2022
Adipose tissue radiodensity and mortality among patients with nonmetastatic breast cancer
Cheng E, Caan BJ, Chen WY, Irwin ML, Prado CM, Cespedes Feliciano EM. Adipose tissue radiodensity and mortality among patients with nonmetastatic breast cancer. Clinical Nutrition 2022, 41: 2607-2613. PMID: 36306565, PMCID: PMC9722634, DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2022.09.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNonmetastatic breast cancerVisceral adipose tissueBreast cancerBreast cancer prognosisOverall mortalitySpecific mortalityAdipose tissueCancer prognosisTissue radiodensityMultivariable Cox proportional hazards regressionKaiser Permanente Northern CaliforniaCox proportional hazards regressionRole of adiposityBody mass indexProportional hazards regressionBreast cancer survivalNovel prognostic markerThird lumbar vertebraIntegrated healthcare systemNon-Hispanic whitesMultiple cancer typesHazard ratioNonmetastatic patientsPrognostic factorsClinicopathological characteristics
2021
Neighborhood and Individual Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Survival Among Patients With Nonmetastatic Common Cancers
Cheng E, Soulos PR, Irwin ML, Feliciano E, Presley CJ, Fuchs CS, Meyerhardt JA, Gross CP. Neighborhood and Individual Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Survival Among Patients With Nonmetastatic Common Cancers. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e2139593. PMID: 34919133, PMCID: PMC8683967, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.39593.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer-specific mortalityNeighborhood socioeconomic statusIndividual-level socioeconomic statusIndividual socioeconomic statusColorectal cancerOverall mortalitySocioeconomic statusCohort studyHazard ratioDual eligibilityCancer patientsCommon cancerLung cancerProstate cancerSocioeconomic disadvantageHigh riskEnd Results-Medicare databaseMedicare-Medicaid dual eligibilityPopulation-based cohort studyCox proportional hazards regressionSuboptimal cancer careColorectal cancer patientsBreast cancer patientsProportional hazards regressionNon-Hispanic white individuals