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
2007
Clustering in the incidence of myelodysplastic syndromes
Ma X, Selvin S, Raza A, Foti K, Mayne ST. Clustering in the incidence of myelodysplastic syndromes. Leukemia Research 2007, 31: 1683-1686. PMID: 17507092, DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2007.03.032.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncidence of MDSMyelodysplastic syndromePopulation-based cancer registry dataEtiology of MDSPopulation-based dataCancer registry dataGroup of malignanciesPoor prognosisObscure etiologyPotential clusteringRegistry dataHigh incidenceEtiologic hypothesesLarger sample sizeIncidenceSyndromeP-valueEtiologyFuture studiesState of ConnecticutCensus tractsSample sizeIntriguing findingPrognosisMalignancy