2016
A Cohort Study of Mortality in Individuals With and Without Schizophrenia After Diagnosis of Lung Cancer.
Bradford DW, Goulet J, Hunt M, Cunningham NC, Hoff R. A Cohort Study of Mortality in Individuals With and Without Schizophrenia After Diagnosis of Lung Cancer. The Journal Of Clinical Psychiatry 2016, 77: e1626-e1630. PMID: 27780332, DOI: 10.4088/jcp.15m10281.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSerious mental illnessLung cancerMental illnessVeterans Affairs systemCause of deathSubstance use disordersLung cancer diagnosisCause mortalityCohort studyHazard ratioSmoking statusCommon malignancyCancer careLeading causePoor survivalHigh riskUse disordersSurvival analysisCancerMortalityIllnessSchizophreniaDiagnosisCancer diagnosisPotential disparities
2012
HIV as an independent risk factor for incident lung cancer
Sigel K, Wisnivesky J, Gordon K, Dubrow R, Justice A, Brown ST, Goulet J, Butt AA, Crystal S, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas M, Gibert C, Park LS, Crothers K. HIV as an independent risk factor for incident lung cancer. AIDS 2012, 26: 1017-1025. PMID: 22382152, PMCID: PMC3580210, DOI: 10.1097/qad.0b013e328352d1ad.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncidence rate ratiosIndependent risk factorUninfected patientsLung cancerSimilar HIVHIV infectionSurveillance biasRisk factorsIncidence rateVeterans Aging Cohort Study Virtual CohortVeterans Affairs Central Cancer RegistryChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseIncident lung cancerObstructive pulmonary diseaseCentral Cancer RegistryLung cancer stageSimilar stage distributionRace/ethnicityExcess smokingMultivariable adjustmentAnalytic cohortPulmonary diseaseBacterial pneumoniaCancer RegistryPotential confounders