology patients in United States, this study identified age-related differences complications rate cause of 1-year mortality following colon cancer surgery. The NY State Cancer Registry Statewide Planning Research Cooperative System stage I–III resections (2004–2011). Multivariable logistic regression analyses assessed age (<65, 65–74, ⩾75), survival, death. Among 24...
BACKGROUND The relationship between socioeconomic status and cancer incidence in the United States has not traditionally been a focus of population‐based surveillance systems. METHODS Nearly 3 million tumors diagnosed 2005 2009 from 16 states plus Los Angeles were assigned into 1 4 groupings based on poverty rate residential census tract at time diagnosis. sex‐specific risk ratio highest‐to‐lowest category was measured using Poisson regression, adjusting for age race, 39 sites. RESULTS For...
Little is known about the care that adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer patients receive at end of life (EOL).
Examining geographic variation in cancer patient survival can help identify important prognostic factors that are linked by geography and generate hypotheses about the underlying causes of disparities. In this study, we apply a recently developed spatial scan statistic method, designed for time-to-event data, to determine whether colorectal (CRC) varies place residence after adjusting times several factors. Using data from population-based, statewide registry, examined cohort 25,040 men...
Women with early stage breast cancer who live far from a radiation therapy facility may be more likely to opt for mastectomy over conserving surgery (BCS). The geographic dimensions of this relationship deserve further scrutiny.For 100,000 patients in 10 states received either or BCS, newly-developed software tool was used calculate the shortest travel distance location and nearest treatment center. likelihood receipt modeled as function these measures other demographic variables using...
Papillary thyroid cancer incidence has increased in the United States from 1978 through 2011 for both men and women of all ages races. Overdiagnosis is partially responsible this trend, although its magnitude uncertain. This study examines papillary according to stage at diagnosis estimates proportion newly diagnosed tumors that are attributable overdiagnosis. We analyzed specific trends incidence, 1981-2011, using Surveillance, Epidemiology End Results national registries. Yearly changes...
Background Studies suggest that ambient sunlight plays an important role in the pathogenesis of non-melanoma skin cancers (NMSC). However, there is ongoing controversy regarding relevance occupational exposure to natural and artificial ultraviolet radiation (UV) radiation. Objectives We investigated potential associations between UV at work with NMSC a case-control study conducted Hungary, Romania, Slovakia. Methods Occupational exposures were classified by expert assessment for 527 controls...
To investigate the potential additive effects of blood transfusion and sepsis on colon cancer disease-specific survival, cardiovascular overall survival after surgery.Perioperative transfusions are associated with infectious complications increased risk recurrence through systemic inflammatory effects. Furthermore, recent studies have suggested an association among sepsis, subsequent inflammation, adverse outcomes. However, no study has investigated transfusion, in postoperative patients.The...
Geographic visualization, sometimes called cartographic is a form of information visualization in which principles from cartography, geographic systems (GIS), exploratory data analysis (EDA), and more generally are integrated the development assessment visual methods that facilitate exploration, analysis, synthesis, presentation georeferenced information. The authors report on use one component prototype GVis environment designed to by domain experts, time series multivariate health...
To reduce the number of non-geocoded cases researchers and organizations sometimes include geocoded to postal code centroids along with greater precision a full street address. Some analysts then use assign information from finer-level geographies such as census tract. Assignment is commonly completed using either centroid or by geographical imputation method which assigns location both demographic characteristics case population delivery area. date no systematic evaluation methods...
Medicare patients with advanced cancer have low rates of hospice use. We sought to evaluate use among in Medicaid, which insures younger and indigent patients, relative those Medicare.Using linked patient-level data from California (CA) New York (NY) state registries, Medicaid programs, NY Medicare, CA Surveillance, Epidemiology, End Results-Medicare data, we identified 4,797 4,001 ages 21 64 years, as well 27,416 16,496 ≥ 65 years who were diagnosed stage IV lung between 2002 2006....
Occupational studies show a high risk of lung cancer related to arsenic exposure by inhalation; however, only few studies, and with conflicting results, previously examined potential link between at work skin cancer. The aim this study is assess airborne exposures the workplace quantify associations nonmelanoma (NMSC). sample consists 618 incident cases NMSC 527 hospital-based controls aged 30-79 years from Hungary, Romania Slovakia. Exposures were evaluated local experts using occupational...
We extend a prior analysis on the relation between poverty and cancer incidence in sample of 2.90 million cancers diagnosed 16 US states plus Los Angeles over 2005–2009 period by additionally considering stage at diagnosis. Recognizing that higher relative disparities are often found among less-common sites, our incorporated both absolute measures disparities. Fourteen 21 sites analyzed were to have significant variation stage; each instance, diagnosis distant was more likely residents...
PURPOSE Despite concerns that power morcellation may adversely affect prognosis of patients with occult uterine cancer, empirical evidence has been limited and inconclusive. In this study, we aimed to determine whether uncontained at the time hysterectomy or myomectomy is associated increased mortality risk in women cancer. METHODS By linking statewide hospital discharge records cancer registry data New York, identified 843 endometrial carcinoma 334 sarcoma who underwent a for presumed...
Background . It remains unclear whether neighborhood poverty contributes to differences in subsite-specific colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence. We examined associations between census-tract and CRC incidence stage by anatomic subsite race/ethnicity. Methods cases diagnosed 2005 2009 from 15 states Los Angeles County (<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M1"><mml:mi>N</mml:mi><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:mn fontstyle="italic">278,097</mml:mn></mml:math>) were assigned 1 of 4...