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Effects of individual-level socioeconomic factors on racial disparities in cancer treatment and survival: findings from the National Longitudinal Mortality Study, 1979-2003Xianglin L Du
University of Texas School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology, Houston, Texas, USA
Cancer 117:3242-51. 2011....
Racial disparity and socioeconomic status in association with survival in older men with local/regional stage prostate carcinoma: findings from a large community-based cohortXianglin L Du
School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center, 1200 Herman Pressler Drive, RAS E631, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Cancer 106:1276-85. 2006....- Racial disparities and trends in radiation therapy after breast-conserving surgery for early-stage breast cancer in women, 1992 to 2002L Du Xianglin
School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston 77030, USA
Ethn Dis 17:122-8. 2007..We do not know whether racial/ethnic disparities in this therapy exist and how disparities may have changed over time... - Meta-analysis of racial disparities in survival in association with socioeconomic status among men and women with colon cancerXianglin L Du
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Cancer 109:2161-70. 2007.... - Racial disparities and socioeconomic status in association with survival in a large population-based cohort of elderly patients with colon cancerXianglin L Du
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA
Cancer 110:660-9. 2007..To the authors' knowledge, few studies have addressed racial disparities in the survival of patients with colon cancer by adequately incorporating treatment and socioeconomic factors in addition to patient and tumor characteristics... - Ethnic differences in socioeconomic status, diagnosis, treatment, and survival among older women with epithelial ovarian cancerX L Du
School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Int J Gynecol Cancer 18:660-9. 2008..Although adjuvant chemotherapy was effective in prolonging survival, substantial numbers of women with ovarian cancer still did not receive chemotherapy... - Competing causes of death for women with breast cancer and change over time from 1975 to 2003Xianglin L Du
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Am J Clin Oncol 31:105-16. 2008..The findings demonstrated that the impact of breast cancer on overall death was reduced after 1 year of diagnosis, but suggested the need for continued cancer surveillance... - Impact of treatment and socioeconomic status on racial disparities in survival among older women with breast cancerXianglin L Du
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Am J Clin Oncol 31:125-32. 2008.... - Cardiac toxicity associated with anthracycline-containing chemotherapy in older women with breast cancerXianglin L Du
Division of Epidemiology, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Cancer 115:5296-308. 2009.... - Racial/Ethnic disparities in socioeconomic status, diagnosis, treatment and survival among medicare-insured men and women with head and neck cancerXianglin L Du
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 21:913-30. 2010.... - Relationship between chemotherapy use and cognitive impairments in older women with breast cancer: findings from a large population-based cohortXianglin L Du
University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, USA
Am J Clin Oncol 33:533-43. 2010.... - Cardiac risk associated with the receipt of anthracycline and trastuzumab in a large nationwide cohort of older women with breast cancer, 1998-2005Xianglin L Du
Division of Epidemiology and Disease Control, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Med Oncol 28:S80-90. 2011..Carefully monitoring cardiac functions in patients receiving anthracycline and trastuzumab is warranted... - External validation of medicare claims for breast cancer chemotherapy compared with medical chart reviewsXianglin L Du
School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Med Care 44:124-31. 2006..Although Medicare claims data have been increasingly used to examine the patterns and outcomes of cancer chemotherapy, their external validity has not been well studied... - Differences in treatment and survival among African-American and Caucasian women with early stage operable breast cancerKavita Sail
Division of Management, Policy and Community Health, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, USA
Ethn Health 17:309-23. 2012..To examine racial disparities associated with breast cancer treatment and survival in elderly patients with early stage operable breast cancer... - Chemotherapy and survival for patients with multiple myeloma: findings from a large nationwide and population-based cohortNidhi Rohatgi
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Am J Clin Oncol 30:540-8. 2007..To assess the patterns of chemotherapy use for patients with multiple myeloma and to determine if chemotherapy is effective in prolonging survival outside the clinical trial settings... - Ethnic variations in diagnosis, treatment, socioeconomic status, and survival in a large population-based cohort of elderly patients with non-Hodgkin lymphomaMichael Wang
Department of Lymphoma and Myeloma, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Cancer 113:3231-41. 2008..There is a lack of research on ethnic disparities in survival among patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), although these disparities have been documented for patients with many other tumors... - Incidence trends of mantle cell lymphoma in the United States between 1992 and 2004Yuhong Zhou
Department of Lymphoma and Myeloma, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Cancer 113:791-8. 2008..The purpose of the current study was to examine the incidence of MCL over a period of 13 years and to identify the factors associated with the incidence patterns... - Racial disparities in colorectal cancer survival: to what extent are racial disparities explained by differences in treatment, tumor characteristics, or hospital characteristics?Arica White
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA
Cancer 116:4622-31. 2010..The objective of this analysis was to determine the extent to which racial/ethnic disparities in survival are explained by differences in sociodemographics, tumor characteristics, diagnosis, treatment, and hospital characteristics... - Variations in chemotherapy and radiation therapy in a large nationwide and community-based cohort of elderly patients with non-Hodgkin lymphomaJavier P Berrios Rivera
Division of Epidemiology, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Am J Clin Oncol 30:163-71. 2007..The objective of this study was to determine the variations in the use of chemotherapy and radiation therapy in a large nationwide and population-based cohort of older patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL)... - Socioeconomic status and cervical cancer survival among older women: findings from the SEER-Medicare linked data cohortsAnn L Coker
School of Public Health, University of Texas, 1200 Herman Pressler, PO Box 20186, Houston, TX 77225, USA
Gynecol Oncol 102:278-84. 2006..The purpose of this study is to estimate cervical cancer survival by socioeconomic indicators and race/ethnicity among elderly women diagnosed with cervical cancer... - Racial disparities and treatment trends in a large cohort of elderly African Americans and Caucasians with colorectal cancer, 1991 to 2002Arica White
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Cancer 113:3400-9. 2008..However, little is known about whether these disparities have changed over time. The objective of this study was to determine whether racial disparities in receiving standard therapy have declined between 1991 and 2002... - Racial disparities and treatment trends in a large cohort of elderly black and white patients with nonsmall cell lung cancerDale Hardy
Division of Epidemiology, The University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, USA
Cancer 115:2199-211. 2009..This study investigated whether there was a significant gap in receipt of treatment for nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) between blacks and whites, and whether the gap or disparity changed during the past 12 years from 1991 to 2002... - Review of major adverse effects of androgen-deprivation therapy in men with prostate cancerLockwood G Taylor
Division of Epidemiology and Disease Control, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Cancer 115:2388-99. 2009..Preventive measures against these adverse effects and careful assessment of patient's baseline health status should be considered... - Racial disparities and survival for nonsmall-cell lung cancer in a large cohort of black and white elderly patientsDale Hardy
Division of Epidemiology and Disease Control, The University of Texas School of Public Health, Department of Surgical Oncology, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Cancer 115:4807-18. 2009..This study aimed to examine disparities in survival and associated factors for patients with nonsmall-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and to determine whether racial disparities varied over time (1991-1995, 1996-1999, and 2000-2002)... - Use of surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma among patients with cirrhosis in the United StatesJessica A Davila
Section of Health Services Research, Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies, Houston VA Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
Hepatology 52:132-41. 2010..CONCLUSION: Less than 20% of patients with cirrhosis who developed HCC received regular surveillance. Gastroenterologists/hepatologists or physicians with an academic affiliation are more likely to perform surveillance... - Temporal and geographic variation in the use of hematopoietic growth factors in older women receiving breast cancer chemotherapy: findings from a large population-based cohortXianglin L Du
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 1200 Herman Pressler Dr, Room RAS E631, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Clin Oncol 23:8620-8. 2005..We performed descriptive and exploratory analyses on the patterns and correlates of the use of hematopoietic growth factors in community-dwelling elderly patients... 
Racial disparities in the use of hospice services according to geographic residence and socioeconomic status in an elderly cohort with nonsmall cell lung cancerDale Hardy
Division of Epidemiology and Disease Control, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Cancer 117:1506-15. 2011..The authors investigated whether there were racial disparities in the receipt of hospice services within geographic residence and socioeconomic status (SES) levels...- Community-based assessment of adjuvant hormone therapy in women with breast cancer, 1991-1997Xianglin L Du
Department of Internal Medicine, Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, USA
Breast J 10:433-9. 2004..The use of adjuvant hormone therapy varied significantly by tumor stage, lymph node status, hormone receptor status, and the receipt of adjuvant chemotherapy... - Chemotherapy-associated toxicity in a large cohort of elderly patients with non-small cell lung cancerDale Hardy
Division of Epidemiology, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
J Thorac Oncol 5:90-8. 2010.... - Effectiveness of adjuvant chemotherapy for node-positive operable breast cancer in older womenXianglin L Du
School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 1200 Herman Pressler Drive, RAS E631, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 60:1137-44. 2005..This study was to examine if adjuvant chemotherapy is effective for these women with breast cancer... - Elderly patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma who receive chemotherapy are at higher risk for osteoporosis and fracturesMaria E Cabanillas
Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
Leuk Lymphoma 48:1514-21. 2007..In conclusion, use of chemotherapy was significantly associated with increased risk of fracture and osteoporosis in elderly patients with NHL... - Population-based assessment of surgical treatment trends for patients with melanoma in the era of sentinel lymph node biopsyJanice N Cormier
Department of Surgical Oncology, Unit 444, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, PO Box 301402, Houston, TX 77230 1402, USA
J Clin Oncol 23:6054-62. 2005.... - Information on chemotherapy and hormone therapy from tumor registry had moderate agreement with chart reviewsXianglin L Du
School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, University of Texas Health Science Center, 1200 Herman Pressler Drive, RAS E631, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Clin Epidemiol 59:53-60. 2006..We validated the registry data for chemotherapy and hormone therapy against an independent medical chart review... - Variation in modes of chemotherapy administration for breast carcinoma and association with hospitalization for chemotherapy-related toxicityXianglin L Du
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Cancer 104:913-24. 2005.... - Risk of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy in large population-based cohorts of elderly patients with breast, ovarian, and lung cancerZhannat Nurgalieva
Division of Epidemiology and Disease Control, Center for Health Services Research, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Am J Ther 17:148-58. 2010..These findings remained similar after adjusting for the history of preexisting PN or diabetes. Close monitoring for PN in patients receiving taxanes alone or in combination with platinum compounds may be warranted... - A multilevel analysis of socioeconomic status and prostate cancer riskMaureen Sanderson
University of Texas Houston School of Public Health at Brownsville, Houston, TX 78520, USA
Ann Epidemiol 16:901-7. 2006..We investigated whether prostate cancer was associated with socioeconomic status (SES) at the individual level, area level, or a combination of both levels... - Comparative effectiveness of white blood cell growth factors on neutropenia, infection, and survival in older people with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma treated with chemotherapyStephen K Gruschkus
Division of Epidemiology and Disease Control, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 58:1885-95. 2010..To determine the effect of colony-stimulating factor (CSF) on incidence of febrile neutropenia, infection, and survival in older people with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) treated with chemotherapy... - Risk of hospitalizations associated with adverse effects of chemotherapy in a large community-based cohort of elderly women with ovarian cancerZhannat Nurgalieva
Division of Epidemiology and Disease Control, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Int J Gynecol Cancer 19:1314-21. 2009..To determine the rates of hospitalization after receiving chemotherapy in patients who were diagnosed with ovarian cancer and to examine significant predictors for hospitalizations... - Long-term survival after radical prostatectomy compared to other treatments in older men with local/regional prostate cancerLiqian Liu
School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Surg Oncol 97:583-91. 2008..This study aimed to address long-term survival in a large population-based cohort of men with prostate cancer receiving radical prostatectomy compared to other treatments... - Evaluation of trends in the use of intensity-modulated radiotherapy for head and neck cancer from 2000 through 2005: socioeconomic disparity and geographic variation in a large population-based cohortB Ashleigh Guadagnolo
Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Cancer 116:3505-12. 2010..The current study was conducted to evaluate trends in utilization of intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) for head and neck cancer (HNC)... - Ethnic differences among patients with cutaneous melanomaJanice N Cormier
The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA
Arch Intern Med 166:1907-14. 2006..Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) data were used to examine the incidence, manifestations, and survival in patients with melanoma with respect to race/ethnicity... - Post-treatment surveillance in a large cohort of patients with colon cancerChung Yuan Hu
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, TX 77030, USA
Am J Manag Care 17:329-36. 2011..To determine how patients complied with different components of guideline-recommended post-treatment surveillance in a large nationwide population-based cohort of patients with colon cancer... - Population-based assessment of hospitalizations for toxicity from chemotherapy in older women with breast cancerXianglin L Du
Department of Internal Medicine, Community Health and Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555 0460, USA
J Clin Oncol 20:4636-42. 2002..Medicare data, linked to the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End-Results (SEER) tumor registries, are now used to assess rates of hospitalization for chemotherapy-related toxicity in a population-based setting... - Common fraud experienced by the elderly: findings from a 1998 survey in Houston, TexasMax E Otiniano
Department of Internal Medicine, 3 134 Jennie Sealy Hospital, 301 University Blvd, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555 0460, USA
Tex Med 98:46-50. 2002..The multivariate analysis adjusting for demographic factors showed that risk of experiencing frauds had no statistically significant association with age, gender, ethnicity, or marital and living status... - Discrepancy between consensus recommendations and actual community use of adjuvant chemotherapy in women with breast cancerXianglin L Du
Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
Ann Intern Med 138:90-7. 2003..Although the efficacy of adjuvant chemotherapy in prolonging survival for women with breast cancer has been well documented, limited population-based information is available on the actual use of chemotherapy... - Re: Trends in use of adjuvant multi-agent chemotherapy and tamoxifen for breast cancer in the United States: 1975-1999Xianglin L Du
J Natl Cancer Inst 95:683; author reply 684-5. 2003 - The effect of diabetes combined with stroke on disability, self-rated health, and mortality in older Mexican Americans: results from the Hispanic EPESEMax E Otiniano
Department of Internal Medicine, Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555-0460, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 84:725-30. 2003..The effect on outcomes appears to follow an additive model. Information on disability risk and morbidity and mortality should be useful to rehabilitation professionals in discharge planning and allocation of therapy resources... - Self-reported diabetic complications and 7-year mortality in Mexican American elders. Findings from a community-based study of five Southwestern statesMax E Otiniano
Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
J Diabetes Complications 17:243-8. 2003..Detection of and early treatment/control for diabetic complications may lead to increase survival in this population... - Self-reported heart attack in Mexican-American elders: examination of incidence, prevalence, and 7-year mortalityMax E Otiniano
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 51:923-9. 2003..Nearly half of subjects with heart attack had died of heart attack as underlying cause of death by 7-year follow-up. Prevention and control for this disease would be especially important in this population to avoid early mortality... - Effect of metabolic syndrome on heart attack and mortality in Mexican-American elderly persons: findings of 7-year follow-up from the Hispanic established population for the epidemiological study of the elderlyMax E Otiniano
Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-1153, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 60:466-70. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: Among Mexican-American elderly participants, those with MetS had poorer self-rated health. MetS was significantly associated with increased incidence of heart attack and higher mortality over a 7-year period...
Research Grants
- Postmarketing Surveillance of Toxicities Associated with Cancer ChemotherapyXianglin Du; Fiscal Year: 2009..This database is especially unique for studying cancer chemotherapy and its toxicity because chemotherapy is among the few drugs that are covered by Medicare for past several decades. ..
- Postmarketing Surveillance of Toxicities Associated with Cancer ChemotherapyXianglin Du; Fiscal Year: 2007..This database is especially unique for studying cancer chemotherapy and its toxicity because chemotherapy is among the few drugs that are covered by Medicare for past several decades. ..
- Evaluation of Chemotherapy Claims for Breast CancerXianglin Du; Fiscal Year: 2003....
- Postmarketing Surveillance of Toxicities Associated with Cancer ChemotherapyXianglin Du; Fiscal Year: 2010..This database is especially unique for studying cancer chemotherapy and its toxicity because chemotherapy is among the few drugs that are covered by Medicare for past several decades. ..