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Authors: Osswald M, Harlan LC, Penson D, Stevens JL, Clegg LX
Title: Treatment of a population based sample of men diagnosed with testicular cancer in the United States
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2008 Sep 15
Journal: Urol Oncol :
Topic(s): Outcomes (All);   Clinical Outcomes;   Quality of Care;   Surveillance;   Survivorship;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Testis
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Patterns of Care Studies/Quality of Care Studies
Keywords: Air;   Cancer;   Data Collection;   Guidelines;   methods;   Orchiectomy;   Patients;   Physicians;   Population;   Result;   Surveillance;   Survival;   Survival Rate;   therapy;   Treatment;   Tumor;   United States
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Authors: Trimble EL, Harlan LC, Gius D, Stevens J, Schwartz SM
Title: Patterns of care for women with cervical cancer in the United States
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2008 Aug 15
Journal: Cancer 113(4):743-9
Topic(s): Quality of Care;   Surveillance;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Cervical
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Patterns of Care Studies/Quality of Care Studies;   Surveillance, Epidemiology, & End Results (SEER) Program
Keywords: Adult;   Aged;   Aged,80 and over;   analysis;   Cancer;   Clinical Trials;   Clinical Trials as Topic;   diagnosis;   drug therapy;   epidemiology;   Evaluation;   Evaluation Studies;   Female;   Humans;   Maryland;   methods;   Middle Aged;   mortality;   Patient Care;   Professional Practice;   radiotherapy;   Result;   surgery;   Surveillance;   Survival;   Survival Rate;   therapy;   Treatment;   United States;   Uterine Cervical Neoplasms;   Women
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Authors: Warren JL, Yabroff KR, Meekins A, Topor M, Lamont EB, Brown ML
Title: Evaluation of trends in the cost of initial cancer treatment
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2008 Jun 18
Journal: J Natl Cancer Inst 100(12):888-97
Topic(s): Economics of Cancer;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Breast;   Colorectal;   Lung;   Prostate
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): SEER-Medicare Linked Database
Keywords: Aged;   Breast;   Breast Neoplasms;   Cancer;   Colorectal Neoplasms;   diagnosis;   economics;   epidemiology;   Evaluation;   Female;   Health;   Health Care Costs;   Health Services;   Hospital Costs;   Hospitalization;   Humans;   Linear Models;   Lung;   Lung Neoplasms;   Male;   Medicare;   methods;   Neoplasms;   Patients;   Population;   Population Dynamics;   Prostate;   Prostatic Neoplasms;   Research;   Result;   SEER Program;   statistics & numerical data;   surgery;   Surveillance;   Survivors;   therapy;   Time;   Treatment;   trends;   United States
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Authors: Keating NL, Landrum MB, Klabunde CN, Fletcher RH, Rogers SO, Doucette WR, Tisnado D, Clauser S, Kahn KL
Title: Adjuvant chemotherapy for stage III colon cancer: do physicians agree about the importance of patient age and comorbidity?
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2008 May 20
Journal: J Clin Oncol 26(15):2532-7
Topic(s): Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Colorectal
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Cancer Care Outcomes Research & Surveillance Consortium (CanCORS)
Keywords: Cancer;   Colon;   Comorbidity;   Guidelines;   Health;   Heart;   Heart Failure;   Internal Medicine;   methods;   Patients;   Physicians;   Public Health;   Research;   Research Support;   Result;   surgery;   therapy;   Women
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Authors: Cronin-Fenton DP, Mooney MM, Clegg LX, Harlan LC
Title: Treatment and survival in a population-based sample of patients diagnosed with gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2008 May 28
Journal: World J Gastroenterol 14(20):3165-73
Topic(s): Outcomes (All);   Clinical Outcomes;   Quality of Care;   Surveillance;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Gastric
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Patterns of Care Studies/Quality of Care Studies
Keywords: Adenocarcinoma;   Adult;   Age Factors;   Aged;   analysis;   Cancer;   Clinical Trials;   Community Health Services;   epidemiology;   Esophageal Neoplasms;   Evidence-Based Medicine;   Female;   Healthcare Disparities;   Humans;   Male;   methods;   Middle Aged;   mortality;   Neoplasm Staging;   pathology;   Patient Selection;   Patients;   Physician's Practice Patterns;   Physicians;   Population Surveillance;   Proportional Hazards Models;   Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic;   Registries;   Research;   Research Support;   Result;   Stomach Neoplasms;   Surveillance;   Survival;   Survival Analysis;   therapy;   Treatment;   Treatment Outcome;   United States
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Authors: Dobie SA, Warren JL, Matthews B, Schwartz D, Baldwin LM, Billingsley K
Title: Survival benefits and trends in use of adjuvant therapy among elderly stage II and III rectal cancer patients in the general population
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2008 Feb 15
Journal: Cancer 112(4):789-99
Topic(s): Outcomes (All);   Clinical Outcomes;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Colorectal
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): SEER-Medicare Linked Database
Keywords: Aged;   Aged,80 and over;   Cancer;   Chemotherapy,Adjuvant;   Combined Modality Therapy;   economics;   epidemiology;   Family;   Female;   Health Services for the Aged;   Humans;   Male;   Medicare;   methods;   mortality;   Neoplasm Staging;   pathology;   Patients;   Radiotherapy,Adjuvant;   Rectal Neoplasms;   Research;   Research Support;   Result;   Risk;   SEER Program;   statistics & numerical data;   Survival;   Survival Rate;   therapy;   Time;   Treatment;   trends;   United States;   Washington
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Authors: Zeliadt SB, Etzioni R, Ramsey SD, Penson DF, Potosky AL
Title: Trends in treatment costs for localized prostate cancer: the healthy screenee effect
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2007 Feb
Journal: Med Care 45(2):154-9
Topic(s): Treatment;   Economics of Cancer
Tumor Site(s): Prostate
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): SEER-Medicare Linked Database
Keywords: Aged;   analysis;   Brachytherapy;   Cancer;   diagnosis;   economics;   Health;   Health Expenditures;   Humans;   Linear Models;   Male;   Mass Screening;   Medicare;   methods;   Patients;   Prostate-Specific Antigen;   Prostatectomy;   Prostatic Neoplasms;   Public Health;   radiotherapy;   Research;   Research Support;   therapy;   Treatment;   trends;   Washington
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Authors: Zeliadt SB, Potosky AL, Penson DF, Etzioni R
Title: Survival benefit associated with adjuvant androgen deprivation therapy combined with radiotherapy for high- and low-risk patients with nonmetastatic prostate cancer
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2006 Oct 1
Journal: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 66(2):395-402
Topic(s): Treatment;   Outcomes (All)
Tumor Site(s): Prostate
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): SEER-Medicare Linked Database
Keywords: Aged;   Aged,80 and over;   analysis;   Androgen Antagonists;   Brachytherapy;   Cancer;   Chemotherapy,Adjuvant;   Clinical Trials;   drug therapy;   Guidelines;   Health;   Humans;   Male;   methods;   mortality;   Neoplasm Staging;   pathology;   Patients;   Practice Guidelines;   Proportional Hazards Models;   Prostatic Neoplasms;   Public Health;   radiotherapy;   Research;   Research Support;   SEER Program;   Selection Bias;   Socioeconomic Factors;   Survival Analysis;   therapeutic use;   therapy;   Treatment;   Washington
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Authors: Cronin DP, Harlan LC, Potosky AL, Clegg LX, Stevens JL, Mooney MM
Title: Patterns of care for adjuvant therapy in a random population-based sample of patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2006 Oct
Journal: Am J Gastroenterol 101(10):2308-18
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Colorectal
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Patterns of Care Studies/Quality of Care Studies
Keywords: Aged;   Aged,80 and over;   Antineoplastic Agents;   Clinical Trials;   Colorectal Neoplasms;   Comorbidity;   drug therapy;   epidemiology;   Female;   Guideline Adherence;   Humans;   Male;   Maryland;   methods;   Middle Aged;   mortality;   Neoplasm Staging;   pathology;   Physician's Practice Patterns;   Practice Guidelines;   Proportional Hazards Models;   Research;   Risk;   SEER Program;   statistics & numerical data;   therapeutic use;   therapy;   trends;   United States
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Authors: Swan J, Breen N, Burhansstipanov L, Satter DE, Davis WW, McNeel T, Snipp CM
Title: Cancer screening and risk factor rates among American Indians
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2006 Feb
Journal: Am J Public Health 96(2):340-50
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Monitoring Risk Factors;   Prevention;   Preventive & Screening Services;   Screening;   Surveillance;   Treatment;   Weight Status
Tumor Site(s): Cervical;   Colorectal;   Breast;   Prostate
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Keywords: analysis;   California;   epidemiology;   ethnology;   Female;   Guidelines;   Humans;   Indians,North American;   Male;   Mass Screening;   methods;   Middle Aged;   Neoplasms;   Prevalence;   Research;   Research Support;   Risk;   Risk Factors;   Women
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Authors: Schrag D, Earle C, Xu F, Panageas KS, Yabroff KR, Bristow RE, Trimble EL, Warren JL
Title: Associations between hospital and surgeon procedure volumes and patient outcomes after ovarian cancer resection
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2006 Feb 1
Journal: J Natl Cancer Inst 98(3):163-71
Topic(s): Treatment;   Outcomes (All);   Clinical Outcomes
Tumor Site(s): Ovary
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): SEER-Medicare Linked Database
Keywords: adverse effects;   Aged;   Aged,80 and over;   Cohort Studies;   Confidence Intervals;   diagnosis;   epidemiology;   Female;   Gynecologic Surgical Procedures;   Hospital Mortality;   Hospitals;   Humans;   Income;   Length of Stay;   Marital Status;   Medicare;   methods;   mortality;   New York;   Outcome Assessment (Health Care);   Ovarian Neoplasms;   Ovariectomy;   Population Density;   Quality Indicators,Health Care;   Research;   Research Support;   Risk Adjustment;   SEER Program;   statistics & numerical data;   surgery;   Survival Analysis;   Survival Rate;   Time Factors;   Treatment Outcome;   United States;   Women;   Workload
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Authors: Harlan LC, Clegg LX, Abrams J, Stevens JL, Ballard-Barbash R
Title: Community-based use of chemotherapy and hormonal therapy for early-stage breast cancer: 1987-2000
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2006 Feb 20
Journal: J Clin Oncol 24(6):872-7
Topic(s): Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Breast
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Patterns of Care Studies/Quality of Care Studies
Keywords: administration & dosage;   Adult;   Age Factors;   Aged;   analysis;   Anthracyclines;   Antineoplastic Agents;   Antineoplastic Agents,Hormonal;   Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols;   Breast;   Breast Neoplasms;   chemistry;   Chemotherapy,Adjuvant;   Clinical Trials;   drug therapy;   epidemiology;   Female;   Guidelines;   Humans;   Lymphatic Metastasis;   methods;   Middle Aged;   Neoplasm Staging;   pathology;   Physicians;   Prescriptions,Drug;   Receptors,Estrogen;   Research;   Research Support;   Retrospective Studies;   SEER Program;   Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators;   statistics & numerical data;   Tamoxifen;   therapeutic use;   therapy;   trends;   Tumor Markers,Biological;   United States;   Women
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Authors: Earle CC, Schrag D, Neville BA, Yabroff KR, Topor M, Fahey A, Trimble EL, Bodurka DC, Bristow RE, Carney M, Warren JL
Title: Effect of surgeon specialty on processes of care and outcomes for ovarian cancer patients
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2006 Feb 1
Journal: J Natl Cancer Inst 98(3):172-80
Topic(s): Treatment;   Outcomes (All);   Clinical Outcomes
Tumor Site(s): Ovary
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): SEER-Medicare Linked Database
Keywords: adverse effects;   Aged;   Aged,80 and over;   Analysis of Variance;   Boston;   complications;   Confidence Intervals;   epidemiology;   Female;   Gynecology;   Humans;   Lymph Node Excision;   Medicare;   methods;   mortality;   Neoplasm Staging;   Odds Ratio;   Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care);   Ovarian Neoplasms;   Ovariectomy;   pathology;   Proportional Hazards Models;   Research;   Research Support;   SEER Program;   statistics & numerical data;   surgery;   Survival Analysis;   Survival Rate;   Treatment Outcome;   United States;   Women
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Authors: Mariotto AB, Feuer EJ, Harlan LC, Abrams J
Title: Dissemination of adjuvant multiagent chemotherapy and tamoxifen for breast cancer in the United States using estrogen receptor information: 1975-1999
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2006
Journal: J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr (36):7-15
Topic(s): Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Breast
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Patterns of Care Studies/Quality of Care Studies
Keywords: Aged;   Aged,80 and over;   analysis;   Antineoplastic Agents;   Antineoplastic Agents,Hormonal;   Breast;   Breast Neoplasms;   Chemotherapy,Adjuvant;   Clinical Trials;   diagnosis;   Diffusion of Innovation;   drug therapy;   epidemiology;   Female;   Humans;   Medical Records;   Meta-Analysis;   methods;   Middle Aged;   Models,Statistical;   mortality;   Neoplasm Staging;   Physicians;   Predictive Value of Tests;   Receptors,Estrogen;   Registries;   SEER Program;   statistics & numerical data;   Survival Rate;   Tamoxifen;   therapeutic use;   therapy;   Treatment Outcome;   trends;   United States;   utilization;   Women
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Authors: Brown ML, Goldie SJ, Draisma G, Harford J, Lipscomb J
Title: Health service interventions for cancer control in developing countries
Type: Book Chapter
Date: 2006
Book Editors: Jamison DT, World Bank, Disease Control Priorities Project
Book Title: Disease control priorities in developing countries
ISBN: 0821361791
Topic(s): Prevention;   Screening;   Treatment;   Economics of Cancer;   Policy
Tumor Site(s): Breast;   Cervical;   Colorectal;   Esophagus;   Gastric;   Liver;   Lung
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s):
Keywords: Communicable Disease Control;   Cost-Benefit Analysis;   Developing Countries;   economics;   Health Planning;   Health Policy;   Medicine,Preventive;   Public Health;   Health;   Cancer
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Authors: Harlan LC, Greene AL, Clegg LX, Mooney M, Stevens JL, Brown ML
Title: Insurance status and the use of guideline therapy in the treatment of selected cancers
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2005 Dec 20
Journal: J Clin Oncol 23(36):9079-88
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Breast;   Cervical;   Colorectal;   Corpus Uteri;   Lung;   Ovary;   Prostate
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Patterns of Care Studies/Quality of Care Studies
Keywords: Adult;   Aged;   economics;   Female;   Guideline Adherence;   Humans;   Insurance Coverage;   Male;   Medicaid;   Medically Uninsured;   Medicare;   methods;   Middle Aged;   Neoplasms;   Physician's Practice Patterns;   Retrospective Studies;   SEER Program;   statistics & numerical data;   therapy;   United States
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Authors: Warren JL, Weaver DL, Bocklage T, Key CR, Platz CE, Cronin KA, Ballard-Barbash R, Willey SC, Harlan LC
Title: The frequency of ipsilateral second tumors after breast-conserving surgery for DCIS: a population based analysis
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2005 Nov 1
Journal: Cancer 104(9):1840-8
Topic(s): Health Behaviors & Survivorship;   Treatment;   Outcomes (All);   Clinical Outcomes
Tumor Site(s):
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Patterns of Care Studies/Quality of Care Studies
Keywords: Aged;   analysis;   Breast;   Breast Neoplasms;   Carcinoma;   Carcinoma in Situ;   Carcinoma,Intraductal,Noninfiltrating;   Cohort Studies;   diagnosis;   Disease-Free Survival;   economics;   epidemiology;   Female;   Humans;   Mastectomy,Segmental;   methods;   Middle Aged;   Neoplasm Recurrence,Local;   Odds Ratio;   pathology;   Physicians;   Population Surveillance;   Prognosis;   Registries;   Research;   Risk;   surgery;   therapy;   Treatment Outcome
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Authors: Edwards BK, Brown ML, Wingo PA, Howe HL, Ward E, Ries LA, Schrag D, Jamison PM, Jemal A, Wu XC, Friedman C, Harlan L, Warren J, Anderson RN, Pickle LW
Title: Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1975-2002, featuring population-based trends in cancer treatment
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2005 Oct 5
Journal: J Natl Cancer Inst 97(19):1407-27
Topic(s): Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Breast;   Colorectal;   Lung;   Prostate
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Patterns of Care Studies/Quality of Care Studies
Keywords: Age Distribution;   American Cancer Society;   analysis;   Breast Neoplasms;   Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.);   Colorectal Neoplasms;   Confounding Factors (Epidemiology);   Databases;   epidemiology;   Ethnic Groups;   ethnology;   Evidence-Based Medicine;   Female;   Forecasting;   Guidelines;   Humans;   Incidence;   Lung Neoplasms;   Male;   Medical Record Linkage;   Medical Records;   Medical Records Systems,Computerized;   methods;   mortality;   National Institutes of Health (U.S.);   Neoplasms;   Ovarian Neoplasms;   Population Surveillance;   Practice Guidelines;   Prevalence;   Prostatic Neoplasms;   Quality of Health Care;   Registries;   Regression Analysis;   Research;   Research Support;   SEER Program;   Sex Distribution;   Statistics;   statistics & numerical data;   therapy;   trends;   United States;   Women
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Authors: Berry DA, Cronin KA, Plevritis SK, Fryback DG, Clarke L, Zelen M, Mandelblatt JS, Yakovlev AY, Habbema JD, Feuer EJ, Yabroff KR
Title: Effect of screening and adjuvant therapy on mortality from breast cancer
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2005 Oct 27
Journal: N Engl J Med 353(17):1784-92
Topic(s): Screening;   Treatment;   Research Methodology
Tumor Site(s): Breast
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s):
Keywords: Adult;   Aged;   Antineoplastic Agents;   Breast;   Breast Neoplasms;   Chemotherapy,Adjuvant;   drug therapy;   epidemiology;   Female;   Humans;   Incidence;   Mammography;   Mass Screening;   methods;   Middle Aged;   Models,Statistical;   mortality;   Neoplasm Staging;   radiography;   Research;   Research Support;   SEER Program;   Survival Analysis;   Tamoxifen;   therapeutic use;   therapy;   Uncertainty;   United States;   utilization
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Authors: Baldwin LM, Dobie SA, Billingsley K, Cai Y, Wright GE, Dominitz JA, Barlow W, Warren JL, Taplin SH
Title: Explaining black-white differences in receipt of recommended colon cancer treatment
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2005 Aug 17
Journal: J Natl Cancer Inst 97(16):1211-20
Topic(s): Treatment;   Health Disparities
Tumor Site(s): Colorectal
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): SEER-Medicare Linked Database
Keywords: African Americans;   Aged;   Aged,80 and over;   American Medical Association;   analysis;   Cancer;   Chemotherapy,Adjuvant;   Cohort Studies;   Colonic Neoplasms;   Comorbidity;   drug therapy;   epidemiology;   European Continental Ancestry Group;   Family;   Female;   Health;   Health Services Accessibility;   Humans;   Length of Stay;   Male;   Medicare;   methods;   Odds Ratio;   Patients;   Physician's Practice Patterns;   Regression Analysis;   Research;   Research Support;   Retrospective Studies;   Risk Factors;   SEER Program;   Severity of Illness Index;   Social Support;   Socioeconomic Factors;   statistics & numerical data;   surgery;   therapy;   Treatment;   United States;   utilization;   Washington
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Authors: Yabroff KR, Kerner JF
Title: Variations in surgery for early-stage breast cancer: what are we measuring?
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2005 Jul 16
Journal: Lancet 366(9481):188-90
Topic(s): Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Breast
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s):
Keywords: Breast;   Breast Neoplasms;   Female;   Humans;   Mastectomy;   methods;   mortality;   Patient Satisfaction;   Quality of Health Care;   surgery;   Survival Rate;   utilization
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Authors: Cronin DP, Harlan LC, Clegg LX, Stevens JL, Yuan G, Davis TA
Title: Patterns of care in a population-based random sample of patients diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2005 Jun
Journal: Hematol Oncol 23(2):73-81
Topic(s): Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Lymphoma
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Patterns of Care Studies/Quality of Care Studies
Keywords: Adult;   African Americans;   Aged;   Aged,80 and over;   Antibodies,Monoclonal;   Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols;   Cause of Death;   classification;   Community Health Services;   epidemiology;   Female;   Humans;   Lymphoma,Non-Hodgkin;   Male;   Marital Status;   Middle Aged;   mortality;   Physician's Practice Patterns;   Radiotherapy,Adjuvant;   Registries;   Research;   Research Support;   Risk;   Risk Factors;   therapeutic use;   therapy
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Authors: Trimble EL, Harlan LC, Clegg LX, Stevens JL
Title: Pre-operative imaging, surgery and adjuvant therapy for women diagnosed with cancer of the corpus uteri in community practice in the United States
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2005 Mar
Journal: Gynecol Oncol 96(3):741-8
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Corpus Uteri
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Patterns of Care Studies/Quality of Care Studies
Keywords: Adenocarcinoma;   Adult;   African Continental Ancestry Group;   Aged;   Chemotherapy,Adjuvant;   diagnosis;   Endometrial Neoplasms;   epidemiology;   ethnology;   European Continental Ancestry Group;   Female;   Hispanic Americans;   Humans;   methods;   Middle Aged;   Neoplasm Staging;   Preoperative Care;   Radiotherapy,Adjuvant;   SEER Program;   surgery;   therapy;   United States;   Women
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Authors: Trimble EL, Harlan LC, Clegg LX
Title: Untreated cervical cancer in the United States
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2005 Feb
Journal: Gynecol Oncol 96(2):271-7
Topic(s): Treatment;   Health Disparities
Tumor Site(s): Cervical
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Surveillance, Epidemiology, & End Results (SEER) Program
Keywords: Adult;   Age Factors;   Aged;   Comorbidity;   diagnosis;   epidemiology;   Ethnic Groups;   Family;   Female;   Humans;   methods;   Middle Aged;   Neoplasm Staging;   pathology;   Physician's Practice Patterns;   Social Support;   surgery;   therapy;   United States;   Uterine Cervical Neoplasms;   Women
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Authors: Zeliadt SB, Potosky AL, Etzioni R, Ramsey SD, Penson DF
Title: Racial disparity in primary and adjuvant treatment for nonmetastatic prostate cancer: SEER-Medicare trends 1991 to 1999
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2004 Dec
Journal: Urology 64(6):1171-6
Topic(s): Treatment;   Health Disparities
Tumor Site(s): Prostate
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): SEER-Medicare Linked Database
Keywords: African Continental Ancestry Group;   Aged;   Aged,80 and over;   Cancer;   Comorbidity;   epidemiology;   ethnology;   European Continental Ancestry Group;   Health;   Health Services Accessibility;   Humans;   Male;   Medicare;   methods;   Morbidity;   Odds Ratio;   Prostatic Neoplasms;   Public Health;   radiotherapy;   Registries;   Research;   Research Support;   SEER Program;   Socioeconomic Factors;   statistics & numerical data;   therapy;   Time;   Treatment;   trends;   United States;   Washington
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Authors: Hoffman RM, Gilliland FD, Penson DF, Stone SN, Hunt WC, Potosky AL
Title: Cross-sectional and longitudinal comparisons of health-related quality of life between patients with prostate carcinoma and matched controls
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2004 Nov 1
Journal: Cancer 101(9):2011-9
Topic(s): Outcomes (All);   Patient-reported Outcomes;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Prostate
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study (PCOS)
Keywords: analysis;   Analysis of Variance;   Carcinoma;   Comorbidity;   Cross-Sectional Studies;   Databases;   epidemiology;   Humans;   Intestinal Diseases;   Longitudinal Studies;   Male;   methods;   Mexico;   New Mexico;   Patients;   physiopathology;   Prostatic Neoplasms;   psychology;   Quality of Life;   Registries;   Research;   Research Support;   Sexual Behavior;   Urination Disorders
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Authors: Legler JM, Davis WW, Potosky AL, Hoffman RM
Title: Latent variable modelling of recovery trajectories: sexual function following radical prostatectomy
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2004 Sep 30
Journal: Stat Med 23(18):2875-93
Topic(s): Treatment;   Outcomes (All);   Patient-reported Outcomes;   Research Methodology
Tumor Site(s): Prostate
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study (PCOS)
Keywords: Growth;   Humans;   Impotence;   Longitudinal Studies;   Male;   Models,Statistical;   Patients;   physiopathology;   Probability;   Prostatectomy;   Prostatic Neoplasms;   Quality of Life;   surgery;   Time;   United States
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Authors: Potosky AL, Saxman S, Wallace RB, Lynch CF
Title: Population variations in the initial treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2004 Aug 15
Journal: J Clin Oncol 22(16):3261-8
Topic(s): Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Lung
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Patterns of Care Studies/Quality of Care Studies
Keywords: Adult;   Age Factors;   Aged;   Aged,80 and over;   Carcinoma,Non-Small-Cell Lung;   diagnosis;   Ethnic Groups;   Female;   Guideline Adherence;   Humans;   Lung Neoplasms;   Male;   Marital Status;   Medical Records;   methods;   Middle Aged;   Neoplasm Staging;   Patients;   Physician's Practice Patterns;   Practice Guidelines;   Research;   Research Support;   Retrospective Studies;   SEER Program;   statistics & numerical data;   surgery;   therapy
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Authors: Ayanian JZ, Chrischilles EA, Fletcher RH, Fouad MN, Harrington DP, Kahn KL, Kiefe CI, Lipscomb J, Malin JL, Potosky AL, Provenzale DT, Sandler RS, van Ryn M, Wallace RB, Weeks JC, West DW
Title: Understanding cancer treatment and outcomes: the Cancer Care Outcomes Research and Surveillance Consortium
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2004 Aug 1
Journal: J Clin Oncol 22(15):2992-6
Topic(s): Outcomes (All);   Treatment
Tumor Site(s):
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Cancer Care Outcomes Research & Surveillance Consortium (CanCORS)
Keywords: Boston;   Cancer;   Humans;   National Institutes of Health (U.S.);   Neoplasms;   Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care);   Research;   Research Support;   therapy;   Treatment;   United States;   Women
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Authors: Shavers VL, Brown M, Klabunde CN, Potosky AL, Davis W, Moul J, Fahey A
Title: Race/ethnicity and the intensity of medical monitoring under 'watchful waiting' for prostate cancer
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2004 Mar
Journal: Med Care 42(3):239-50
Topic(s): Treatment;   Health Disparities
Tumor Site(s): Prostate
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): SEER-Medicare Linked Database
Keywords: African Americans;   Aftercare;   Aged;   Analysis of Variance;   blood;   Chi-Square Distribution;   Comorbidity;   diagnosis;   economics;   epidemiology;   ethnology;   European Continental Ancestry Group;   Follow-Up Studies;   Health Services Research;   Hispanic Americans;   Humans;   Life Expectancy;   Logistic Models;   Male;   Medicare;   methods;   Multivariate Analysis;   Patients;   Physician's Practice Patterns;   Proportional Hazards Models;   Prostate-Specific Antigen;   Prostatic Neoplasms;   Registries;   Research;   SEER Program;   Socioeconomic Factors;   statistics & numerical data;   surgery;   therapy;   Time;   Time Factors;   United States
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Authors: Shavers VL, Brown ML, Potosky AL, Klabunde CN, Davis WW, Moul JW, Fahey A
Title: Race/ethnicity and the receipt of watchful waiting for the initial management of prostate cancer
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2004 Feb
Journal: J Gen Intern Med 19(2):146-55
Topic(s): Treatment;   Health Disparities
Tumor Site(s): Prostate
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): SEER-Medicare Linked Database
Keywords: African Americans;   Age Factors;   Aged;   Comorbidity;   diagnosis;   epidemiology;   ethnology;   European Continental Ancestry Group;   Hispanic Americans;   Humans;   Life Expectancy;   Male;   methods;   Odds Ratio;   Physician's Practice Patterns;   Prostatic Neoplasms;   Research;   SEER Program;   statistics & numerical data;   therapy;   Time;   Time Factors;   United States
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Authors: Ellison GL, Warren JL, Knopf KB, Brown ML
Title: Racial differences in the receipt of bowel surveillance following potentially curative colorectal cancer surgery
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2003 Dec
Journal: Health Serv Res 38(6 Pt 2):1885-903
Topic(s): Treatment;   Health Disparities;   Surveillance
Tumor Site(s): Colorectal
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): SEER-Medicare Linked Database
Keywords: Aftercare;   Aged;   Aged,80 and over;   Cohort Studies;   Colonoscopy;   Colorectal Neoplasms;   Data Collection;   diagnosis;   Endoscopy,Gastrointestinal;   Enema;   epidemiology;   ethnology;   Female;   Health Services Accessibility;   Humans;   Male;   Medicare;   Middle Aged;   Patients;   Proportional Hazards Models;   Research;   Retrospective Studies;   SEER Program;   Sigmoidoscopy;   standards;   surgery;   Time;   United States;   utilization
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Authors: Harlan LC, Clegg LX, Warren JL
Title: Chemotherapy in women with breast cancer
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2003 Nov 18
Journal: Ann Intern Med 139(10):868-9
Topic(s): Treatment;   Research Methodology
Tumor Site(s): Breast
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Patterns of Care Studies/Quality of Care Studies
Keywords: Aged;   Antineoplastic Agents;   Breast;   Breast Neoplasms;   Chemotherapy,Adjuvant;   drug therapy;   Female;   Guideline Adherence;   Humans;   National Institutes of Health (U.S.);   Practice Guidelines;   SEER Program;   therapeutic use;   United States;   utilization;   Women
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Authors: Hoffman RM, Harlan LC, Klabunde CN, Gilliland FD, Stephenson RA, Hunt WC, Potosky AL
Title: Racial differences in initial treatment for clinically localized prostate cancer. Results from the prostate cancer outcomes study
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2003 Oct
Journal: J Gen Intern Med 18(10):845-53
Topic(s): Treatment;   Health Disparities
Tumor Site(s): Prostate
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study (PCOS)
Keywords: African Americans;   African Continental Ancestry Group;   Aged;   Cohort Studies;   Data Collection;   epidemiology;   ethnology;   European Continental Ancestry Group;   Humans;   Male;   Mexico;   Middle Aged;   Neoplasm Staging;   New Mexico;   pathology;   Prospective Studies;   Prostatectomy;   Prostatic Neoplasms;   Questionnaires;   radiotherapy;   Random Allocation;   Registries;   Research;   Research Support;   statistics & numerical data;   surgery;   therapy;   United States
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Authors: Warren JL, Harlan LC
Title: Can cancer registry data be used to study cancer treatment?
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2003 Sep
Journal: Med Care 41(9):1003-5
Topic(s): Treatment
Tumor Site(s):
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): SEER-Medicare Linked Database
Keywords: Colorectal Neoplasms;   Health Services Research;   Humans;   Medical Records;   Rectal Neoplasms;   Registries;   Research Design;   SEER Program;   standards;   statistics & numerical data;   therapy;   United States
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Authors: Mariotto A, Warren JL, Knopf KB, Feuer EJ
Title: The prevalence of patients with colorectal carcinoma under care in the U.S
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2003 Sep 15
Journal: Cancer 98(6):1253-61
Topic(s): Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Colorectal
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): SEER-Medicare Linked Database
Keywords: Aged;   Carcinoma;   classification;   Colorectal Neoplasms;   diagnosis;   epidemiology;   Humans;   Knowledge;   Maryland;   Medicare;   methods;   Patients;   Prevalence;   Terminal Care;   therapy;   United States
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Authors: Harlan LC, Clegg LX, Trimble EL
Title: Trends in surgery and chemotherapy for women diagnosed with ovarian cancer in the United States
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2003 Sep 15
Journal: J Clin Oncol 21(18):3488-94
Topic(s): Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Ovary
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Patterns of Care Studies/Quality of Care Studies
Keywords: Aged;   Antineoplastic Agents;   epidemiology;   Female;   Guideline Adherence;   Guidelines;   Hospitals,Teaching;   Humans;   Income;   Insurance;   Lymph Node Excision;   Marital Status;   Medical Records;   methods;   Middle Aged;   Multivariate Analysis;   Ovarian Neoplasms;   Ovariectomy;   pathology;   Patients;   Registries;   Socioeconomic Factors;   surgery;   therapeutic use;   therapy;   Time;   trends;   United States;   Women
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Authors: Goldman DP, Berry SH, McCabe MS, Kilgore ML, Potosky AL, Schoenbaum ML, Schonlau M, Weeks JC, Kaplan R, Escarce JJ
Title: Incremental treatment costs in National Cancer Institute-sponsored clinical trials
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2003 Jun 11
Journal: JAMA 289(22):2970-7
Topic(s): Economics of Cancer;   Economics of Cancer - Clinical Trials;   Policy;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): All Sites
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s):
Keywords: Adult;   Cancer;   Clinical Trials;   Clinical Trials as Topic;   economics;   Health;   Health Care Costs;   Humans;   Insurance,Health,Reimbursement;   Medical Records;   Medicare;   National Institutes of Health (U.S.);   Neoplasms;   Patients;   Research;   Research Support;   Research Support as Topic;   Result;   Retrospective;   Retrospective Studies;   Telephone;   therapy;   Treatment;   United States
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Authors: Snyder C, Harlan L, Knopf K, Potosky A, Kaplan R
Title: Patterns of care for the treatment of bladder cancer
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2003 May
Journal: J Urol 169(5):1697-701
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Urinary Bladder
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Patterns of Care Studies/Quality of Care Studies
Keywords: Aged;   Aged,80 and over;   classification;   Comorbidity;   epidemiology;   Female;   Humans;   Logistic Models;   Male;   methods;   Middle Aged;   pathology;   Patients;   Registries;   Research;   Risk;   SEER Program;   statistics & numerical data;   therapy;   United States;   Urinary Bladder Neoplasms
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Authors: Hoffman RM, Hunt WC, Gilliland FD, Stephenson RA, Potosky AL
Title: Patient satisfaction with treatment decisions for clinically localized prostate carcinoma. Results from the Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2003 Apr 1
Journal: Cancer 97(7):1653-62
Topic(s): Treatment;   Outcomes (All);   Patient-reported Outcomes
Tumor Site(s): Prostate
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study (PCOS)
Keywords: Adult;   Aged;   Carcinoma;   complications;   Demography;   diagnosis;   epidemiology;   Humans;   Male;   methods;   Mexico;   Middle Aged;   New Mexico;   Patient Care Planning;   Patient Satisfaction;   Perception;   Prostatectomy;   Prostatic Neoplasms;   psychology;   Registries;   Research;   Research Support;   Social Support;   Socioeconomic Factors;   therapy;   Treatment Outcome
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Authors: Shavers VL, Harlan LC, Winn D, Davis WW
Title: Racial/ethnic patterns of care for cancers of the oral cavity, pharynx, larynx, sinuses, and salivary glands
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2003 Mar
Journal: Cancer Metastasis Rev 22(1):25-38
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Head and Neck
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Patterns of Care Studies/Quality of Care Studies
Keywords: Adult;   African Americans;   analysis;   Delivery of Health Care;   epidemiology;   ethnology;   European Continental Ancestry Group;   Female;   Head and Neck Neoplasms;   Hispanic Americans;   Humans;   Incidence;   Laryngeal Neoplasms;   Male;   methods;   Middle Aged;   mortality;   Mouth Neoplasms;   Multivariate Analysis;   Neoplasm Staging;   Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms;   pathology;   Patients;   Pharyngeal Neoplasms;   Prognosis;   Registries;   Research;   Salivary Gland Neoplasms;   SEER Program;   surgery;   Survival Rate;   therapy;   United States;   Women
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Authors: Penson DF, Feng Z, Kuniyuki A, McClerran D, Albertsen PC, Deapen D, Gilliland F, Hoffman R, Stephenson RA, Potosky AL, Stanford JL
Title: General quality of life 2 years following treatment for prostate cancer: what influences outcomes? Results from the prostate cancer outcomes study
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2003 Mar 15
Journal: J Clin Oncol 21(6):1147-54
Topic(s): Treatment;   Outcomes (All);   Patient-reported Outcomes
Tumor Site(s): Prostate
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study (PCOS)
Keywords: Aged;   Defecation;   diagnosis;   epidemiology;   etiology;   Health Status;   Humans;   Impotence;   Male;   methods;   Middle Aged;   Patients;   physiopathology;   Prostatic Neoplasms;   psychology;   Quality of Life;   Registries;   Research;   Research Support;   therapy;   Treatment Outcome;   Urination;   Urination Disorders;   Washington
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Authors: Shavers VL, Harlan LC, Stevens JL
Title: Racial/ethnic variation in clinical presentation, treatment, and survival among breast cancer patients under age 35
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2003 Jan 1
Journal: Cancer 97(1):134-47
Topic(s): Treatment;   Health Disparities
Tumor Site(s): Breast
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Patterns of Care Studies/Quality of Care Studies
Keywords: Adolescent;   Adult;   African Continental Ancestry Group;   analysis;   Breast;   Breast Neoplasms;   Demography;   economics;   epidemiology;   ethnology;   European Continental Ancestry Group;   Female;   Hispanic Americans;   Humans;   Incidence;   Mastectomy,Segmental;   methods;   mortality;   Neoplasm Staging;   pathology;   Patients;   Prevalence;   Prognosis;   Research;   Research Support;   SEER Program;   surgery;   Survival Rate;   therapy;   Time;   United States;   Women
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Authors: Mariotto A, Feuer EJ, Harlan LC, Wun LM, Johnson KA, Abrams J
Title: Trends in use of adjuvant multi-agent chemotherapy and tamoxifen for breast cancer in the United States: 1975-1999
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2002 Nov 6
Journal: J Natl Cancer Inst 94(21):1626-34
Topic(s): Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Breast
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Patterns of Care Studies/Quality of Care Studies
Keywords: Aged;   analysis;   Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols;   Breast;   Breast Neoplasms;   Chemotherapy,Adjuvant;   Clinical Trials;   Databases,Factual;   Documentation;   drug therapy;   epidemiology;   Female;   Humans;   methods;   Middle Aged;   Neoplasm Staging;   pathology;   Physicians;   Registries;   Research;   Retrospective Studies;   Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators;   Tamoxifen;   therapeutic use;   trends;   United States;   Women
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Authors: Virnig BA, Warren JL, Cooper GS, Klabunde CN, Schussler N, Freeman J
Title: Studying radiation therapy using SEER-Medicare-linked data
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2002 Aug
Journal: Med Care 40(8 Suppl):IV-54
Topic(s): Research Methodology;   Treatment;   Outcomes (All);   Clinical Outcomes
Tumor Site(s): Ovary
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): SEER-Medicare Linked Database
Keywords: Aged;   Brachytherapy;   Breast;   diagnosis;   epidemiology;   Female;   Health Services Research;   Humans;   Insurance Claim Review;   Male;   Medical Record Linkage;   Medicare;   methods;   Neoplasms;   radiotherapy;   Research;   Research Support;   SEER Program;   therapy;   United States
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Authors: Brown ML, Riley GF, Schussler N, Etzioni R
Title: Estimating health care costs related to cancer treatment from SEER-Medicare data
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2002 Aug
Journal: Med Care 40(8 Suppl):IV-17
Topic(s): Economics of Cancer;   Economics of Cancer - Health Care Costs;   Research Methodology;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): All Sites
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): SEER-Medicare Linked Database
Keywords: Aged;   Breast;   economics;   Health Care Costs;   Health Services Research;   Humans;   Incidence;   Maryland;   Medical Record Linkage;   Medicare;   methods;   Neoplasms;   Research;   SEER Program;   therapy;   United States
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Authors: Potosky AL
Title: Comparing health care systems: the importance and limitations of outcome measures
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2002 May
Journal: Med Care 40(5):359-61
Topic(s): Treatment;   Outcomes (All);   Patient-reported Outcomes;   Health Care Systems;   Outcomes (All)
Tumor Site(s): Prostate;   Colorectal
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s):
Keywords: California;   Colorectal Neoplasms;   Delivery of Health Care;   diagnosis;   epidemiology;   Fee-for-Service Plans;   Health Maintenance Organizations;   Humans;   Insurance Coverage;   Mass Screening;   Medicare Part C;   methods;   mortality;   organization & administration;   Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care);   Quality of Health Care;   Registries;   standards;   Survival Analysis;   therapy
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Authors: Harlan LC, Abrams J, Warren JL, Clegg L, Stevens J, Ballard-Barbash R
Title: Adjuvant therapy for breast cancer: practice patterns of community physicians
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2002 Apr 1
Journal: J Clin Oncol 20(7):1809-17
Topic(s): Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Breast
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Patterns of Care Studies/Quality of Care Studies
Keywords: Aged;   Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols;   Breast;   Breast Neoplasms;   Chemotherapy,Adjuvant;   Clinical Trials;   Community Health Services;   drug therapy;   epidemiology;   Female;   Humans;   methods;   Middle Aged;   Neoplasm Staging;   pathology;   Physician's Practice Patterns;   Physicians;   Research;   Research Support;   Risk Factors;   statistics & numerical data;   surgery;   Tamoxifen;   therapeutic use;   therapy;   United States;   Women
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Authors: Shavers VL, Brown ML
Title: Racial and ethnic disparities in the receipt of cancer treatment
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2002 Mar 6
Journal: J Natl Cancer Inst 94(5):334-57
Topic(s): Treatment;   Health Disparities
Tumor Site(s): All Sites
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s):
Keywords: African Americans;   Asian Americans;   Breast Neoplasms;   Chronic Disease;   Colorectal Neoplasms;   Combined Modality Therapy;   diagnosis;   Disease-Free Survival;   epidemiology;   Female;   Humans;   Incidence;   Male;   mortality;   Neoplasm Staging;   Neoplasms;   Oropharyngeal Neoplasms;   pathology;   Patients;   Prostatic Neoplasms;   Recurrence;   Research;   Research Design;   Respiratory Tract Neoplasms;   Risk;   Role;   statistics & numerical data;   Survival Rate;   therapy;   trends;   United States;   Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
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Authors: Potosky AL, Reeve BB, Clegg LX, Hoffman RM, Stephenson RA, Albertsen PC, Gilliland FD, Stanford JL
Title: Quality of life following localized prostate cancer treated initially with androgen deprivation therapy or no therapy
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2002 Mar 20
Journal: J Natl Cancer Inst 94(6):430-7
Topic(s): Health-related Quality of Life;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Prostate
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study (PCOS)
Keywords: Adult;   Aged;   Aged,80 and over;   Androgen Antagonists;   diagnosis;   Health Status;   Humans;   Male;   methods;   Middle Aged;   Orchiectomy;   Patient Satisfaction;   Prostate-Specific Antigen;   Prostatic Neoplasms;   psychology;   Quality of Life;   radiotherapy;   Research;   Research Support;   Sexual Behavior;   surgery;   therapeutic use;   therapy
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Authors: Potosky AL, Harlan LC, Kaplan RS, Johnson KA, Lynch CF
Title: Age, sex, and racial differences in the use of standard adjuvant therapy for colorectal cancer
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2002 Mar 1
Journal: J Clin Oncol 20(5):1192-202
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Colorectal
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Patterns of Care Studies/Quality of Care Studies
Keywords: African Americans;   African Continental Ancestry Group;   Age Factors;   Aged;   Aged,80 and over;   Chemotherapy,Adjuvant;   Colorectal Neoplasms;   European Continental Ancestry Group;   Female;   Hispanic Americans;   Humans;   Male;   methods;   Middle Aged;   mortality;   Odds Ratio;   Patients;   Proportional Hazards Models;   Radiotherapy,Adjuvant;   Risk;   therapy;   trends;   United States;   utilization
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Authors: Warren JL, Brown ML
Title: Chemotherapy in the elderly
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2002 Feb 21
Journal: N Engl J Med 346(8):622-3
Topic(s): Treatment
Tumor Site(s):
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s):
Keywords: Age Factors;   Aged;   Chemotherapy,Adjuvant;   Colonic Neoplasms;   drug therapy;   Fluorouracil;   Humans;   Middle Aged;   Neoplasm Staging;   therapeutic use
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Authors: Warren JL, Brown ML, Fay MP, Schussler N, Potosky AL, Riley GF
Title: Costs of treatment for elderly women with early-stage breast cancer in fee-for-service settings
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2002 Jan 1
Journal: J Clin Oncol 20(1):307-16
Topic(s): Economics of Cancer;   Economics of Cancer - Health Care Costs;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Breast
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): SEER-Medicare Linked Database
Keywords: Aged;   Aged,80 and over;   Breast;   Breast Neoplasms;   Combined Modality Therapy;   Cost-Benefit Analysis;   Cross-Sectional Studies;   Decision Making;   diagnosis;   economics;   epidemiology;   Fee-for-Service Plans;   Female;   Health Care Costs;   Health Planning;   Humans;   Mastectomy;   Mastectomy,Modified Radical;   Mastectomy,Segmental;   Medicare;   methods;   Patients;   Registries;   Research;   Research Support;   surgery;   Terminal Care;   therapy;   United States;   Women
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Authors: Brown ML, Knopf KB, Marcus S, Lipscomb J
Title: Economic analysis and clinical research
Type: Book Chapter
Date: 2002
Book Editors: Gallin JI
Book Title: Principles and practice of clinical research
ISBN: 0122740653
Topic(s): Prevention;   Screening;   Treatment;   Economics of Cancer;   Research Methodology;   Policy
Tumor Site(s): All Sites
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s):
Keywords: Clinical medicine;   Research;   analysis
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Authors: Harlan LC, Potosky A, Gilliland FD, Hoffman R, Albertsen PC, Hamilton AS, Eley JW, Stanford JL, Stephenson RA
Title: Factors associated with initial therapy for clinically localized prostate cancer: prostate cancer outcomes study
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2001 Dec 19
Journal: J Natl Cancer Inst 93(24):1864-71
Topic(s): Treatment;   Health Disparities
Tumor Site(s): Prostate
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study (PCOS)
Keywords: Adult;   Age Factors;   Aged;   Aged,80 and over;   analysis;   blood;   Clinical Trials;   drug therapy;   Hormones;   Humans;   Logistic Models;   Male;   Medical Records;   methods;   Middle Aged;   Patients;   Physicians;   Prostate-Specific Antigen;   Prostatic Neoplasms;   radiotherapy;   Regression Analysis;   Research;   Research Support;   Risk;   surgery;   therapeutic use;   therapy;   Treatment Outcome
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Authors: Knopf KB, Warren JL, Feuer EJ, Brown ML
Title: Bowel surveillance patterns after a diagnosis of colorectal cancer in Medicare beneficiaries
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2001 Nov
Journal: Gastrointest Endosc 54(5):563-71
Topic(s): Treatment;   Surveillance
Tumor Site(s): Colorectal
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): SEER-Medicare Linked Database
Keywords: Aged;   Aged,80 and over;   analysis;   Cohort Studies;   Colectomy;   Colonoscopy;   Colorectal Neoplasms;   Continuity of Patient Care;   Delivery of Health Care;   diagnosis;   economics;   epidemiology;   Female;   Humans;   Male;   Maryland;   Medicare;   methods;   Patients;   Physician's Practice Patterns;   prevention & control;   Registries;   Research;   Retrospective Studies;   SEER Program;   surgery;   Survival Analysis;   Time;   United States;   utilization
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Authors: Clegg LX, Potosky AL, Harlan LC, Hankey BF, Hoffman RM, Stanford JL, Hamilton AS
Title: Comparison of self-reported initial treatment with medical records: results from the prostate cancer outcomes study
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2001 Sep 15
Journal: Am J Epidemiol 154(6):582-7
Topic(s): Treatment;   Research Methodology
Tumor Site(s): Prostate
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study (PCOS)
Keywords: Adult;   Aged;   Aged,80 and over;   Antineoplastic Agents;   Antineoplastic Agents,Hormonal;   Health Surveys;   Humans;   Longitudinal Studies;   Male;   Medical Records;   Mental Recall;   Middle Aged;   Prostatectomy;   Prostatic Neoplasms;   Questionnaires;   radiotherapy;   Sensitivity and Specificity;   statistics & numerical data;   therapeutic use;   therapy;   Truth Disclosure
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Authors: Hamilton AS, Stanford JL, Gilliland FD, Albertsen PC, Stephenson RA, Hoffman RM, Eley JW, Harlan LC, Potosky AL
Title: Health outcomes after external-beam radiation therapy for clinically localized prostate cancer: results from the Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2001 May 1
Journal: J Clin Oncol 19(9):2517-26
Topic(s): Outcomes (All);   Patient-reported Outcomes;   Treatment;   Health Disparities
Tumor Site(s): Prostate
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study (PCOS)
Keywords: adverse effects;   Aged;   California;   diagnosis;   etiology;   Humans;   Intestines;   Male;   Medical Records;   methods;   Middle Aged;   Patients;   Prostatic Neoplasms;   Quality of Life;   radiation effects;   radiotherapy;   Registries;   Research;   Research Support;   Sexual Behavior;   therapy;   Time;   Treatment Outcome;   Urinary Incontinence
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Authors: Etzioni R, Ramsey SD, Berry K, Brown M
Title: The impact of including future medical care costs when estimating the costs attributable to a disease: a colorectal cancer case study
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2001 Apr
Journal: Health Econ 10(3):245-56
Topic(s): Economics of Cancer;   Economics of Cancer - Cost of Illness;   Research Methodology;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Colorectal
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): SEER-Medicare Linked Database
Keywords: Cohort Studies;   Colorectal Neoplasms;   Cost of Illness;   Cost-Benefit Analysis;   economics;   epidemiology;   Female;   Health Care Costs;   Health Expenditures;   Health Services Research;   Humans;   Male;   Mass Screening;   Medicare;   methods;   Research;   SEER Program;   statistics & numerical data;   trends;   United States
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Authors: Barlow WE, Taplin SH, Yoshida CK, Buist DS, Seger D, Brown M
Title: Cost comparison of mastectomy versus breast-conserving therapy for early-stage breast cancer
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2001 Mar 21
Journal: J Natl Cancer Inst 93(6):447-55
Topic(s): Economics of Cancer;   Economics of Cancer - Health Care Costs;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Breast
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s):
Keywords: Adult;   Aged;   Aged,80 and over;   Antineoplastic Agents;   Breast;   Breast Neoplasms;   Chemotherapy,Adjuvant;   diagnosis;   drug therapy;   economics;   Female;   Health Care Costs;   Humans;   Mastectomy;   Mastectomy,Modified Radical;   Mastectomy,Segmental;   methods;   Middle Aged;   Neoplasm Staging;   pathology;   radiotherapy;   Radiotherapy,Adjuvant;   surgery;   therapeutic use;   therapy;   United States;   Women
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Authors: Goldman DP, Schoenbaum ML, Potosky AL, Weeks JC, Berry SH, Escarce JJ, Weidmer BA, Kilgore ML, Wagle N, Adams JL, Figlin RA, Lewis JH, Cohen J, Kaplan R, McCabe M
Title: Measuring the incremental cost of clinical cancer research
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2001 Jan 1
Journal: J Clin Oncol 19(1):105-10
Topic(s): Economics of Cancer;   Economics of Cancer - Clinical Trials;   Policy;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s):
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s):
Keywords: Clinical Trials;   Clinical Trials,Phase II;   Clinical Trials,Phase III;   economics;   Health Care Costs;   Health Planning;   Health Services Accessibility;   Humans;   Insurance Coverage;   Insurance,Health;   Medical Records;   methods;   Neoplasms;   Patients;   Research;   Research Design;   Research Support;   Retrospective Studies;   therapy;   United States;   utilization
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Authors: Brown ML, Hankey BF, Ballard-Barbash R
Title: Measuring the quality of breast cancer care
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2000 Dec 5
Journal: Ann Intern Med 133(11):920
Topic(s): Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Breast
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Patterns of Care Studies/Quality of Care Studies
Keywords: Breast;   Breast Neoplasms;   Female;   Humans;   National Institutes of Health (U.S.);   Quality of Health Care;   SEER Program;   therapy;   United States
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Authors: Earle CC, Venditti LN, Neumann PJ, Gelber RD, Weinstein MC, Potosky AL, Weeks JC
Title: Who gets chemotherapy for metastatic lung cancer?
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2000 May
Journal: Chest 117(5):1239-46
Topic(s): Treatment;   Health Disparities;   Palliative & End-of-life Care
Tumor Site(s): Lung
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): SEER-Medicare Linked Database
Keywords: Adult;   Aged;   Aged,80 and over;   Boston;   Carcinoma,Non-Small-Cell Lung;   Chemotherapy,Adjuvant;   Cohort Studies;   drug therapy;   epidemiology;   Female;   Humans;   Insurance;   Insurance Coverage;   Lung Neoplasms;   Male;   Medicare;   mortality;   Neoplasm Staging;   pathology;   Patient Selection;   Patients;   Prejudice;   Prevalence;   Research;   Research Support;   Retrospective Studies;   Survival Rate;   Time;   United States;   utilization
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Authors: Albertsen PC, Hanley JA, Harlan LC, Gilliland FD, Hamilton A, Liff JM, Stanford JL, Stephenson RA
Title: The positive yield of imaging studies in the evaluation of men with newly diagnosed prostate cancer: a population based analysis
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2000 Apr
Journal: J Urol 163(4):1138-43
Topic(s): Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Prostate
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study (PCOS)
Keywords: Aged;   Aged,80 and over;   analysis;   blood;   diagnosis;   epidemiology;   Guidelines;   Humans;   Magnetic Resonance Imaging;   Male;   methods;   Middle Aged;   Neoplasm Staging;   Predictive Value of Tests;   Prospective Studies;   Prostate-Specific Antigen;   Prostatic Neoplasms;   radionuclide imaging;   Research;   Research Support;   Tomography,X-Ray Computed
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Authors: Atypical Squamous Cells of Undetermined Significance /Low-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions Triage Study (ALTS) Group, Breen N
Title: Human papillomavirus testing for triage of women with cytologic evidence of low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions: baseline data from a randomized trial.
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2000 Mar 1
Journal: J Natl Cancer Inst 92(5):397-402
Topic(s): Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Cervical
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s):
Keywords: Adult;   Cervix Uteri;   Contraceptives,Oral;   diagnosis;   Dna,Viral;   Epithelial Cells;   Female;   Humans;   isolation & purification;   methods;   Multicenter Studies;   Papillomaviridae;   pathology;   Polymerase Chain Reaction;   Questionnaires;   Research;   Research Support;   Risk Factors;   Role;   Sexual Behavior;   Triage;   United States;   Vaginal Smears;   virology;   Women
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Authors: Stanford JL, Feng Z, Hamilton AS, Gilliland FD, Stephenson RA, Eley JW, Albertsen PC, Harlan LC, Potosky AL
Title: Urinary and sexual function after radical prostatectomy for clinically localized prostate cancer: the Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study
Type: Journal Article
Date: 2000 Jan 19
Journal: JAMA 283(3):354-60
Topic(s): Outcomes (All);   Patient-reported Outcomes;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Prostate
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study (PCOS)
Keywords: Adult;   adverse effects;   Aged;   Cohort Studies;   complications;   Data Collection;   diagnosis;   epidemiology;   etiology;   Follow-Up Studies;   Humans;   Impotence;   Knowledge;   Longitudinal Studies;   Male;   Middle Aged;   Multicenter Studies;   Outcome Assessment (Health Care);   Patients;   Physicians;   Prostatectomy;   Prostatic Neoplasms;   Registries;   Regression Analysis;   Research;   Research Support;   Sex;   surgery;   United States;   Urinary Incontinence;   Urinary Tract;   Washington
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Authors: Klabunde CN, Springer BC, Butler B, White MS, Atkins J
Title: Factors influencing enrollment in clinical trials for cancer treatment
Type: Journal Article
Date: 1999 Dec
Journal: South Med J 92(12):1189-93
Topic(s): Policy;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): All Sites
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s):
Keywords: Adult;   Aged;   Clinical Trials;   economics;   Humans;   Insurance;   Insurance Coverage;   Insurance,Health;   Logistic Models;   methods;   Middle Aged;   National Institutes of Health (U.S.);   Neoplasms;   Patient Selection;   Patients;   Physicians;   Research;   Research Support;   Risk Factors;   Role;   Southeastern United States;   standards;   therapy;   United States
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Authors: Brown ML, Riley GF, Potosky AL, Etzioni RD
Title: Obtaining long-term disease specific costs of care: application to Medicare enrollees diagnosed with colorectal cancer
Type: Journal Article
Date: 1999 Dec
Journal: Med Care 37(12):1249-59
Topic(s): Economics of Cancer;   Economics of Cancer - Health Care Costs;   Research Methodology;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Colorectal
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): SEER-Medicare Linked Database
Keywords: Age Distribution;   Aged;   Aged,80 and over;   Case-Control Studies;   Colorectal Neoplasms;   Databases,Factual;   diagnosis;   economics;   epidemiology;   Female;   Health Care Costs;   Humans;   Incidence;   Insurance Claim Reporting;   Long-Term Care;   Male;   Maryland;   Medicare;   methods;   mortality;   Patients;   Proportional Hazards Models;   Registries;   Research;   SEER Program;   Sex Distribution;   statistics & numerical data;   Survival Analysis;   Terminal Care;   therapy;   Time;   trends;   United States
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Authors: Potosky AL, Warren JL
Title: Radical prostatectomy: does higher volume lead to better quality?
Type: Journal Article
Date: 1999 Nov 17
Journal: J Natl Cancer Inst 91(22):1906-7
Topic(s): Treatment;   Outcomes (All);   Health Care Systems
Tumor Site(s): Prostate
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s):
Keywords: Aged;   Clinical Competence;   Hospitals;   Humans;   Male;   Middle Aged;   mortality;   Outcome Assessment (Health Care);   Prostatectomy;   Prostatic Neoplasms;   standards;   surgery;   Survival Analysis;   Treatment Outcome;   United States;   utilization
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Authors: Potosky AL, Harlan LC, Stanford JL, Gilliland FD, Hamilton AS, Albertsen PC, Eley JW, Liff JM, Deapen D, Stephenson RA, Legler J, Ferrans CE, Talcott JA, Litwin MS
Title: Prostate cancer practice patterns and quality of life: the Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study
Type: Journal Article
Date: 1999 Oct 20
Journal: J Natl Cancer Inst 91(20):1719-24
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Treatment;   Outcomes (All);   Patient-reported Outcomes
Tumor Site(s): Prostate
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study (PCOS)
Keywords: Adult;   Age Factors;   Aged;   Aged,80 and over;   Confounding Factors (Epidemiology);   diagnosis;   epidemiology;   ethnology;   Humans;   Male;   Middle Aged;   Outcome Assessment (Health Care);   Prostatic Neoplasms;   psychology;   Quality of Life;   Questionnaires;   Research;   Research Design;   Research Support;   SEER Program;   therapy;   United States
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Authors: Gilliland FD, Hoffman RM, Hamilton A, Albertsen P, Eley JW, Harlan L, Stanford JL, Hunt WC, Potosky A, Stephenson RA
Title: Predicting extracapsular extension of prostate cancer in men treated with radical prostatectomy: results from the population based prostate cancer outcomes study
Type: Journal Article
Date: 1999 Oct
Journal: J Urol 162(4):1341-5
Topic(s): Treatment;   Screening;   Outcomes (All);   Clinical Outcomes
Tumor Site(s): Prostate
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study (PCOS)
Keywords: Aged;   analysis;   blood;   California;   epidemiology;   Humans;   Male;   methods;   Middle Aged;   Morbidity;   Neoplasm Invasiveness;   Neoplasm Staging;   Odds Ratio;   pathology;   Patients;   Predictive Value of Tests;   Probability;   Prostate-Specific Antigen;   Prostatectomy;   Prostatic Neoplasms;   Risk;   surgery;   United States
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Authors: Hewitt M, Breen N, Devesa S
Title: Cancer prevalence and survivorship issues: analyses of the 1992 National Health Interview Survey
Type: Journal Article
Date: 1999 Sep 1
Journal: J Natl Cancer Inst 91(17):1480-6
Topic(s): Preventive & Screening Services;   Surveillance;   Survivorship;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s):
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
Keywords: Adult;   Age Distribution;   Aged;   Counseling;   diagnosis;   Employment;   epidemiology;   Female;   Health Surveys;   Humans;   Insurance;   Insurance Coverage;   Insurance,Health;   Male;   Middle Aged;   Neoplasms;   Odds Ratio;   Prevalence;   Registries;   Research;   Sex Distribution;   Survivors;   United States;   Washington
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Authors: Potosky AL, Merrill RM, Riley GF, Taplin SH, Barlow W, Fireman BH, Lubitz JD
Title: Prostate cancer treatment and ten-year survival among group/staff HMO and fee-for-service Medicare patients
Type: Journal Article
Date: 1999 Jun
Journal: Health Serv Res 34(2):525-46
Topic(s): Treatment;   Outcomes (All);   Clinical Outcomes;   Health Care Systems
Tumor Site(s): Prostate
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): SEER-Medicare Linked Database
Keywords: Aged;   California;   Cohort Studies;   epidemiology;   Fee-for-Service Plans;   Health Maintenance Organizations;   Humans;   Logistic Models;   Male;   Medicare;   mortality;   Odds Ratio;   Patient Selection;   Patients;   Physician's Practice Patterns;   Proportional Hazards Models;   Prostatectomy;   Prostatic Neoplasms;   Quality of Health Care;   Registries;   Research;   Risk;   statistics & numerical data;   Survival Analysis;   therapy;   Time;   Treatment Outcome;   United States;   utilization;   Washington
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Authors: Merrill RM, Brown ML, Potosky AL, Riley G, Taplin SH, Barlow W, Fireman BH
Title: Survival and treatment for colorectal cancer Medicare patients in two group/staff health maintenance organizations and the fee-for-service setting
Type: Journal Article
Date: 1999 Jun
Journal: Med Care Res Rev 56(2):177-96
Topic(s): Treatment;   Outcomes (All);   Clinical Outcomes;   Health Care Systems
Tumor Site(s): Colorectal
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): SEER-Medicare Linked Database
Keywords: Aged;   Cohort Studies;   Colorectal Neoplasms;   Data Interpretation,Statistical;   epidemiology;   Fee-for-Service Plans;   Female;   Group Practice,Prepaid;   Health Maintenance Organizations;   Health Services Research;   Humans;   Insurance Selection Bias;   Logistic Models;   Male;   Medicare;   mortality;   Patients;   Physician's Practice Patterns;   Quality of Health Care;   San Francisco;   statistics & numerical data;   Survival Analysis;   therapy;   United States;   Washington
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Authors: Brown ML
Title: Cancer patient care in clinical trials sponsored by the National Cancer Institute: what does it cost?
Type: Journal Article
Date: 1999 May 19
Journal: J Natl Cancer Inst 91(10):818-9
Topic(s): Economics of Cancer;   Economics of Cancer - Clinical Trials;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): All Sites
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s):
Keywords: Cancer Care Facilities;   Clinical Trials;   Confounding Factors (Epidemiology);   economics;   Humans;   National Institutes of Health (U.S.);   Neoplasms;   Research Design;   Research Support;   therapy;   United States
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Authors: Riley GF, Potosky AL, Klabunde CN, Warren JL, Ballard-Barbash R
Title: Stage at diagnosis and treatment patterns among older women with breast cancer: an HMO and fee-for-service comparison
Type: Journal Article
Date: 1999 Feb 24
Journal: JAMA 281(8):720-6
Topic(s): Health Care Systems;   Health Behaviors & Survivorship;   Treatment;   Screening
Tumor Site(s): Breast
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): SEER-Medicare Linked Database
Keywords: Aged;   Breast;   Breast Neoplasms;   diagnosis;   economics;   epidemiology;   Fee-for-Service Plans;   Female;   Health Maintenance Organizations;   Humans;   Logistic Models;   Medicare;   Neoplasm Staging;   Physician's Practice Patterns;   Registries;   SEER Program;   statistics & numerical data;   surgery;   therapy;   United States;   utilization
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Authors: Breen N, Wesley MN, Merrill RM, Johnson K
Title: The relationship of socio-economic status and access to minimum expected therapy among female breast cancer patients in the National Cancer Institute Black-White Cancer Survival Study
Type: Journal Article
Date: 1999
Journal: Ethn Dis 9(1):111-25
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Breast
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s):
Keywords: Adult;   African Americans;   Aged;   Breast;   Breast Neoplasms;   economics;   Educational Status;   ethnology;   European Continental Ancestry Group;   Female;   Georgia;   Health Care Surveys;   Health Services Accessibility;   Humans;   Income;   Interviews;   Knowledge;   Louisiana;   Medical Records;   Middle Aged;   mortality;   National Institutes of Health (U.S.);   Neoplasm Staging;   Odds Ratio;   pathology;   Patients;   Questionnaires;   San Francisco;   Social Class;   statistics & numerical data;   Survival Analysis;   therapy;   United States;   Women
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Authors: Klabunde CN, Potosky AL, Harlan LC, Kramer BS
Title: Trends and black/white differences in treatment for nonmetastatic prostate cancer
Type: Journal Article
Date: 1998 Sep
Journal: Med Care 36(9):1337-48
Topic(s): Treatment;   Health Disparities
Tumor Site(s): Prostate
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): SEER-Medicare Linked Database
Keywords: African Americans;   African Continental Ancestry Group;   Aged;   Aged,80 and over;   analysis;   Cohort Studies;   Combined Modality Therapy;   Cross-Cultural Comparison;   ethnology;   European Continental Ancestry Group;   Humans;   Male;   methods;   Neoplasm Staging;   pathology;   Physician's Practice Patterns;   Prognosis;   Prostatectomy;   Prostatic Neoplasms;   radiotherapy;   Research;   Socioeconomic Factors;   statistics & numerical data;   therapy;   Time;   trends;   Uncertainty;   United States;   utilization
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Authors: Warren JL, Riley GF, Potosky AL, Klabunde CN, Richter E, Ballard-Barbash R
Title: Trends and outcomes of outpatient mastectomy in elderly women
Type: Journal Article
Date: 1998 Jun 3
Journal: J Natl Cancer Inst 90(11):833-40
Topic(s): Health Behaviors & Survivorship;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Breast
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): SEER-Medicare Linked Database
Keywords: adverse effects;   Aged;   Ambulatory Surgical Procedures;   Breast Neoplasms;   complications;   Cost Control;   economics;   epidemiology;   Female;   Gastrointestinal Diseases;   Hematoma;   Hospitalization;   Humans;   Length of Stay;   Logistic Models;   Mastectomy;   Medicare;   methods;   Patient Satisfaction;   Pneumonia;   Postoperative Complications;   Pulmonary Embolism;   Recurrence;   Research;   Retrospective Studies;   Risk;   statistics & numerical data;   surgery;   Surgical Wound Infection;   Treatment Outcome;   trends;   United States
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Authors: Albertsen PC, Nease RF, Jr., Potosky AL
Title: Assessment of patient preferences among men with prostate cancer
Type: Journal Article
Date: 1998 Jan
Journal: J Urol 159(1):158-63
Topic(s): Treatment;   Outcomes (All);   Patient-reported Outcomes;   Research Methodology;   Economics of Cancer
Tumor Site(s): Prostate
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s):
Keywords: Aged;   Aged,80 and over;   Feasibility Studies;   Humans;   Male;   methods;   Middle Aged;   Outcome Assessment (Health Care);   Patient Satisfaction;   Patients;   Pilot Projects;   Prostatic Neoplasms;   psychology;   Quality of Life;   Reproducibility of Results;   Research;   Research Support;   Risk Assessment;   surgery;   therapy
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Authors: Potosky AL, Merrill RM, Riley GF, Taplin SH, Barlow W, Fireman BH, Ballard-Barbash R
Title: Breast cancer survival and treatment in health maintenance organization and fee-for-service settings
Type: Journal Article
Date: 1997 Nov 19
Journal: J Natl Cancer Inst 89(22):1683-91
Topic(s): Health Behaviors & Survivorship;   Treatment;   Outcomes (All);   Clinical Outcomes;   Health Care Systems
Tumor Site(s): Breast
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): SEER-Medicare Linked Database;   Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium (BCSC)
Keywords: Aged;   Breast;   Breast Neoplasms;   California;   epidemiology;   Fee-for-Service Plans;   Female;   Health Maintenance Organizations;   Humans;   Mastectomy,Segmental;   Medicare;   methods;   mortality;   Odds Ratio;   Oregon;   radiotherapy;   Registries;   Research;   Risk;   surgery;   Survival Analysis;   therapy;   Treatment Outcome
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Authors: Munoz KA, Harlan LC, Trimble EL
Title: Patterns of care for women with ovarian cancer in the United States
Type: Journal Article
Date: 1997 Nov
Journal: J Clin Oncol 15(11):3408-15
Topic(s): Health Disparities;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Ovary
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): Patterns of Care Studies/Quality of Care Studies
Keywords: Adolescent;   Adult;   Aged;   Aged,80 and over;   Antineoplastic Agents;   Carboplatin;   Carcinoma;   Cisplatin;   Combined Modality Therapy;   Comorbidity;   drug therapy;   epidemiology;   Female;   Humans;   methods;   Middle Aged;   Neoplasm Staging;   Ovarian Neoplasms;   pathology;   SEER Program;   surgery;   therapeutic use;   therapy;   United States;   Women
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Authors: Deleyiannis FW, Weymuller EA, Jr., Garcia I, Potosky AL
Title: Geographic variation in the utilization of esophagoscopy and bronchoscopy in head and neck cancer
Type: Journal Article
Date: 1997 Nov
Journal: Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 123(11):1203-10
Topic(s): Treatment;   Health Disparities
Tumor Site(s): Head and Neck;   Other
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s): SEER-Medicare Linked Database
Keywords: Aged;   Aged,80 and over;   Bronchoscopy;   Carcinoma;   Carcinoma,Squamous Cell;   Cohort Studies;   Comorbidity;   diagnosis;   epidemiology;   Esophageal Neoplasms;   Esophagoscopy;   Female;   Head and Neck Neoplasms;   Humans;   Lung Neoplasms;   Male;   Medicare;   Neoplasms,Multiple Primary;   Patients;   Proportional Hazards Models;   Quality of Life;   Research;   Research Support;   San Francisco;   SEER Program;   Socioeconomic Factors;   statistics & numerical data;   surgery;   Survival Rate;   Uncertainty;   United States;   utilization;   Washington
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Authors: Fireman BH, Quesenberry CP, Somkin CP, Jacobson AS, Baer D, West D, Potosky AL, Brown ML
Title: Cost of care for cancer in a health maintenance organization
Type: Journal Article
Date: 1997
Journal: Health Care Financ Rev 18(4):51-76
Topic(s): Economics of Cancer;   Economics of Cancer - Health Care Costs;   Treatment
Tumor Site(s): Breast;   Colorectal;   Ovary;   Lung;   Prostate;   Other
Data Source/Project/Initiative(s):
Keywords: Ambulatory Care;   Breast;   California;   classification;   Cost of Illness;   Demography;   diagnosis;   economics;   Health Care Costs;   Health Maintenance Organizations;   Hospitalization;   Humans;   Medical Audit;   Neoplasms;   Patients;   Registries;   Research;   Research Support;   San Francisco;   SEER Program;   statistics & numerical data;   Terminal Care;   Time;   utilization
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