Sealy Center on Aging

Nowakowska MK, Lei X, Thompson MT, Shaitelman SF, Wehner MR, Woodward WA, Giordano SH, Nead KT. Association of statin use with clinical outcomes in patients with triple-negative breast cancer. Cancer. 2021 Aug 3. 

Goodwin JS, Li S. Clinician and patient characteristics associated with lung cancer screening following a shared decision-making visit. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Oct 1;3(10):e2021197. 

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Maki KG, Shete S, Volk RJ. Examining lung cancer screening utilization with public-use data:  Opportunities and challenges. Prev Med. 2021 Jun;147:106503. 

Weng JK, Lei X, Schlembach P, Bloom ES, Shaitelman SF, Arzu IY, Chronowski G, Dvorak T, Grade E, Hoffman K, Perkins G, Reed VK, Shah SJ, Stauder MC, Strom EA, Tereffe W, Woodward WA, Hortobagyi GN, Hunt KK, Buchholz TA, Smith BD. Five-year longitudinal analysis of patient-reported outcomes and cosmesis in a randomized trial of conventionally fractionated versus hypofractionated whole-breast irradiation. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2021 Oct 1;111(2):360-370. 

PMID:  33992718

Yao CMKL, Fu S, Tam S, Kiong KL, Guo T, Zhao H, Giordano SH, Sturgis EM, Lewis CM. Impact of provider type and number of providers on surveillance testing among survivors of head and neck cancers. Cancer. 2021 May 15;127(10):1699-1711. 

Tamirisa N, Lei X, Caudle AS, Giordano SH, Zhao H, Chavez-MacGregor M. Impact of SSO-ASTRO “No Ink on Tumor” guidelines on reexcision rates among older breast cancer patients. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Jul;28(7):3703-3713.

Tan N, Nishi S, Lowenstein LM, Mendoza T, Lopez-Olivo MA, Crocker LC, Sepucha K, Volk RJ. Impact of the shared decision-making process on lung cancer screening decisions. Cancer Med. 2022 Feb; 11(3):790-797. 

Tang C, Lei X, Smith GL, Pan HY, Hoffman KE, Kumar R, Chapin BF, Shih YT, Frank SJ, Smith BD. Influence of geography on prostate cancer treatment. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2021 Apr 1;109(5):1286-1295. 

Grant S, Liao K, Miller C, Peterson S, Elting L, Guadagnolo BA. Lower levels of trust in the medical profession among white, younger, and more-educated individuals with cancer. Am J Clin Oncol. 2021 Apr 1; 44(4):150-157. 

PMID:  33653973

Lopez-Olivo MA, Maki KG, Choi NJ, Hoffman RM, Shih YT, Lowenstein LM, Hicklen RS, Volk RJ. Patient adherence to screening for lung cancer in the US:  a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Nov 2;3(11)e2025102. 

PMID:  33196807

 Harrison RF, Fu S, Sun CS, Zhao H, Lu KH, Giordano SH, Meyer LA. Patient cost sharing during poly(adenosine diphosphate-ribose) polymerase inhibitor treatment in ovarian cancer. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2021 Jul;225(1):68.e1-68.e11. 

PMID:  33549538

 Nelson DB, Niu J, Mitchell KG, Antonoff MD, Giordano SH, Hofstetter WL, Vaporciyan AA, Sepesi B, Mehran RJ, Rice DC. Perioperative opioid users who receive lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer. J Thorac Cardiovas Surg. 2020 Feb;159(2):691-702. 

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 Boyce-Fappiano D, Liao K, Miller C, Peterson SK, Elting L, Guadagnolo BA. Preferences for more aggressive end-of-life pharmacologic care among racial minorities in a large population-based cohort of cancer patients. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2021 Sep;62(3):482-491. 

PMID:  33556498

 Smith BD, Kuerer HM. Same-day breast cancer surgery and TARGIT-IORT:  Better than selective omission of radiotherapy? Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 May;28(5):2419-2420.

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 Nishi SPE, Lowenstein LM, Mendoza TR, Olivo MAL, Crocker LC, Sepucha K, Niu J, Volk RJ. Shared decision-making for lung cancer screening:  How well are we “sharing”? Chest. 2021 Jul;160(1):330-340 

PMID:  33556362

Kiser KJ, Smith BD, Wang J, Fuller CD. “Après Mois, Le Déluge”:  Preparing for the coming data flood in the MRI-guided radiotherapy era. Front Oncol. 2019 Sept 30;9:983.

PMID:  31632914

 Diao K, Smith BD. ASO Author Reflections:  Impact of surgical subspecialization in breast cancer-the case for fellowship training. Ann Surg Oncol. 2020 Apr;27(4):1023-1024.

PMID:  31965367

 Harrison R, Zhao H, Sun CC, Fu S, Armbruster S, et al. Body mass index and attitudes towards health behaviors among women with endometrial cancer before and after treatment. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2020 Feb;30(2):187-192. 

 Bruera S, Lei X, Zogala R, Pundole X, Zhao H, et al. Cervical cancer screening in women with systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2020 Aug 16. Doi:  10.1002/acr.24414.  

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Kantor O, Niu J, Zhao H, Giordano SH, Hunt KK, et al. Comparative analysis of proposed strategies for incorporating biologic factors into breast cancer staging. Ann Surg Oncol. 2020 July; 27(7):2229-2237.

 Sharma M, Johnson ML, Zhao H, Giordano SH, Holmes HM. Concordance between electronic health record data and Medicare Part D claims data for oral anticancer drug use. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Apr 1;3(4):e203821.

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 Tang C, Lei X, Smith GL, Pan HY, Hess K, et al. Costs and complications after a diagnosis of prostate cancer treated with time-efficient modalities:  an analysis of national Medicare data. Pract Radiat Oncol. Jul-Aug 2020;10(4):282-292.

Smith-Graziani D, Lei X, Giordano SH, Zhao H, Karuturi M, et al. Delayed initiation of adjuvant chemotherapy in older women with breast cancer. Cancer Med. 2020 Oct;9(1):6961-6971. 

 Smith BD, Le X, Diao K, Xu Y, Shen Y, et al. Effect of surgeon factors on long-term patient-reported outcomes after breast-conserving therapy in older breast cancer survivors. Ann Surg Oncol. 2020 Apr;27(4):1013-1022.

 Elting LS, Lia KP, Giordano SH, Guadagnolo BA. Hospice enrollment among cancer patients in Texas covered by Medicare managed care and traditional fee-for-service plans:  a statewide population-based study. Support Cancer Care. 2020 Jul;28(7):3351-3359.

 de Melo Gagliato D, Lei X, Giordano SH, Valero V, Barcenas CH, et al. Impact of delayed neoadjuvant systemic chemotherapy on overall survival among patients with breast cancer. Oncologist. 2020 Sep;25(9):749-757.

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 Grant S, Liao K, Miller C, Peterson S, Elting LS, Guadagnolo BA. Lower levels of trust in the medical profession among white, younger, and more-educated individuals with cancer. Am J Clin Oncol. 2021 Mar 3. doi:  10.1097/COC.0000000000000771

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 Smith BD, Goetz MP, Boughey JC. Multidisciplinary management of breast cancer with extensive regional nodal involvement. J Clin Oncon. 2020 Jul 10;38(20):2290-2298.

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 Nelson DB, Niu J, Mitchell KG, Sepesi B, Hofstetter WL, et al. Persistent opioid use among the elderly after lung resection:  A SEER-Medicare study. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Jan;109(1):194-202.

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 Shen C, Thornton JD, Gu D, Dodge D, Zhou S, et al. Prolonged opioid use after surgery for early-stage breast cancer. Oncologist. 2020 Oct;25(10):e1574-e1582.

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 Mehta HB, Yong S, Sura S, Hughes BD, Kuo YF, et al. Development of comorbidity score for patients undergoing major surgery. Health Serv Res. 2019 Dec;54(5):1223-1232.

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 Ost DE, Niu J, Zhao H, Grosu HB, Giordano SH. Quality gaps and comparative effectiveness research in lung cancer staging and diagnosis. Chest. 2020 May;157(5):1322-1345. 

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 Suarez-Almazor ME, Herrera R, Lei X, Chavez-MacGregor M, Zhao H, et al. Survival in older women with early stage breast cancer receiving low-dose bisphosphonates or densumab. Cancer. 2020 Sept 1;1265(17):3929-3938.

 Yam C, Murthy RK, Rauch GM, Murray JL Walters RS, et al. A phase II study of imatinib mesylate and letrozole in patients with hormone receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer expressing c-kit or PDGFR-β. Invest New Drugs 2019 Dec;36(6):1103-1109.  

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 Caudle AS, Smith BD. Do Internal Mammary Nodes Matter? Ann Surg Oncol. 2019;26(4):930-2. 

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 Taylor JS, Zhang N, Rajan SS, Chavez-MacGregor M, Zhao H, Niu J, et al. How we use hospice: Hospice enrollment patterns and costs in elderly ovarian cancer patients. Gynecol Oncol. 2019;152(3):452-8.   

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 Fried DA, Sadeghi-Nejad H, Gu D, Zhou S, He W, Giordano SH, et al. Impact of serious mental illness on the treatment and mortality of older patients with locoregional high-grade (nonmetastatic) prostate cancer: retrospective cohort analysis of 49 985 SEER-Medicare patients diagnosed between 2006 and 2013. Cancer Med. 2019;8(5):2612-22. 

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Reddy JP, Pan HY, Pasalic D, Edwards T, Smith BD. Implementing an electronic data capture system to improve clinical workflow in a large academic radiation oncology practice. JCO Clin Cancer Inform 2018 Dec;2:1-12. doi:  10.1200/CCI.18.00034. 

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 Advani PG, Lei X, Swanick CW, Xu Y, Shen Y, Goodwin NA, et al. Local Therapy Decisional Regret in Older Women With Breast Cancer: A Population-Based Study. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2019;104(2):383-91.  

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 Karuturi MS, Lei X, Giordano SH, Sawnick CW, Smith BD. Long-term decision regret surrounding systemic therapy in older breast cancer survivors: A population-based survey study. J Geriatr Oncol. 2019.

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Shah R, Chou LN, Kuo YF, Raji MA. Long-Term Opioid Therapy in Older Cancer Survivors: A Retrospective Cohort Study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2019;67(5):945-52.  

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 Suidan RS, He W, Sun CC, Zhao H, Smith GL, Klopp AH, et al. National trends, outcomes, and costs of radiation therapy in the management of low- and high-intermediate risk endometrial cancer. Gynecol Oncol. 2019;152(3):439-44. 

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 Christopherson K, Lei X, Barcenas C, Buchholz TA, Garg N, Hoffman KE, et al. Outcomes of Curative-Intent Treatment for Patients with Breast Cancer Presenting With Sternal or Mediastinal Involvement. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2019;104(3):574-81. 

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 Karuturi MS, Holmes HM, Lei X, Johnson M, Barcenas CH, Cantor SB, et al. Potentially inappropriate medications defined by STOPP criteria in older patients with breast and colorectal cancer. J Geriatr Oncol. 2019. 

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 Ost DE, Zhao H, Giordano SH, Niu J, Grosu H. Quality gaps and comparative effectiveness in lung cancer staging and diagnosis. Chest 2019 Oct 12.

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 Fang P, Jagsi R, He W, Lei X, Campbell EG, Giordano SH, et al. Rising and Falling Trends in the Use of Chemotherapy and Targeted Therapy Near the End of Life in Older Patients with Cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2019;37(20):1721-31.  

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 Lowenstein LM, Deyter GMR, Nishi S, Wang T, Volk RJ. Shared decision-making conversations and smoking cessation interventions: critical components of low-dose CT lung cancer screening programs. Transl Lung Cancer Res. 2018;7(3):254-71.  

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 Sharma M, Holmes HM, Mehta HB, Chen H, Aparasu RR, Shih YT, et al. The concomitant use of tyrosine kinase inhibitors and proton pump inhibitors: Prevalence, predictors, and impact on survival and discontinuation of therapy in older adults with cancer. Cancer. 2019;125(7):1155-62.  

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 Shaitelman SF, Lei X, Thompson A, Schlembach P, Bloom ES, Arzu IY, et al. Three-year outcomes with hypofractionated versus conventionally fractionated whole-breast irradiation:  results of a randomized, noninferiority clinical trial. J Clin Oncol 2018 Oct 31: JCO1800317. 

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 Suidan RS, He W, Sun CC, Zhao H, Rauh-Hain JA, Fleming ND, et al. Total and out-of-pocket costs of different primary management strategies in ovarian cancer. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2019 Aug;221(2):136.e1-136.e9.  

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 Logan JK, Jiang J, Shih YT, Lei X, Xu Y, et al. Trends in radiation for bone metastasis during a period of multiple national quality improvement initiatives. J Oncol Pract. 2019 Apr;15(4):e356-e368.    

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 Nishi SPE, Zhou J, Kuo YF, Sharma G, Goodwin JS. Trends in tobacco cessation counseling codes among Medicare beneficiaries, 2001-2014. BMC Health Serv Res. 2019 Aug 5;19(1):548. 

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 Nishi SPE, Zhou J, Okereke J, Kuo YF, Goodwin JS. Use of imaging and diagnostic procedures after low-dose CT screening for lung cancer. Chest. 2019 Sept 12. 

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 Nishi S, Zhou J, Kuo YF, Goodwin JS. Use of Lung Cancer Screening with Low-Dose Computed Tomography in the Medicare Population. Mayo Clin Proc Innov Qual Outcomes. 2019;3(1):70-7.  

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 Goodwin JS, Nishi S, Zhou J, Kuo YF. Use of the Shared Decision-Making Visit for Lung Cancer Screening Among Medicare Enrollees. JAMA Intern Med. 2019 May 1;179(5):716-718.   

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 Wang JR, Nurgalieva Z, Fu S, Tam S, Zhao H, et al. Utilization of rehabilitation services in patients with head and neck cancer in the United States:  A SEER-Medicare analysis. Head Neck. 2019 Sep;41(9):3299-3308. 

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Fang P, He W, Gomez D, Hoffman KE, Smith BD, Giordano SH, Jagsi R, Smith GL. Racial disparities in guideline-concordant cancer care and mortality in the United States. Adv Radiat Oncol. 2018 May 4; 3(3):221-229.

Goodwin, J. S., Li, S., Middleton, A., Ottenbacher, K., & Kuo, Y. F. (2018). Differences between skilled nursing facilities in risk of subsequent long-term care placement.J Am Geriatr Soc, 2019. doi:10.1111/jgs.15377

Henry ML, Niu J, Zhang N, Giordano SH, Chavez-MacGregor M. Cardiotoxicity and cardiac monitoring among chemotherapy-treated breast cancer patients. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2018 Aug; 11(8):1084-1093.

Hirth JM, Hatch SS, Lin YL, Giordano SH, Silva HC, Kuo YF. Development and validation of algorithms to differentiate ductal carcinoma in situ from invasive breast cancer within administrative claims data. Cancer 2018 July 1; 124(3):2815-2823.

Hoover DS, Pappadis MR, Housten AJ, Krishnan S, Weller SC, Giordano SH, Bevers TB, Goodwin JS, Volk RJ. Preferences for communicating about breast cancer screening among racially/ethnically diverse older women.Health Commun, 2018; 1-5. doi:10.1080/10410236.2018.1431026

Karuturi MS, Holms HM, Lei X, Johnson M, Barcenas CH, Cantor SB, Gallick GE, Bast RC Jr, Giordano SH. Potentially inappropriate medication use in older patients with breast and colorectal cancer. Cancer 2018 July 15; 124(14):3000-3007.

Kehl KL, Niu J. Chavez-MacGregor M, Giordano SH. Hospitalization by cytotoxic chemotherapy regimen among older women with stage IV breast cancer. Cancer 2018 Sept 28. Doi: 10.1002/cncr.31760 [Epub ahead of print]

Manzano JM, Yang M, Zhao H, Elting LS, George MC, Luo R, Suarez-Almazor ME. Readmission patterns after GI cancer hospitalizations: The medical versus surgical patient.J Oncol Pract, 2018; 14(3), e137-e148. doi:10.1200/JOP.2017.026310.

Mehta HB, Sura SD, Adhikari D, Andersen CR, Williams SB, Senagore AJ, Kuo YF, Goodwin JS. Adapting the Elixhauser comorbidity index for cancer patients.Cancer, 2018; 124(9), 2018-2025. doi:10.1002/cncr.31269.

Meyer LA, He W, Sun CC, Zhao H, Wright AA, Suidan RS, Dottino J, Alejandro Rauh-Hain J, Lu KH, Giordano SH. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in elderly women with ovarian cancer: Rates of use and effectiveness. Gynecol Oncol. 2018 Sept; 150(3):451-459.

Ost DE, Niu J, Zhao H, Grosu HB Giordano SH. Quality gaps and comparative effectiveness of management strategies for recurrent malignant pleural effusions.Chest, 153(2), 438-452. doi:10.1016/j.chest.2017.08.026.

Pan HY, Jiang J, Hoffman KE, Tang C, Choi SL, Nguyen QN, Frank SJ, Anscher MS, Shih YT, Smith BD. Comparative toxicities and cost of intensity-modulated radiotherapy, proton radiation, and stereotactic body radiotherapy among younger men with prostate cancer.J Clin Oncol, 2018; JCO2017755371. doi:10.1200/JCO.2017.75.5371.

Pappadis MR, Volk RJ, Krishnan S, Weller SC, Jaramillo E, Hoover DS, Giordano SH, Tan A, Sheffield KM, Housten AJ, Goodwin JS. Perceptions of Overdetection of Breast Cancer among Women 70 Years of Age and Older in the USA: A Mixed-methods Analysis.BMJ Open.2018;8:e022138. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022138

Rosenstock AS, Niu J, Giordano SH, Zhao H, Wolff AC, Chavez-MacGregor M. Acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome after adjuvant chemotherapy: A population-based study among older breast cancer patients.Cancer, 2018; 124(5), 899-906. doi:10.1002/cncr.31144.

Swanick CW, Lei X, Iu Y, Shen Y, Goodwin NA, Smith GL, Giordano SH, Hunt KK, Jagsi R, Shaitelman SF, Peterson SK, Smith BD. Long-term patient-reported outcomes in older breast cancer survivors: A population-based survey study.Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 2018; 100(4), 882-890. doi:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2017.11.047.

Tamirisa NP, Goodwin JS, Kandalam A, Linder SK, Weller S, Turrubiate S, Silva C, Riall TS.Patient and physician views of shared decision making in cancer.Health Expect 2018;, 20(6), 1248-1253. doi:10.1111/hex.12564

Taylor JS, He W, Harrison R, Zhao H, Sun CC, Lu KH, Giordano SH, Meyer LA. Disparities in treatment and survival among elderly ovarian cancer patients. Gynecol Oncol. 2018 22. Pii: S0090-8258(18)31175-5.

van la Parra RFD, Liao K, Smith BD, Yang WT, Leung JWT, Giordano SH, Kuerer HM. Incidence and outcome of breast biopsy procedures during follow-up after treatment for breast cancer.JAMA Surg., 2018. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2017.5572.

Weiss A, Chavez-MacGregor M, Lichtensztajn DY, Yi M, Tadros A, Hortobagyi GN, Giordano SH, Hunt KK, Mittendorf EA. Validation study of the American Joint Committee on Cancer Eighth Edition Prognostic Stage Compared with the anatomic stage in breast cancer.JAMA Oncol, 2018; 4(2), 203-209.doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2017.4298

Zanwar, P., Lin, Y. L., Kuo, Y. F., & Goodwin, J. S. (2016). Downstream tests, treatments, and annual direct payments in older men cared for by primary care providers with high or low prostate-specific antigen screening rates using 100 percent Texas U.S. Medicare public insurance claims data: a retrospective cohort study.BMC Health Serv Res 2016; 16:17. doi:10.1186/s12913-016-1265-1.

Chavez-MacGregor, M., Mittendorf, E. A., Clarke, C. A., Lichtensztajn, D. Y., Hunt, K. K., & Giordano, S. H. (2017). Incorporating Tumor Characteristics to the American Joint Committee on Cancer Breast Cancer Staging System. Oncologist. doi:10.1634/theoncologist.2017-0116

Fang, P., He, W., Gomez, D. R., Hoffman, K. E., Smith, B. D., Giordano, S. H., . . . Smith, G. L. (2017). Influence of Age on Guideline-Concordant Cancer Care for Elderly Patients in the United States. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 98(4), 748-757. doi:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2017.01.228

Goodwin, J. S., Zhou, J., Kuo, Y. F., & Baillargeon, J. (2017). Risk of Jaw Osteonecrosis After Intravenous Bisphosphonates in Cancer Patients and Patients Without Cancer. Mayo Clin Proc, 92(1), 106-113. doi:10.1016/j.mayocp.2016.09.015

Huo J, Chu Y, Chamie K, Smaldone MC, Boorjian SA, Baillargeon JG, Kuo YF, Kerr P, O'Malley P, Orihuela E, Tyler DS, Freedland SJ, Giordano SH, Vikram R, Kamat AM, Williams SB. Increased Utilization of Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography (PET/CT) Imaging and Its Economic Impact for Patients Diagnosed With Bladder Cancer. Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2017 Jul 26. pii: S1558-7673(17)30215-X. doi: 10.1016/j.clgc.2017.07.018. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed

Mehta, H. B., Vargas, G. M., Adhikari, D., Dimou, F., & Riall, T. S. (2017). Comparative effectiveness of chemotherapy vs resection of the primary tumour as the initial treatment in older patients with Stage IV colorectal cancer. Colorectal Dis, 19(6), O210-O218. doi:10.1111/codi.13659

Nayak, P., Luo, R., Elting, L., Zhao, H., & Suarez-Almazor, M. E. (2017). Impact of Rheumatoid Arthritis on the Mortality of Elderly Patients Who Develop Cancer: A Population-Based Study. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken), 69(1), 75-83. doi:10.1002/acr.22997

Pasalic, D., Jiang, J., Jagsi, R., Giordano, S. H., & Smith, B. D. (2017). Association of Insurance Status with the Use of Immediate Breast Reconstruction in Women with Breast Cancer. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open, 5(7), e1360. doi:10.1097/GOX.0000000000001360

Shaitelman, S. F., Howell, R. M., & Smith, B. D. (2017). Effects of Smoking on Late Toxicity From Breast Radiation. J Clin Oncol, 35(15), 1633-1635. doi:10.1200/JCO.2017.72.2660

Shen, C., Kehl, K. L., Zhao, B., Simon, G. R., Zhou, S., & Giordano, S. H. (2017). Utilization Patterns and Trends in Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) Mutation Testing Among Patients With Newly Diagnosed Metastatic Lung Cancer. Clin Lung Cancer, 18(4), e233-e241. doi:10.1016/j.cllc.2016.11.002

Suidan, R. S., He, W., Sun, C. C., Zhao, H., Ramondetta, L. M., Badgwell, B. D., . . . Meyer, L. A. (2017). Treatment Patterns, Outcomes, and Costs for Bowel Obstruction in Ovarian Cancer. Int J Gynecol Cancer. doi:10.1097/IGC.0000000000000998

Swartz, M. C., Lewis, Z. H., Lyons, E. J., Jennings, K., Middleton, A., Deer, R. R., . . . Goodwin, J. S. (2017). Effect of Home- and Community-Based Physical Activity Interventions on Physical Function Among Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. doi:10.1016/j.apmr.2017.03.017

Taylor, J. S., Rajan, S. S., Zhang, N., Meyer, L. A., Ramondetta, L. M., Bodurka, D. C., . . . Giordano, S. H. (2017). End-of-Life Racial and Ethnic Disparities Among Patients With Ovarian Cancer. J Clin Oncol, 35(16), 1829-1835. doi:10.1200/JCO.2016.70.2894

Williams, S. B., Huo, J., Chamie, K., Smaldone, M. C., Kosarek, C. D., Fang, J. E., . . . Chapin, B. F. (2017). Discerning the survival advantage among patients with prostate cancer who undergo radical prostatectomy or radiotherapy: The limitations of cancer registry data. Cancer, 123(9), 1617-1624. doi:10.1002/cncr.30506

Williams, S. B., Huo, J., Chapin, B. F., Smith, B. D., & Hoffman, K. E. (2017). Impact of urologists' ownership of radiation equipment in the treatment of prostate cancer. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis. doi:10.1038/pcan.2017.9

Williams, S. B., Huo, J., Dafashy, T. J., Ghaffary, C. K., Baillargeon, J. G., Morales, E. E., . . . Kamat, A. M. (2017). Survival differences among patients with bladder cancer according to sex: Critical evaluation of radical cystectomy use and delay to treatment. Urol Oncol, 35(10), 602 e601-602 e609. doi:10.1016/j.urolonc.2017.05.022

Chavez-MacGregor, M., Clarke, C. A., Lichtensztajn, D. Y., & Giordano, S. H. (2016). Delayed Initiation of Adjuvant Chemotherapy Among Patients With Breast Cancer. JAMA Oncol, 2(3), 322-329. doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.3856

Dimou, F., Sineshaw, H., Parmar, A. D., Tamirisa, N. P., Jemal, A., & Riall, T. S. (2016). Trends in Receipt and Timing of Multimodality Therapy in Early-Stage Pancreatic Cancer. J Gastrointest Surg, 20(1), 93-103; discussion 103. doi:10.1007/s11605-015-2952-7

Elting LS, Xu Y, Chavez-MacGregor M, Giordano SH. Granulocyte growth factor use in elderly patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in the United States: adherence to guidelines and comparative effectiveness. J Supp. Care Cancer, 2016 Jan 324(6), 2695-2706.

Esselen, K. M., Cronin, A. M., Bixel, K., Bookman, M. A., Burger, R. A., Cohn, D. E., . . . Wright, A. A. (2016). Use of CA-125 Tests and Computed Tomographic Scans for Surveillance in Ovarian Cancer. JAMA Oncol, 2(11), 1427-1433. doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2016.1842

Goodwin, J. S., Sheffield, K., Li, S., & Tan, A. (2016). Receipt of Cancer Screening Is a Predictor of Life Expectancy. J Gen Intern Med, 31(11), 1308-1314. doi:10.1007/s11606-016-3787-y

Ho V, Ku-Goto MH, Zhao H, Hoffman E, Smith B, Giordano S. Regional differences in recommended cancer treatment for the elderly. BMC Health Services Research, 2016 16:262 DOI 10.1186/s12913-016-1534-z

Huo, J., Giordano, S. H., Smith, B. D., Shaitelman, S. F., & Smith, G. L. (2016). Contemporary Toxicity Profile of Breast Brachytherapy Versus External Beam Radiation After Lumpectomy for Breast Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 94(4), 709-718. doi:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.12.013

Huo, J., Smith, B. D., Giordano, S. H., Reece, G. P., & Tina Shih, Y. C. (2016). A comparison of patient-centered economic and clinical outcomes of post-mastectomy breast reconstruction between obese and non-obese patients. Breast, 30, 118-124. doi:10.1016/j.breast.2016.09.004

Kehl, K. L., Shen, C., Litton, J. K., Arun, B., & Giordano, S. H. (2016). Rates of BRCA1/2 mutation testing among young survivors of breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat, 155(1), 165-173. doi:10.1007/s10549-015-3658-y

Lewis, Z. H., Ottenbacher, K. J., Fisher, S. R., Jennings, K., Brown, A. F., Swartz, M. C., & Lyons, E. J. (2016). Testing Activity Monitors' Effect on Health: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial Among Older Primary Care Patients. JMIR Res Protoc, 5(2), e59. doi:10.2196/resprot.5454

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