2022
Microangiopathic Hemolytic Anemia Is a Late and Fatal Complication of Gastric Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Case-Control Study
Lam R, Tarangelo N, Wang R, Horibe M, Grimshaw AA, Jain D, Haffar S, Bazerbachi F, Kunz PL, Li DK. Microangiopathic Hemolytic Anemia Is a Late and Fatal Complication of Gastric Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Case-Control Study. The Oncologist 2022, 27: 751-759. PMID: 35589098, PMCID: PMC9438916, DOI: 10.1093/oncolo/oyac093.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGastric signet ring cell carcinomaSignet ring cell carcinomaMicroangiopathic hemolytic anemiaHemolytic anemiaCell carcinomaMultivariable Cox proportional hazards regression modelingCox proportional hazards regression modelingSystematic reviewRare paraneoplastic syndromeStage-matched casesEnd Results (SEER) databaseLate-stage complicationsRisk of mortalityCase-control studyBone painParaneoplastic syndromeFatal complicationMedian survivalMetastatic diseaseOverall survivalLymph nodesIndex presentationPrognostic featuresResults databasePooled cohort
2009
Neighborhood socioeconomic status influences the survival of elderly patients with myelodysplastic syndromes in the United States
Wang R, Gross CP, Halene S, Ma X. Neighborhood socioeconomic status influences the survival of elderly patients with myelodysplastic syndromes in the United States. Cancer Causes & Control 2009, 20: 1369-1376. PMID: 19455395, PMCID: PMC2921772, DOI: 10.1007/s10552-009-9362-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeighborhood socioeconomic statusMyelodysplastic syndromeSocioeconomic statusElderly patientsHazard ratioMultivariate Cox proportional hazards modelCox proportional hazards modelSurvival of patientsPopulation-based studyRisk of deathRisk of mortalityProportional hazards modelImpact of SESLow socioeconomic statusCensus tractsPrognostic roleMDS patientsIndependent determinantsRefractory anemiaHistological subtypesHazards modelPatientsSES statusTractS scores