2022
Associations Between Vascular Diseases and Alzheimer’s Disease or Related Dementias in a Large Cohort of Men and Women with Colorectal Cancer
Du X, Song L, Schulz P, Xu H, Chan W. Associations Between Vascular Diseases and Alzheimer’s Disease or Related Dementias in a Large Cohort of Men and Women with Colorectal Cancer. Journal Of Alzheimer's Disease 2022, 90: 211-231. PMID: 36093703, PMCID: PMC9661325, DOI: 10.3233/jad-220548.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsColorectal cancerVascular diseaseCardiovascular diseaseAlzheimer's diseaseRisk of ADSignificant dose-response relationshipRetrospective cohort studyCohort of patientsTypes of dementiaLong-term riskDose-response relationshipRisk of ADRDTumor factorsCohort studyCumulative incidenceOlder patientsLarge cohortPatientsRelated dementiaHypertensionCancerDiseaseDiabetesDementiaStrokeRisk of Developing Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias in Association with Cardiovascular Disease, Stroke, Hypertension, and Diabetes in a Large Cohort of Women with Breast Cancer and with up to 26 Years of Follow-Up
Du X, Song L, Schulz P, Xu H, Chan W. Risk of Developing Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias in Association with Cardiovascular Disease, Stroke, Hypertension, and Diabetes in a Large Cohort of Women with Breast Cancer and with up to 26 Years of Follow-Up. Journal Of Alzheimer's Disease 2022, 87: 415-432. PMID: 35311707, PMCID: PMC9117151, DOI: 10.3233/jad-215657.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiovascular diseaseBreast cancerAsian/Pacific IslandersHigh riskAlzheimer's diseaseRisk of ADRDCumulative incidenceWhite womenLong-term incidencePacific IslandersBlack womenVascular diseaseHypertensionLarge cohortLower riskDiabetesRelated dementiaStrokeCancerDiseaseADRDCancer diagnosisWomenIncidenceRisk
2021
Presence of complete murine viral genome sequences in patient-derived xenografts
Yuan Z, Fan X, Zhu J, Fu T, Wu J, Xu H, Zhang N, An Z, Zheng W. Presence of complete murine viral genome sequences in patient-derived xenografts. Nature Communications 2021, 12: 2031. PMID: 33795676, PMCID: PMC8017013, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-22200-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient-derived xenograftsViral infectionMurine viral infectionHigh virus loadDrug developmentDrug metabolism-related genesVirus loadXenograft experimentsMetabolism-related genesXenograftsUnbiased data-driven approachTumor cellsInfectionExpression levelsEntire viral genomeViral genome sequencesViral sequencesViral genomeCancerImmune
2020
A Natural Language Processing Tool to Extract Quantitative Smoking Status from Clinical Narratives
Yang X, Yang H, Lyu T, Yang S, Guo Y, Bian J, Xu H, Wu Y. A Natural Language Processing Tool to Extract Quantitative Smoking Status from Clinical Narratives. 2020 IEEE International Conference On Healthcare Informatics (ICHI) 2020, 00: 1-2. PMID: 33786419, PMCID: PMC8006894, DOI: 10.1109/ichi48887.2020.9374369.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Discovery of Noncancer Drug Effects on Survival in Electronic Health Records of Patients With Cancer: A New Paradigm for Drug Repurposing
Wu Y, Warner J, Wang L, Jiang M, Xu J, Chen Q, Nian H, Dai Q, Du X, Yang P, Denny J, Liu H, Xu H. Discovery of Noncancer Drug Effects on Survival in Electronic Health Records of Patients With Cancer: A New Paradigm for Drug Repurposing. JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics 2019, 3: cci.19.00001. PMID: 31141421, PMCID: PMC6693869, DOI: 10.1200/cci.19.00001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVanderbilt University Medical CenterCancer survivalMayo ClinicDrug repurposingNoncancer drugsElectronic health record dataCancer registry dataEHR dataClinical trial evaluationOverall cancer survivalUniversity Medical CenterHealth record dataElectronic health recordsTreatment of cancerClinical trialsDrug classesRegistry dataMedical CenterDrug effectsSignificant associationLongitudinal EHRNew indicationsPatientsCancerHealth records
2015
Effects of Health Insurance on Tumor Stage, Treatment, and Survival in Large Cohorts of Patients with Breast and Colorectal Cancer
Zhang Y, Franzini L, Chan W, Xu H, Du X. Effects of Health Insurance on Tumor Stage, Treatment, and Survival in Large Cohorts of Patients with Breast and Colorectal Cancer. Journal Of Health Care For The Poor And Underserved 2015, 26: 1336-1358. PMID: 26548682, DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2015.0119.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk of mortalityColorectal cancerTumor stagePrivate health insuranceCancer patientsHealth insuranceCancer-directed surgeryColorectal cancer patientsTexas Cancer RegistryInsurance coverageAdditional private health insuranceBreast cancer patientsHealth insurance statusHealth insurance coverageOverall survivalCancer RegistryInsurance statusBreast cancerLarge cohortHigh riskMedicare beneficiariesPatientsCancerChemotherapySurgery
2004
Facilitating cancer research using natural language processing of pathology reports.
Xu H, Anderson K, Grann V, Friedman C. Facilitating cancer research using natural language processing of pathology reports. 2004, 107: 565-72. PMID: 15360876.Peer-Reviewed Original Research