2009
A population-based analysis of surgical and adjuvant therapy for resected gastric cancer: are patients receiving appropriate treatment following publication of the intergroup 0116 results?
Enestvedt C, Diggs B, Shipley D, Thomas C, Billingsley K. A population-based analysis of surgical and adjuvant therapy for resected gastric cancer: are patients receiving appropriate treatment following publication of the intergroup 0116 results? Gastrointestinal Cancer Research : GCR 2009, 3: 233-8. PMID: 21151426, PMCID: PMC3000069.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchReceipt of chemoradiotherapyAdjuvant therapyAdjuvant chemoradiotherapyIndependent predictorsGastric adenocarcinomaGastric cancerResectable gastric adenocarcinomaModest survival benefitAmerican Joint CommitteeCurrent practice patternsState Cancer RegistryStandard of carePopulation-based analysisAnalysis of survivalGastric cancer treatmentChi-square testBinary logistic regressionEligible patientsN2 diseaseTreatment eraResection typeSurvival benefitLymph nodesAJCC stageCancer Registry
2008
Survival benefits and trends in use of adjuvant therapy among elderly stage II and III rectal cancer patients in the general population
Dobie S, Warren J, Matthews B, Schwartz D, Baldwin L, Billingsley K. Survival benefits and trends in use of adjuvant therapy among elderly stage II and III rectal cancer patients in the general population. Cancer 2008, 112: 789-799. PMID: 18189291, PMCID: PMC3103394, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23244.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStage II patientsRectal cancer patientsStage III patientsII patientsCancer patientsStage IIAdjuvant radiationAdjuvant therapyIII patientsGeneral populationStage II rectal cancer patientsLower cancer-related mortalityReceipt of chemoradiationCancer mortality riskCancer-related mortalityMultivariate logistic regressionAdjusted riskAdjuvant chemoradiationChemotherapy receiptSurgical resectionSurvival benefitSEER-MedicareTherapy adherencePatient groupRadiation therapy