2012
Effect of Massachusetts health insurance reform on mammography use and breast cancer stage at diagnosis
Keating NL, Kouri EM, He Y, West DW, Winer EP. Effect of Massachusetts health insurance reform on mammography use and breast cancer stage at diagnosis. Cancer 2012, 119: 250-258. PMID: 22833148, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.27757.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPropensity-weighted cohortsMammography ratesStage I breast cancerBehavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System surveyInsurance expansionStage I cancerI breast cancerBreast cancer stageCancer registry dataUse of mammographyRate of diagnosisRates of mammographyPropensity score analysisRates of uninsuranceHigher uninsurance ratesBreast cancer diagnosisHealth insurance expansionsI cancerCancer stageBreast cancerMammography useRegistry dataCalifornia womenMassachusetts womenDiagnosis
2010
Outcomes following local therapy for early-stage breast cancer in non-trial populations
Keating NL, Landrum MB, Brooks JM, Chrischilles EA, Winer EP, Wright K, Volya R. Outcomes following local therapy for early-stage breast cancer in non-trial populations. Breast Cancer Research And Treatment 2010, 125: 803-813. PMID: 20376555, PMCID: PMC2924956, DOI: 10.1007/s10549-010-0865-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast-conserving surgeryEarly-stage breast cancerClinical trialsBreast cancerEarly-stage breast cancer patientsPrimary breast cancer therapyPrimary breast cancer treatmentEnd Results cancer registryNon-trial populationBreast cancer patientsPopulation-based dataBreast cancer treatmentBreast cancer therapyNon-selected populationPropensity score analysisMedicare administrative dataMore mastectomiesPrimary therapyLocal therapySurveillance EpidemiologyAdjusted survivalCancer RegistryCancer patientsHospital characteristicsMastectomy