Recent publications on Cancer

Goldman LE, Walker R, Miglioretti DL, Smith-Bindman R, Kerlikowske K. Facility characteristics do not explain higher false-positive rates in diagnostic mammography at facilities serving vulnerable women.  Med Care. 2012 Mar;50(3):210-6. PubMed

Aiello Bowles EJ, Buist DS, Chubak J, Yu O, Johnson J, Chestnut J, Boudreau DM. Endocrine therapy initiation from 2001 through 2008 varies by age of breast cancer diagnosis and tumor size. J Oncol Pract. 2012;8(2):113-20. PubMed

Jackson SL, Cook AJ, Miglioretti DL, Carney PA, Geller BM, Onega T, Rosenberg RD, Brenner RJ, Elmore JG. Are radiologists' goals for mammography accuracy consistent with published recommendations?  Acad Radiol. 2012 Mar;19(3):289-95. Epub 2011 Nov 30. PubMed

Delate T, Witt DM, Ritzwoller D, Weeks JC, Kushi L, Hornbrook MC, Aiello Bowles EJ, Schrag D. Outpatient use of low molecular weight heparin monotherapy for first-line treatment of venous thromboembolism in advanced cancer. Oncologist. 2012;17(3):419-27. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2011-0323. Epub 2012 Feb 14. PubMed

Trentham-Dietz A, Sprague BL, Wang J, Hampton JM, Buist DS, Aiello Bowles E, Sisney G, Burnside E, Hemming J, Hedman C. Phenol xenoestrogens and mammographic breast density.  Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2012;21(3):561-2. Epub 2012 Feb 15. PubMed

Braithwaite D, Zhu W, Hubbard R, O'Meara ES, Miglioretti DL, Geller B, Dittus K, Wernli K, Moore D, Kerlikowske K, for the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium. Benefits and harms of screening mammography frequency by age and comorbidity score.  Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2012;21(3):565. Epub 2012 Feb 15. PubMed

Beaber E, Buist D, Barlow W, Malone K, Reed S, Li C. Relationship between use of different oral contraceptive formulations and breast cancer risk among young women.  Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2012;21(3):566. Epub 2012 Feb 15. PubMed

Kachroo P, Pak PS, Sandha HS, Lee C, Elashoff D, Nelson SD, Chmielowski B, Selch MT, Cameron RB, Holmes EC, Eilber FC, Lee JM. Single-institution, multidisciplinary experience with surgical resection of primary chest wall sarcomas. J Thorac Oncol. 2012 Mar;7(3):552-8. doi: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e31824176df. PubMed

Hutter CM, Chang-Claude J, Slattery ML, Pflugeisen BM, Lin Y, Duggan D, Nan H, Lemire M, Rangrej J, Figueiredo JC, Jiao S, Harrison TA, Liu Y, Chen LS, Stelling DL, Warnick GS, Hoffmeister M, Kury S, Fuchs CS, Giovannucci E, Hazra A, Kraft P, Hunter DJ, Gallinger S, Zanke BW, Brenner H, Frank B, Ma J, Ulrich CM, White E, Newcomb PA, Kooperberg C, LaCroix AZ, Prentice RL, Jackson RD, Schoen RE, Chanock SJ, Berndt SI, Hayes RB, Caan BJ, Potter JD, Hsu L, Bezieau S, Chan AT, Hudson TJ, Peters U. Characterization of gene-environment interactions for colorectal cancer susceptibility loci.  Cancer Res. 2012 Apr 15;72(8):2036-44. Epub 2012 Feb 24. PubMed

Wallner K. Early infectious complications with transponder placement for external beam radiation therapy for prostate cancer. BJU Int. 2012 Sep;110(6):839. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2012.10999.x. Epub 2012 Feb 16. PubMed

Peters U, Hutter CM, Hsu L, Schumacher FR, Conti DV, Carlson CS, Edlund CK, Haile RW, Gallinger S, Zanke BW, Lemire M, Rangrej J, Vijayaraghavan R, Chan AT, Hazra A, Hunter DJ, Ma J, Fuchs CS, Giovannucci EL, Kraft P, Liu Y, Chen L, Jiao S, Makar KW, Taverna D, Gruber SB, Rennert G, Moreno V, Ulrich CM, Woods MO, Green RC, Parfrey PS, Prentice RL, Kooperberg C, Jackson RD, Lacroix AZ, Caan BJ, Hayes RB, Berndt SI, Chanock SJ, Schoen RE, Chang-Claude J, Hoffmeister M, Brenner H, Frank B, Bézieau S, Küry S, Slattery ML, Hopper JL, Jenkins MA, Le Marchand L, Lindor NM, Newcomb PA, Seminara D, Hudson TJ, Duggan DJ, Potter JD, Casey G. Meta-analysis of new genome-wide association studies of colorectal cancer risk.  Hum Genet. 2012 Feb;131(2):217-34. doi: 10.1007/s00439-011-1055-0.Epub 2011 Jul 15. PubMed

Schur EA, Elmore JG, Onega T, Wernli KJ, Sickles E, Haneuse S. The impact of obesity on follow-up after an abnormal screening mammogram.  Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2012 Feb;21(2):327-36. Epub 2011 Dec 5. PubMed

Buist DS, Walker R, Aiello Bowles EJ, Carney PA, Taplin SH, Onega T, Kerlikowske K, Clinton W, Miglioretti DL. Screening mammography use among current, former, and never hormone therapy users may not explain recent declines in breast cancer incidence. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2012 May;21(5):720-7. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-11-1115. Epub 2012 Feb 1. PubMed

McCahill LE, Single R, Aiello Bowles EJ, Feigelson HS, James TA, Barney T, Engel JM, Onitilo AA. Variability in the practice of re-excision following initial breast conservation for invasive breast cancer. JAMA. 2012 Feb 1;307(5):467-75. PubMed

Chubak J, Tuzzio L, Hsu C, Alfano CM, Rabin B, Hornbrook MC, Spegman A, Von Worley A, Williams A, Nehklyudov L. Providing care for cancer survivors in integrated health care delivery systems: practices, challenges, and research opportunities. J Oncol Pract. 2012 May;8(3):184-9. doi: 10.1200/JOP.2011.000312. Epub 2012 Jan 24. PubMed

Schott AF, Barlow WE, Albain KS, Chew HK, Wade JL 3rd, Lanier KS, Lew DL, Hayes DF, Gralow JR, Livingston RB, Hortobagyi GN. Phase II trial of simple oral therapy with capecitabine and cyclophosphamide in patients with metastatic breast cancer: SWOG s0430. Oncologist. 2012;17(2):179-87. Epub 2012 Jan 20. PubMed

Green BB, Bogart A, Chubak J, Vernon SW, Morales LS, Meenan RT, Laing SS, Fuller S, Ko C, Wang CY. Nonparticipation in a population-based trial to increase colorectal cancer screening. Am J Prev Med. 2012 Apr;42(4):390-7. PubMed

Haneuse S, Buist DS, Miglioretti DL, Anderson ML, Carney PA, Onega T, Geller BM, Kerlikowske K, Rosenberg RD, Yankaskas BC, Elmore JG, Taplin SH, Smith RA, Sickles EA. Mammographic interpretive volume and diagnostic mammogram interpretation performance in community practice.  Radiology. 2012;262(1):69-79. Epub 2011 Nov 21. PubMed

Zeliadt SB, Buist DS, Reid RJ, Grossman DC, Ma J, Etzioni R. Biopsy follow-up of prostate-specific antigen tests.  Am J Prev Med. 2012;42(1):37-43. PubMed

Finkelstein S, Trotti A, Rao N, Reintgen D, Cruse W, Feun L, Sondak V, Yu D, Zhu W, Gwede C, DeConti R. The Florida Melanoma Trial I: a prospective multicenter phase I/II trial of postoperative hypofractionated adjuvant radiotherapy with concurrent interferon-alfa-2b in the treatment of advanced stage III melanoma with long-term toxicity follow-up. ISRN Immunology. 2012;2012:[10 p.]. doi:10.5402/2012/324235. PubMed