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BACKGROUND:Colonoscopic screening has increased detection of malignant colonic polyps (MPs). The goal of this study was to analyze trends and patterns in the surgical treatment of MPs and to assess outcomes as measured by lymph node retrieval and patient survival.
METHODS:The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) registry was queried to identify 19,743 patients with MPs from 1988 to...
BACKGROUND:To the authors' knowledge, few studies to date have examined racial differences in prostate cancer survival while controlling for socioeconomic status (SES). No such studies have examined this association in Texas, a large state with significant ethnic and racial diversity. The objective of this analysis was to determine whether racial disparities in survival for men diagnosed with prostate...
BACKGROUND:Treatment strategy for patients with adequately staged cT2N0M0 carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus is currently a subject of debate. This study analyzed the largest series of consecutive cT2N0M0 esophageal cancer patients treated with preoperative chemoradiotherapy.
METHODS:Data from all patients with cT2N0M0 (assessment included endoscopic ultrasonography and computed tomography of the...
BACKGROUND:The reasons blacks have higher mortality rates from colorectal cancer (CRC) than non‐Hispanic whites are not fully understood. Blacks have higher rates of vitamin D deficiency than non‐Hispanic whites, and vitamin D deficiency has been associated with CRC. The authors of this report investigated the association of vitamin D deficiency with excess risk for CRC mortality for blacks in the...
BACKGROUND:Women with breast cancer are more likely to have a second breast cancer than women in the general population are to have a primary cancer. However, the biological relationship between primary and second breast cancers is not clear.
METHODS:A total of 30,617 patients diagnosed with bilateral breast cancers between 1990 and 2007 were identified through 17 cancer registries of the Surveillance,...
BACKGROUND:With increasing interest in adult cancer survivorship, currently available prognostic estimates for long‐term survivors of extremity soft‐tissue sarcoma (ESTS) are limited. We assessed determinants of survival in adults surgically treated for nonmetastatic ESTS, conditional on specific survival periods.
Methods:We identified 6215 persons aged >18 in the Surveillance Epidemiology and...
BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to determine whether the overall survival of patients with metastatic soft tissue sarcoma (STS) has improved over the last 20 years.
METHODS:In total, 1024 patients who had synchronous metastatic (SM) STS or metachronous metastatic (MM) STS diagnosed between 1987 and 2006 were included prospectively in the French Sarcoma Group database after central histologic...
BACKGROUND:Anemia is a frequent side effect of imatinib in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Erythropoietic‐stimulating agents have been used for treatment of imatinib‐induced anemia. There are no data on long‐term safety of erythropoietic‐stimulating agents in CML patients.
METHODS:The records of chronic phase CML patients who received treatment with imatinib were reviewed for use of...
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