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
2008
Ten-Year Survival and Cost Following Breast Cancer Recurrence: Estimates from SEER-Medicare Data
Stokes ME, Thompson D, Montoya EL, Weinstein MC, Winer EP, Earle CC. Ten-Year Survival and Cost Following Breast Cancer Recurrence: Estimates from SEER-Medicare Data. Value In Health 2008, 11: 213-220. PMID: 18380633, DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2007.00226.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancer recurrenceBreast cancer eventsContralateral breast cancerNonmetastatic breast cancerSEER-Medicare dataBreast cancerCancer recurrenceDistant recurrenceSurveillance EpidemiologyCancer eventsMedicare claimsNational Cancer Institute's Surveillance EpidemiologyBreast cancer leadEnd Results registryTen-year survivalImpact of recurrencePaucity of dataMedian survivalPharmacologic therapyLocal recurrenceRetrospective analysisRecurrencePatientsCancer leadCancer