2023
Validation of the Cancer Stigma Scale in Nepalese Women
Shrestha A, Stangl A, Paneru B, Poudel L, Karmacharya A, Makaju S, Spiegelman D, Shakya S, Shrestha A, Sheth S. Validation of the Cancer Stigma Scale in Nepalese Women. Asian Pacific Journal Of Cancer Prevention 2023, 24: 204-214. PMID: 36708569, PMCID: PMC10152840, DOI: 10.31557/apjcp.2023.24.1.207.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer Stigma ScaleCancer stigmaCancer patientsStigma ScaleCronbach's alphaNepali womenInternal consistencyCross-cultural adaptationNepalese populationNepalese womenSufficient internal consistencyCancerWomenPatientsSatisfactory internal reliabilityVulnerable groupsAlphaInternal reliabilityStigmaOverall scaleModel fit indicesHigh levelsSix-factor structure
2020
Long-term cancer survival in cohorts of U.S. health professionals.
Cheng E, Lee D, Tamimi R, Hankinson S, Willett W, Giovannucci E, Eliassen H, Tworoger S, Meir S, Mucci L, Fuchs C, Spiegelman D. Long-term cancer survival in cohorts of U.S. health professionals. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2020, 38: 12075-12075. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2020.38.15_suppl.12075.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCancer-specific mortality ratesMortality rateCancer patientsOvarian cancerMajor cancersLong-term cancer survivalCorpus cancer patientsU.S. health professionalsHealth Professionals FollowUterine corpus cancerKaplan-Meier curvesMortality 10 yearsCause-specific mortality ratesCause of deathCumulative mortality rateLong-term survivalNHS IICorpus cancerIndex cancerProfessionals FollowUterine corpusColorectal cancerCancer survivalBreast cancerHealth Study