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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"and End Results"”.
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Trend Analysis of Sub-Site Specific Primary Colorectal Cancer in One-Half Million Patients in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Database, 1973-2007: Implications for Targeted Colonoscopy Screening
… cancer is the third most common cancer and is the second cause of death from cancer. Recently, research suggests that there are differences in the incidence and mortality for cancers originating from the different locations of large intestine. Proximal cancers lag behind in terms of …
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Case-control studies of vaginal and vulvar cancers and gynecologic screening: A SEER-Medicare analysis
The efficacy of performing pelvic examinations and Pap smears screening (gynecologic screening) in older women has been strongly debated among researchers and policymakers. Because of the rare nature of invasive vaginal and vulvar cancers, few epidemiological studies have been performed on this …
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Data Mining for Signal Detection of Targeted Therapy Related Drug Toxicity in Breast Cancer Patients
… the proportional reporting ratio (PRR) and Gamma Poisson Shrinker (GPS) with a tree-based scan statistic (TBSS). Using data from the Texas Cancer Registry and Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results linked to Medicare from 2010-2014 we identified 8,949 patients with breast cancer …
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A New Vision for Primary Care: Strategic Planning with the Primary Care Coalition of Connecticut
… that there will be more health care legislation and system reform in the next several years than in any period in our history. Integration of the health care system must occur to improve accessibility, coordination, continuity, and communication between providers and with patients. However, this …
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Data Mining for Signal Detection of Targeted Therapy Related Drug Toxicity in Breast Cancer Patients
… the proportional reporting ratio (PRR) and Gamma Poisson Shrinker (GPS) with a tree-based scan statistic (TBSS). Using data from the Texas Cancer Registry and Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results linked to Medicare from 2010-2014 we identified 8,949 patients with breast cancer …
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An Analysis of the Efficacy of Cervical Cancer Screening in Elderly Women
… should be administered to women aged 65 years and older. Our case-control study utilized 2,778 incident cervical cancer cases from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) program registries that were diagnosed between 1991 and 1999. Population controls (N=10,137) were matched on …
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Statistical Modeling of Longitudinal Medical Cost Data
… cost is critical in health economics research and policy making. An indispensable step is to estimate cost trajectories from an incident cohort of cancer patients using longitudinal medical cost data, accounting for terminal events such as death, and right censoring due to loss of follow-up. …
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Hospital and Medical Care Days in Pancreatic Cancer
… the hospital or medical care) between diagnosis and death in patients with pancreatic cancer. Methods: Using Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)-Medicare linked data, we identified 25,476 patients with pancreatic cancer (1992-2005). Hospital and medical care days per person-month …
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Trends and Comparative Effectiveness in Treatment of Stage IV Colorectal Adenocarcinoma
… chemotherapy, resection of the primary tumor, and, in select cases, resection of metastatic disease. Historically, stage IV disease was first managed with surgical resection to prevent complications such as obstruction, bleeding, and perforation prior to starting chemotherapy. The improved …
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Breast Health and Mammography Screening in Older Women
… diagnosed cases of breast cancer was 61 years and the median age for breast cancer mortality was 68 years of age (Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results [SEER], 2009). Mammography is the best available screening tool for breast cancer detection (Susan G. Komen Foundation, 2008). The Centers …
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Improving Medicare & Medicaid Reimbursement Framework for Molecular Diagnostics Tests Using Gene Sequencing: A Case Study in Health Economics
… data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program to compare the incidence rates and survival years per patient in a broad population. The results were incorporated into an economic model to predict benefits derived, in terms of cost savings, by the breast cancer …
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Comparing Different Methods of Applying Propensity Score in Controlling Selection Bias for Studies of Prostate Cancer
… of the limitations on generalizability of randomized controlled trials. The major challenge for population-based studies using observational data is how to control for selection bias. The objective of this study was to compare the performance of four common methods of applying propensity …
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Descriptive epidemiology and outcome of patients with intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN): a population-based comparison to pancreatic adenocarcinoma and review of literature.
… carcinoma in situ) or invasive. Our understanding of this disease comes mainly from small retrospective reports and anecdotal experience. While it is clear that patients with benign IPMNs do better than patients with invasive IPMNs and adenocarcinoma, it is not clear if, once invasive, IPMNs …
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Opioid Prescribing and Opioid-Related Health Outcomes Among Cancer Survivors
… are free of cancer 5-years post-cancer diagnosis and not receiving cancer treatment—is growing. The prevalence of pain among cancer survivors after curative treatment is approximately 40% and opioids are frequently prescribed to manage the pain. The purpose of this dissertation is to explore …
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Population-based outcomes in pancreatic cancer: Improvements in survival, underutilization of surgical resection for early stage disease, and regionalization of care
… 4th leading cause of cancer deaths in both men and women in the United States. Currently, surgical resection remains the only hope for long-term survival in patients with this aggressive cancer. The work defined in this thesis provides population-based data on patients with pancreatic cancer …
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Examination of Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Ovarian Cancer Stage of Diagnosis, Surgery Treatment and Survival: Multilevel Analysis of 2001-2012 SEER Data
… Ovarian cancer is the tenth most common cancer and the fifth leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women. Identifying individual- and contextual-level factors contributing to racial/ethnic disparities in ovarian cancer stage of diagnosis, surgery treatment and survival is necessary for …
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Examining Stage at Diagnosis and Survival in Three Cancers with Definitive Screening Guidelines for Average-risk Adults: The Role of Marital Status
… year there are more than 350 000 new cases and nearly 100 000 deaths attributed to colorectal, female breast, and cervical cancer in the United States. Screening tests can reduce morbidity and mortality associated with these cancers. Patient marital status has been associated with health …
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Mammographic breast density as a mediator and surrogate marker for breast cancer risk
… consumption, hormone replacement therapy, endogenous levels of IGF-I and prolactin, family history of breast cancer, tamoxifen use and others. A question of interest is whether mammographic density is in the pathway by which these factors are related to breast cancer. To address this …
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Diagnostic Procedures Using Radiation and Risk of Thyroid Cancer: Causal Association or Detection Bias? An Examination of Population Cancer Trends and Data from the NYC Fire Department
… States, whose incidence is increasing. Disaster and radiation treatment studies show high doses of radiation can cause TC. Some diagnostic procedures, whose use is increasing, expose individuals to low-dose radiation but can also incidentally detect subclinical TC. Evidence regarding low-dose …
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DEMOGRAPHIC DISPARITIES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF LOBULAR CARCINOMA IN SITU OF THE BREAST
… an actual carcinoma. There are several recommended options for the management of LCIS: observation alone, chemoprevention using Tamoxifen, and prophylactic mastectomy. It is unclear how demographic factors such as age, race and insurance type are associated with the type of management …