2023
Prognosis and risk of suicide after cancer diagnosis
Kinslow C, Kumar P, Olfson M, Wall M, Petridis P, Horowitz D, Wang T, Kachnic L, Cheng S, Prigerson H, Yu J, Neugut A. Prognosis and risk of suicide after cancer diagnosis. Cancer 2023, 130: 588-596. PMID: 38018695, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.35118.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk of suicideCancer diagnosisSuicide riskCancer sitesMonths of diagnosisRelative risk of suicideSuicide deathsBaseline suicide riskSuicide ratesNewly diagnosed cancerYears of follow-upImpact of prognosisExistential distressAssociated with suicide riskMortality ratioWeighted linear regression modelImpending deathLinear regression modelsUS populationRelative riskGeneral populationBaseline riskAssociated with overall prognosisEnd Results databaseOverall survival rate
2020
National Patterns in Prescription Opioid Use and Misuse Among Cancer Survivors in the United States
Jairam V, Yang DX, Verma V, Yu JB, Park HS. National Patterns in Prescription Opioid Use and Misuse Among Cancer Survivors in the United States. JAMA Network Open 2020, 3: e2013605. PMID: 32804217, PMCID: PMC7431994, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.13605.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrescription opioid usePrescription opioid misuseRecent cancer survivorsOpioid useCancer survivorsAdult cancer survivorsOpioid misuseUse disordersHigher prescription opioid useRecent cancer historyCancer-related painHistory of cancerPopulation-based studyNonmelanoma skin cancerDrug use disordersCross-sectional studyAlcohol use disorderLong-term misusePrescription opioidsCancer historyMAIN OUTCOMESkin cancerDrug useYounger ageCancerEmergency Department Visits for Firearm-Related Injuries among Youth in the United States, 2006–2015
Lee V, Camp C, Jairam V, Park HS, Yu JB. Emergency Department Visits for Firearm-Related Injuries among Youth in the United States, 2006–2015. The Journal Of Law, Medicine & Ethics 2020, 48: 67-73. PMID: 33404319, DOI: 10.1177/1073110520979403.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNationwide Emergency Department SampleEmergency department visitsFirearm injuriesDepartment visitsInjury dataSignificant public health problemEmergency Department SampleEmergency Department DatabasesPublic health problemFirearm-related injuriesPatient ageEmergency departmentRisk factorsDepartment databaseNumber of childrenSignificant burdenImmense burdenHealth problemsDeath dataInjuryVisitsUnited StatesBurdenDescriptive analysisSafety measures
2019
Early Impact of the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid Expansion on Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Cancer Care
Mahal A, Chavez J, Yang D, Kim D, Cole A, Hu J, Trinh Q, Yu J, Nguyen P, Mahal B. Early Impact of the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid Expansion on Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Cancer Care. American Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2019, 43: 163-167. PMID: 31904711, DOI: 10.1097/coc.0000000000000588.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAffordable Care ActAffordable Care Act implementationMedicaid expansionUninsured rateCare ActInsurance coverageInsurance coverage gapsMultivariate logistic regressionCoverage gapSocioeconomic disparitiesCare objectivesSociodemographic disparitiesRacial disparitiesLow-incomeNonelderly adultsLogistic regressionMedicaidBlack patientsDisparitiesEarly impactInsurancePotential benefitsPatientsCancerAffordabilityEmergency Department Visits for Opioid Overdoses Among Patients With Cancer
Jairam V, Yang DX, Yu JB, Park HS. Emergency Department Visits for Opioid Overdoses Among Patients With Cancer. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 2019, 112: 938-943. PMID: 31845985, PMCID: PMC7492769, DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djz233.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid-related ED visitsED visitsEmergency departmentOpioid overdoseComorbid diagnosesUtilization Project Nationwide Emergency Department SampleMultivariable logistic regression analysisNationwide Emergency Department SampleHigh opioid useOpioid-related visitsPrimary disease siteEmergency department visitsEmergency Department SampleLogistic regression analysisSubstance use disordersOpioid useDepartment visitsChronic painMultiple myelomaNeck cancerPrimary diagnosisRisk factorsPatient visitsBaseline differencesOpioid overdoses
2010
Clinically significant cardiac disease in patients with Hodgkin lymphoma treated with mediastinal irradiation
Galper S, Yu J, Mauch P, Strasser J, Silver B, LaCasce A, Marcus K, Stevenson M, Chen M, Ng A. Clinically significant cardiac disease in patients with Hodgkin lymphoma treated with mediastinal irradiation. Blood 2010, 117: 412-418. PMID: 20858859, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2010-06-291328.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStandardized incidence ratioClinically significant cardiac diseaseSignificant cardiac diseaseMediastinal irradiationAbsolute excess riskCardiac eventsCardiac proceduresIncidence rate of cardiac eventsCardiac diseaseRate of cardiac eventsExcess riskSurvivors of Hodgkin lymphomaCoronary artery bypass graftingMedian follow-upCox regression analysisArtery bypass graftingCumulative incidence rateAssociated with excess riskImplantable cardioverter defibrillatorHodgkin lymphomaRadiation therapyValve surgeryCardiac surveillanceCardiac complicationsPacemaker placement