demographic data and characteristics were examined with 2-tailed t tests for continuous variables and chi-square tests for categorical variables. Within-group differences in CRF’s interference with walking, PA, and QoL were assessed using 2-tailed t tests
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Effect of Yoga and Mediational Influence of Fatigue on Walking, Physical Activity, and Quality of Life Among Cancer Survivors
Po-Ju Lin, Brian J. Altman, Nikesha J. Gilmore, Kah Poh Loh, Richard F. Dunne, Javier Bautista, Chunkit Fung, Michelle C. Janelsins, Luke J. Peppone, Marianne K. Melnik, Kim O. Gococo, Michael J. Messino, and Karen M. Mustian
Neoadjuvant Radiotherapy After (m)FOLFIRINOX for Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: A TAPS Consortium Study
Quisette P. Janssen, Jacob L. van Dam, Laura R. Prakash, Deesje Doppenberg, Christopher H. Crane, Casper H.J. van Eijck, Susannah G. Ellsworth, William R. Jarnagin, Eileen M. O’Reilly, Alessandro Paniccia, Marsha Reyngold, Marc G. Besselink, Matthew H.G. Katz, Ching-Wei D. Tzeng, Amer H. Zureikat, Bas Groot Koerkamp, Alice C. Wei, and for the Trans-Atlantic Pancreatic Surgery (TAPS) Consortium
with concurrent chemotherapy) or stereotactic body RT (SBRT) regimens of ≥5 Gy per fraction in 5 fractions. Data Collection and Definitions Prespecified data on patient demographics, tumor characteristics, treatment details, and clinical and
Social Determinants of Health and Racial Disparities in Cardiac Events in Breast Cancer
Nickolas Stabellini, Mantas Dmukauskas, Marcio S. Bittencourt, Jennifer Cullen, Amie J. Barda, Justin X. Moore, Susan Dent, Husam Abdel-Qadir, Aniket A. Kawatkar, Ambarish Pandey, John Shanahan, Jill S. Barnholtz-Sloan, Kristin A. Waite, Alberto J. Montero, and Avirup Guha
-fib was included in our MACE definition because it is a commonly unaccounted event in patients with cancer. 32 Covariates Demographics, risk factors, tumor characteristics, and treatment data were obtained for all eligible patients. Demographic
Comparison of Mismatch Repair Status Between Primary and Matched Metastatic Sites in Patients With Colorectal Cancer
Wen-Zhuo He, Wan-Ming Hu, Fang Wang, Yu-Ming Rong, Lin Yang, Qian-Kun Xie, Yuan-Zhong Yang, Chang Jiang, Hui-Juan Qiu, Jia-Bin Lu, Bei Zhang, Pei-Rong Ding, Xiao-Jun Xia, Jian-Yong Shao, and Liang-Ping Xia
selection flowchart is summarized in supplemental eFigure 1 . Statistical Analysis All statistical analyses were performed using SPSS Statistics, version 13.0 (SPSS Inc). Frequencies and descriptive statistics were used to report patient characteristics and
Microsatellite Instability and KRAS Mutation in Stage IV Colorectal Cancer: Prevalence, Geographic Discrepancies, and Outcomes From the National Cancer Database
Johannes Uhlig, Michael Cecchini, Amar Sheth, Stacey Stein, Jill Lacy, and Hyun S. Kim
KRAS wild-type). Table 1. Patient and Tumor Characteristics According to Microsatellite Status Table 2. Patient and Tumor Characteristics According to KRAS Status CRC Mutation Status: Impact on OS and Interaction With Tumor Location For survival
Pilot Randomized Trial of a Transdisciplinary Geriatric and Palliative Care Intervention for Older Adults With Cancer
Ryan D. Nipp, Brandon Temel, Charn-Xin Fuh, Paul Kay, Sophia Landay, Daniel Lage, Esteban Franco-Garcia, Erin Scott, Erin Stevens, Terrence O’Malley, Supriya Mohile, William Dale, Lara Traeger, Ardeshir Z. Hashmi, Vicki Jackson, Joseph A. Greer, Areej El-Jawahri, and Jennifer S. Temel
. Study Measures Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics Participants completed baseline study measures before randomization, and were asked to self-report their sex, race, relationship status, employment status, education level, annual income, and
Functional Impairment, Symptom Burden, and Clinical Outcomes Among Hospitalized Patients With Advanced Cancer
Daniel E. Lage, Areej El-Jawahri, Charn-Xin Fuh, Richard A. Newcomb, Vicki A. Jackson, David P. Ryan, Joseph A. Greer, Jennifer S. Temel, and Ryan D. Nipp
characteristics of patients with and without ADL impairment. We then sought to assess the relationship between patients’ functional impairment at the time of hospital admission, their symptom burden, and their subsequent clinical outcomes, including LoS, rates of
Survival After Definitive Chemoradiotherapy With Concurrent Cisplatin or Carboplatin for Head and Neck Cancer
Michael Xiang, A. Dimitrios Colevas, F. Christopher Holsinger, Quynh-Thu X. Le, and Beth M. Beadle
of death to SEER site recode field. Acute toxicities were analyzed within 3 months of the end of RT, as previously described. 13 Statistical Analysis Baseline characteristics were compared using the chi-square or Wilcoxon rank sum test. Multivariable
Prognostic and Predictive Value of Blood Tumor Mutational Burden in Patients With Lung Cancer Treated With Docetaxel
Wei Nie, Jie Qian, Mi-Die Xu, Kai Gu, Fang-Fei Qian, Jun Lu, Xue-Yan Zhang, Hui-Min Wang, Bo Yan, Bo Zhang, Shu-Yuan Wang, Fang Hu, Chang-Hui Li, Hua Zhong, and Bao-Hui Han
. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve that plotted sensitivity against 1-specificity of bTMB and rate of DCB was assessed by generating the area under the curve (AUC) for the training set. The accuracy of bTMB for predicting OS was assessed using
Associations of Skeletal Muscle With Symptom Burden and Clinical Outcomes in Hospitalized Patients With Advanced Cancer
Emily van Seventer, J. Peter Marquardt, Amelie S. Troschel, Till D. Best, Nora Horick, Chinenye Azoba, Richard Newcomb, Eric J. Roeland, Michael Rosenthal, Christopher P. Bridge, Joseph A. Greer, Areej El-Jawahri, Jennifer Temel, Florian J. Fintelmann, and Ryan D. Nipp
explore relationships between participant characteristics and muscle, we used multivariable linear regression, including patient age, sex, race, marital status, education level, insurance type, CCI score, time since cancer diagnosis, cancer type, BMI, and
