2023
Post-diagnosis weight trajectories and mortality among women with breast cancer
Puklin L, Li F, Cartmel B, Zhao J, Sanft T, Lisevick A, Winer E, Lustberg M, Spiegelman D, Sharifi M, Irwin M, Ferrucci L. Post-diagnosis weight trajectories and mortality among women with breast cancer. Npj Breast Cancer 2023, 9: 98. PMID: 38042922, PMCID: PMC10693588, DOI: 10.1038/s41523-023-00603-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBody mass indexBreast cancer diagnosisWeight changeCause mortalityClinical characteristicsWeight gainWeight lossBreast cancerWeight trajectoriesPost-diagnosis weight changeBreast cancer-specific mortalityCox proportional hazards modelModern treatment eraCancer-specific mortalityCancer diagnosisModerate weight lossModerate weight gainProportional hazards modelAdverse health outcomesElectronic health recordsTreatment eraBaseline characteristicsTumor RegistryMass indexWeight managementClinical characteristics, racial inequities, and outcomes in patients with breast cancer and COVID-19: A COVID-19 and cancer consortium (CCC19) cohort study
Nagaraj G, Vinayak S, Khaki A, Sun T, Kuderer N, Aboulafia D, Acoba J, Awosika J, Bakouny Z, Balmaceda N, Bao T, Bashir B, Berg S, Bilen M, Bindal P, Blau S, Bodin B, Borno H, Castellano C, Choi H, Deeken J, Desai A, Edwin N, Feldman L, Flora D, Friese C, Galsky M, Gonzalez C, Grivas P, Gupta S, Haynam M, Heilman H, Hershman D, Hwang C, Jani C, Jhawar S, Joshi M, Kaklamani V, Klein E, Knox N, Koshkin V, Kulkarni A, Kwon D, Labaki C, Lammers P, Lathrop K, Lewis M, Li X, de Lima Lopes G, Lyman G, Makower D, Mansoor A, Markham M, Mashru S, McKay R, Messing I, Mico V, Nadkarni R, Namburi S, Nguyen R, Nonato T, O'Connor T, Panagiotou O, Park K, Patel J, Patel K, Peppercorn J, Polimera H, Puc M, Rao Y, Razavi P, Reid S, Riess J, Rivera D, Robson M, Rose S, Russ A, Schapira L, Shah P, Shanahan M, Shapiro L, Smits M, Stover D, Streckfuss M, Tachiki L, Thompson M, Tolaney S, Weissmann L, Wilson G, Wotman M, Wulff-Burchfield E, Mishra S, French B, Warner J, Lustberg M, Accordino M, Shah D. Clinical characteristics, racial inequities, and outcomes in patients with breast cancer and COVID-19: A COVID-19 and cancer consortium (CCC19) cohort study. ELife 2023, 12: e82618. PMID: 37846664, PMCID: PMC10637772, DOI: 10.7554/elife.82618.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19 severityWorse COVID-19 outcomesCOVID-19 outcomesBreast cancerCause mortalityCohort studyAcute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infectionCOVID-19Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infectionRegistry-based retrospective cohort studyHistory of BCIntensive care unit admissionNon-Hispanic white patientsSyndrome coronavirus 2 infectionWorse ECOG performance statusMultivariable ordinal logistic regression modelsCare unit admissionCoronavirus 2 infectionECOG performance statusRetrospective cohort studyPacific Islander patientsCoronavirus disease 2019American Cancer SocietyLogistic regression modelsResearch grant support
2020
Association of pre-existing mental illness with all-cause and cancer-specific mortality among Medicare beneficiaries with pancreatic cancer
Paredes AZ, Hyer JM, Tsilimigras DI, Palmer E, Lustberg MB, Dillhoff ME, Cloyd JM, Tsung A, Ejaz A, Wells-Di Gregorio S, Pawlik TM. Association of pre-existing mental illness with all-cause and cancer-specific mortality among Medicare beneficiaries with pancreatic cancer. Hepato Pancreato Biliary 2020, 23: 451-458. PMID: 32843275, DOI: 10.1016/j.hpb.2020.08.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer-specific mortalityLong-term outcomesPancreatic cancerMental illnessPre-existing mental illnessSchizophrenic disordersHigh riskMedicare beneficiariesCancer-directed surgerySEER-Medicare databasePre-existing historyAnxiety/depressionEarly-stage cancerCause mortalityMultivariable analysisPancreatic adenocarcinomaStage cancerPsychotic disordersPatientsBipolar disorderIllnessCancerMortalityDisordersDepression