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Risk of Cancer-Specific Death for Patients Diagnosed With Neuroendocrine Tumors: A Population-Based Analysis

Julie Hallet, Calvin Law, Simron Singh, Alyson Mahar, Sten Myrehaug, Victoria Zuk, Haoyu Zhao, Wing Chan, Angela Assal, and Natalie Coburn

the burden of cancer on mortality for patients with NETs remains scarce. NETs are a heterogeneous malignancy with variable biologic, clinical, and prognostic characteristics. There is an evolving need to adapt treatment plans to their unique biology

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Change Toward Healthier Lifestyles Is Associated With Better Health-Related Quality of Life in Long-Term Colorectal Cancer Survivors

Ruth Elisa Eyl-Armbruster, Melissa S.Y. Thong, Prudence R. Carr, Lina Jansen, Jenny Chang-Claude, Michael Hoffmeister, Hermann Brenner, and Volker Arndt

and financial difficulties scores imply greater symptom severity and financial problems. Statistical Analysis We assessed the distributions of demographic and clinical characteristics by baseline HLS and by ΔHLS. Differences were tested for

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Screening Tool Identifies Older Adults With Cancer at Risk for Poor Outcomes

Ryan D. Nipp, Leah L. Thompson, Brandon Temel, Charn-Xin Fuh, Christine Server, Paul S. Kay, Sophia Landay, Daniel E. Lage, Lara Traeger, Erin Scott, Vicki A. Jackson, Nora K. Horick, Joseph A. Greer, Areej El-Jawahri, and Jennifer S. Temel

believed prohibited informed consent or study participation. Study Measures Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics Participants completed a demographic questionnaire to report their race, relationship status, work status, education level, annual

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Benefit of Cisplatin With Definitive Radiotherapy in Older Women With Cervical Cancer

Michael Xiang and Elizabeth A. Kidd

-Medicare linkage, patient follow-up was through December 2014. Statistical Analysis Baseline characteristics were compared using the chi-square or Wilcoxon rank-sum test. Multivariable logistic regression was used to identify predictors for receiving cisplatin

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A Population-Based Study of Morbidity After Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosis

Reith R. Sarkar, Katherine E. Fero, Daniel M. Seible, Neil Panjwani, Rayna K. Matsuno, and James D. Murphy

. Analyses were conducted using SAS 9.4 (SAS Institute Inc). Results Cohort Characteristics Of the 21,500 patients in the study cohort, 11,298 (52.5%) presented with metastatic disease, 3,092 (14.4%) were in the resectable group, and 7,110 (33.1%) were in the

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Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of an Educational Video for CAR T-Cell Therapy Recipients

P. Connor Johnson, Tejaswini Dhawale, Richard A. Newcomb, Ana Barata, Kyle Karpinski, Mitchell W. Lavoie, Dagny Vaughn, Kathleen Hennessey, David Schneider, Hermioni L. Amonoo, Angelo Volandes, and Areej El-Jawahri

compared baseline characteristics between both study arms using Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables and t tests for continuous variables. We calculated feasibility by determining the percentage of eligible patients enrolling in the study. We

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Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy in Patients With Gastroesophageal Cancer

Merel J.M. van Velzen, Marieke Pape, Mirjam A.G. Sprangers, Jessy Joy van Kleef, Bianca Mostert, Laurens V. Beerepoot, Marije Slingerland, Elske C. Gootjes, Ronald Hoekstra, Lonneke V. van de Poll-Franse, Nadia Haj Mohammad, and Hanneke W.M. van Laarhoven

were also enrolled in the Prospective Observational Cohort Study of Esophageal-Gastric Cancer Patients (POCOP). 16 Data regarding patient characteristics, diagnosis, and (initial) treatment were routinely extracted from patients’ electronic health

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Agreement in Metastatic Spinal Cord Compression

Estanislao Arana, Francisco M. Kovacs, Ana Royuela, Beatriz Asenjo, Úrsula Pérez-Ramírez, Javier Zamora, and the Spanish Back Pain Research Network Task Force for the Improvement of Inter-Disciplinary Management of Spinal Metastasis

in 182 spinal segments. Table 1 shows sample characteristics. Table 1 Sample Characteristics There were more than 5 readers for each specialty and degree of professional experience. However, only 3 readers worked at category 2

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Association Between Chronologic Age and Geriatric Assessment–Identified Impairments: Findings From the CARE Registry

Smith Giri, Mustafa Al-Obaidi, Alice Weaver, Kelly M. Kenzik, Andrew McDonald, Deanna Clark, Crystal Young-Smith, Ravi Paluri, Lakshmin Nandagopal, Olumide Gbolahan, Mackenzi Pergolotti, Smita Bhatia, and Grant R. Williams

for GA impairment and construction of the CARE Frailty Index are provided in supplemental eAppendices 1 and 2 . Statistical Analysis We compared baseline characteristics between the 3 age groups (60–64, 65–74, and ≥75 years) using appropriate

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Oral Chemotherapy Metric Performance in Quality Oncology Practice Initiative Practices: Updated Trends and Analysis

Victoria S. Blinder, Elizabeth Garrett-Mayer, Paul B. Jacobsen, Mary May Kozlik, Merry Jennifer Markham, Robert D. Siegel, Arif H. Kamal, Stephanie T.S. Crist, Jon Rosenthal, Anne C. Chiang, and on behalf of the ASCO Quality Publications Task Force*

. All analyses were performed in R/RStudio (R Project for Statistical Computing) and the lme4 library was used for estimation of the mixed-effects logistic regression model. Results Practice Characteristics A total of 192 practices