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| Amy Y ChenSummaryAffiliation: Emory University Country: USA Publications
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US Mortality Rates for Oral Cavity and Pharyngeal Cancer by Educational AttainmentAmy Y Chen
American Cancer Society, National Home Office, 250 Williams St NE, Atlanta, GA 30303
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 137:1094-9. 2011..To describe trends in mortality rates for patients with oral cavity and pharynx cancer by educational attainment, race/ethnicity, sex, and association with human papillomavirus infection...- Impact of treating facilities' volume on survival for early-stage laryngeal cancerAmy Y Chen
Department of Otolaryngology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Head Neck 31:1137-43. 2009..Treatment at a high-volume facility has been associated with better outcomes in a variety of conditions. The relationship between volume and survival from laryngeal cancer has not been examined previously... - Increasing incidence of differentiated thyroid cancer in the United States, 1988-2005Amy Y Chen
Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Cancer 115:3801-7. 2009..The objective of the current study was to investigate the trends in increasing incidence of differentiated (papillary and follicular) thyroid cancer by size, age, race, and sex... - Quality initiatives in head and neck cancerAmy Y Chen
Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, 1365A Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA
Curr Oncol Rep 12:109-14. 2010..The American Head and Neck Society has been instrumental in developing quality measures for two of the most common head and neck cancers and in promoting adherence to these measures to improve quality of care for all patients... - Improved survival is associated with treatment at high-volume teaching facilities for patients with advanced stage laryngeal cancerAmy Y Chen
Department of Surveillance and Health Policy Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, USA
Cancer 116:4744-52. 2010..Because of the multidisciplinary nature of treatment for advanced laryngeal cancer, the authors hypothesized that treatment at high-volume teaching/research facilities is associated with improved survival... - Temporal trends in the treatment of early- and advanced-stage laryngeal cancer in the United States, 1985-2007Amy Y Chen
American Cancer Society, 250 Williams St NE, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 137:1017-24. 2011..To describe trends and 4-year survival rate of surgical and nonsurgical treatment for laryngeal cancer... - Validation of health status instrumentsAmy Y Chen
Department of Otolaryngology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec 66:167-72. 2004..This article outlines the principles of the development and validation of health status instruments and offers examples of such instruments from the otolaryngology literature... - Safety-net burden hospitals and likelihood of curative-intent surgery for non-small cell lung cancerKatherine S Virgo
Health Services Research Department, American Cancer Society, National Home Office, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Am Coll Surg 213:633-43. 2011..This study analyzes whether hospital safety-net burden is associated with curative-intent surgery among adult early-stage NSCLC patients treated at facilities accredited by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer... - Insurance status, comorbidity level, and survival among colorectal cancer patients age 18 to 64 years in the National Cancer Data Base from 2003 to 2005Anthony S Robbins
Department of Surveillance and Health Services Research, American Cancer Society, 250 Williams St, NW, Atlanta, GA 30319 1002, USA
J Clin Oncol 27:3627-33. 2009..CONCLUSION Among white and black patients aged 18 to 64 years, differences in comorbidity level do not account for the association between insurance status and survival in patients with colorectal cancer... - Disparities and trends in sentinel lymph node biopsy among early-stage breast cancer patients (1998-2005)Amy Y Chen
Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 100:462-74. 2008..We assessed demographic, clinical, and facility-related factors associated with SLNB in women with early-stage breast cancer and evaluated trends in these factors over time... - Changes in treatment of advanced oropharyngeal cancer, 1985-2001Amy Y Chen
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Laryngoscope 117:16-21. 2007..The aim of this study is to describe patterns of care of advanced oropharyngeal cancer during 1985 to 2001... - Association of insurance status and ethnicity with cancer stage at diagnosis for 12 cancer sites: a retrospective analysisMichael T Halpern
Epidemiology and Surveillance Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA 30303 1002, USA
Lancet Oncol 9:222-31. 2008..Separating the effects on stage of cancer at diagnosis associated with these two types of patient characteristics can be difficult... - Health insurance and stage at diagnosis of laryngeal cancer: does insurance type predict stage at diagnosis?Amy Y Chen
Department of Otolaryngology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 133:784-90. 2007..To examine whether patients with no insurance or Medicaid are more likely to present with advanced-stage laryngeal cancer... - Changes in treatment of advanced laryngeal cancer 1985-2001Amy Y Chen
Department of Otolaryngology, Emory University School of Medicine, and Department of Health Services Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia 30329, USA
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 135:831-7. 2006..The purpose of this study was to assess how treatment of advanced laryngeal cancer was influenced by such developments in non-surgical therapy... - Factors predictive of survival in advanced laryngeal cancerAmy Y Chen
Department of Otolaryngology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 133:1270-6. 2007..To determine the factors predictive of improved survival among patients with advanced laryngeal cancer... - Health literacy and health care in an inner-city, total laryngectomy populationJonathan J Beitler
Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322 1013, USA
Am J Otolaryngol 31:29-31. 2010..quot; Limited HL skills reduce access to health care. We surveyed our patients who underwent total laryngectomy (TL) to evaluate their HL... - Factors influencing long-term survival following salvage total laryngectomy after initial radiotherapy or conservative surgeryB Zach Fowler
Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, 1365 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Head Neck 28:99-106. 2006..7% for patients with N+ disease (p = .25). CONCLUSION: These data suggest that STL after radiation failure is associated with equivalent long-term survival as STL after RT + CS or after failure of CS alone... - Insurance status and survival disparities among nonelderly rectal cancer patients in the National Cancer Data BaseAnthony S Robbins
Department of Surveillance and Health Policy Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, USA
Cancer 116:4178-86. 2010..The role of stage and treatment differences in these survival disparities is not clear because insurance status is also strongly correlated with race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and other factors... - Recent changes in the treatment of patients with advanced laryngeal cancerEric M Genden
Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
Head Neck 30:103-10. 2008..This article reviews the current options available for a patient with advanced laryngeal cancer and discusses the impact of therapy... - The impact of health insurance status on stage at diagnosis of oropharyngeal cancerAmy Y Chen
Department of Otolaryngology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Cancer 110:395-402. 2007..In this study, the authors examined whether patients who had no insurance or who were covered by Medicaid insurance were more likely to present with advanced oropharyngeal cancer... - Patterns of extralaryngeal spread of laryngeal cancer: Thyroid cartilage penetration occurs in a minority of patients with extralaryngeal spread of laryngeal squamous cell cancersSusie A Chen
Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Cancer 117:5047-51. 2011..Clinically, SCC spread into noncartilaginous structures may have less of a functional impact when compared with thyroid cartilage penetration. The current study was designed to characterize and quantify the routes and frequency of ELS... - Insurance status and stage of cancer at diagnosis among women with breast cancerMichael T Halpern
Epidemiology and Surveillance Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Cancer 110:403-11. 2007..The authors examined the associations of insurance status with stage at diagnosis among women with breast cancer... - A shifting paradigm for patients with head and neck cancer: transoral robotic surgery (TORS)Amy Y Chen
Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, USA
Oncology (Williston Park) 24:1030, 1032. 2010..Adding TORS to the multidisciplinary care of head and neck cancer patients, particularly those with oropharynx and larynx primaries, may allow our patients to achieve a cancer-free and highly functional life... - PET-CT vs contrast-enhanced CT: what is the role for each after chemoradiation for advanced oropharyngeal cancer?Amy Y Chen
Department of Otolaryngology, Emory University School of Medicine, Emory Otolaryngology, 1365A Clifton Rd NE, Ste 2315A, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Head Neck 28:487-95. 2006..coupled with neck CT compared with contrast-enhanced CT in predicting persistent cancer either at the primary site or cervical lymphatics in patients with oropharyngeal cancer treated with concurrent chemoradiation.. - Head and neck cancerSteve McMahon
Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology, 1365A Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Cancer Metastasis Rev 22:21-4. 2003..In this review, the authors outline the epidemiology, genetic factors, treatment and outcomes of head and neck cancer... - Long-term quality of life after total laryngectomyIsabel Vilaseca
Department of Otolaryngology, , Barcelona, Spain
Head Neck 28:313-20. 2006..Age, sex, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy are independent predictors of UW-QOL subscales. Voice handicap is identified as a problem but is not predictive of overall QOL. A strong relationship exists between UW-QOL and SF-12...