2018
Disparities by race, age, and sex in the improvement of survival for lymphoma: Findings from a population-based study
Mukhtar F, Boffetta P, Dabo B, Park JY, Tran CTD, Tran TV, Tran HT, Whitney M, Risch HA, Le LC, Zheng W, Shu XO, Luu HN. Disparities by race, age, and sex in the improvement of survival for lymphoma: Findings from a population-based study. PLOS ONE 2018, 13: e0199745. PMID: 29995909, PMCID: PMC6040734, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0199745.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLymphoma patientsHodgkin's lymphomaAge groupsHazard ratioDisease-specific mortalityFive-year survivalHodgkin's lymphoma patientsImprovement of survivalPopulation-based studyProportional hazards regressionConfidence intervalsCause-specific mortalityIncident lymphoma casesSEER cancer registryYears of ageOlder age groupsPatients 20Surveillance EpidemiologyCancer RegistrySurvival improvementHazards regressionLymphoma casesNHL survivalPatientsLymphoma
2017
Survival predictors of Burkitt's lymphoma in children, adults and elderly in the United States during 2000–2013
Mukhtar F, Boffetta P, Risch HA, Park JY, Bubu OM, Womack L, Tran TV, Zgibor JC, Luu HN. Survival predictors of Burkitt's lymphoma in children, adults and elderly in the United States during 2000–2013. International Journal Of Cancer 2017, 140: 1494-1502. PMID: 28006853, PMCID: PMC6919213, DOI: 10.1002/ijc.30576.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPredictors of survivalBurkitt's lymphomaSurvival predictorsMultiple primariesAge groupsCox proportional hazards regression modelFive-year relative survivalProportional hazards regression modelsStage II diseaseStage IV diseaseEnd Results (SEER) databaseAfrican American raceHazards regression modelsBL patientsElderly patientsPrognostic factorsResults databaseWorse outcomesElderly groupStage IIIAmerican raceRelative survivalHigh mortalityLymphomaDisease
2007
Excess diagnosis of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma during spring in the USA
Koutros S, Holford TR, Hahn T, Lantos PM, McCarthy PL, Risch HA, Swede H. Excess diagnosis of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma during spring in the USA. Leukemia & Lymphoma 2007, 48: 357-366. PMID: 17325897, DOI: 10.1080/10428190601076799.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHodgkin's lymphomaEnd Results (SEER) databaseMultivariate Poisson regressionExcess diagnosisNHL patientsDiagnosis yearHodgkin's diseaseResults databaseHematologic malignanciesIncidence rateOrigin subtypesChi-square analysisPoisson regressionDiagnostic biasLymphomaPatientsDiseaseDiagnosisFuture studiesYearsMalignancyRegressionLeukemiaEpidemiologySubtypes