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Lung cancer incidence trends by histologic type in areas of California vs. other areas in the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results ProgramAnthony P Polednak
Connecticut Tumor Registry, Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford, CT 06134 0308, USA
Cancer Epidemiol 33:319-24. 2009....- Temporal trend in the U.S. black-white disparity in mortality rates from selected alcohol-related chronic diseasesAnthony P Polednak
Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
J Ethn Subst Abuse 7:154-64. 2008.... - Trends in death rates from tobacco-related cardiovascular diseases in selected US states differing in tobacco-control effortsAnthony P Polednak
Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford, CT 06134 0308, USA
Epidemiology 20:542-6. 2009..Tobacco-control efforts (starting with California in 1989) have been associated with smoking cessation among young adults in certain US states. The impact on trends in tobacco-related cardiovascular diseases is less clear... - Trends in mortality from COPD in selected U.S. States differing in tobacco control effortsAnthony P Polednak
Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford, 06134 0308, USA
COPD 7:63-9. 2010..This suggests that states should increase their tobacco-control efforts, to reduce chronic obstructive pulmonary disease mortality in the entire U.S... 
Comorbid mental disorders in hospital records of Hispanic patients diagnosed with cancer in ConnecticutAnthony P Polednak
Connecticut Tumor Registry, Connecticut Department of Public Health, 410 Capitol Avenue, Hartford CT 06134 0308, USA
J Registry Manag 36:111-6. 2009..English). Similar studies are needed of Hispanic (and non-Hispanic) patients in other central cancer registries, for potential large-scale, population-based studies of comorbid mental disorder in relation to prognosis...- Estimating the number of U.S. incident cancers attributable to obesity and the impact on temporal trends in incidence rates for obesity-related cancersAnthony P Polednak
Connecticut Tumor Registry, Connecticut Department of Public Health, 410 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT 06134 0308, USA
Cancer Detect Prev 32:190-9. 2008..The purpose of this study was to estimate the impact of obesity on the number obesity-attributable incident cancers in the U.S. in 2007 and on trends on cancer incidence rates... - Indicators of nutritional screening in hospital records of newly diagnosed Hispanic and Asian-American adult cancer patients in ConnecticutAnthony P Polednak
Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Nutrition 24:1053-6. 2008..S. minority groups that tend to experience language barriers to health care... - Tobacco control indicators and lung cancer rates in young adults by state in the United StatesA P Polednak
Connecticut Tumor Registry, Connecticut Department of Public Health, 410 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut 06134 0308, USA
Tob Control 17:66-9. 2008.... 
Trends in incidence rates of tobacco-related cancer, selected areas, SEER Program, United States, 1992-2004Anthony P Polednak
Connecticut Department of Public Health, 410 Capitol Ave, Hartford CT 06134 0308, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 6:A16. 2009..Recent trends in risk factors are likely to affect cancer incidence rates at the youngest ages..- Prevalence and predictors of comorbid diabetes among newly diagnosed Hispanic cancer patients in ConnecticutAnthony P Polednak
Connecticut Tumor Registry, Connecticut Department of Public Health, 410 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT 06134 0308, United States
Cancer Detect Prev 31:453-6. 2007..This study examined prevalence and predictors of comorbid diabetes in newly diagnosed Hispanic cancer patients in Connecticut... - Secular trend in U.S. black-white disparities in selected alcohol-related cancer incidence ratesAnthony P Polednak
Connecticut Tumor Registry, Connecticut Department of Public Health, 410 Capitol Ave, Hartford, CT 06134 0308, USA
Alcohol Alcohol 42:125-30. 2007..To examine secular trends in incidence rates for the cancer types most strongly associated with alcohol in African Americans (blacks) and whites... - Racial differences in mortality from obesity-related chronic diseases in US women diagnosed with breast cancerAnthony P Polednak
Connecticut Tumor Registry, Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford, Connecticut 06134 0308, USA
Ethn Dis 14:463-8. 2004..In view of rising prevalence rates of obesity and persistent racial differences in obesity in the United States, this study considered risk of death from obesity-related causes... - Postmastectomy breast reconstruction in Connecticut: trends and predictorsA P Polednak
Connecticut Tumor Registry, Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford 06134 0308, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 104:669-73. 1999..5 percent. Reconstruction was negatively associated with age, poverty rate of the census tract of residence, and black (versus white) race; these associations require further study... - How frequent is postmastectomy breast reconstructive surgery? A study linking two statewide databasesA P Polednak
Connecticut Tumor Registry, Connecticut Department of Public Health, 410 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT 06134 0308, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 108:73-7. 2001..These associations were similar to those reported from previous studies... - Geographic pattern of cancers related to tobacco and alcohol in Connecticut: implications for cancer controlAnthony P Polednak
Department of Public Health, Connecticut Tumor Registry, 410 Capitol Avenue, PO Box 340308, Hartford 06134 0308, USA
Cancer Detect Prev 28:302-8. 2004.... - Obtaining smoking histories for population-based studies on multiple primary cancers: Connecticut, 2002Anthony P Polednak
Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford, CT 06134 0308, USA
Int J Cancer 119:233-5. 2006.... - Collecting information on race, Hispanic ethnicity, and birthplace of cancer patients: policies and practices in Connecticut hospitalsAnthony P Polednak
Connecticut Department of Public Health, 410 Capitol Avenue, P O Box 340308, Hartford, CT 06134, USA
Ethn Dis 15:90-6. 2005..This study documented policies and procedures in a state (Connecticut) with a high-quality population-based cancer registry... - Obtaining information on language preference among newly diagnosed Hispanic and Asian American cancer patients in ConnecticutAnthony P Polednak
Connecticut Tumor Registry, Connecticut Department of Public Health, 410 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT 06134 0308, USA
J Registry Manag 36:77-82. 2009..1% of 653 probable non-English-preferring patients. Missing information was more frequent in Asian than Hispanic American patients. The potential for adding this information to national databases should be explored... - Trends in incidence rates for obesity-associated cancers in the USAnthony P Polednak
Connecticut Department of Public Health, 410 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT 06134 0308, USA
Cancer Detect Prev 27:415-21. 2003..2% of all cancers) diagnosed in the US in 2002 may be potentially attributable to obesity. Further analytic epidemiologic studies are needed to assess the risks of other cancers in relation to both obesity and body fat distribution... - Lung cancer incidence trends in black and white young adults by gender (United States)Anthony P Polednak
Connecticut Tumor Registry, Connecticut Department of Public Health, 410 Capitol Avenue, Hartford 06134 0308, USA
Cancer Causes Control 15:665-70. 2004..The areas also varied in a tobacco control index (TCI) for 1992-1993... - Poverty, comorbidity, and survival of colorectal cancer patients diagnosed in ConnecticutA P Polednak
Connecticut Tumor Registry, Department of Public Health, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 12:302-10. 2001..Patients living in census tracts with a poverty rate of 20 percent or higher had the highest risk of death. The explanation for these findings requires further study, in order to reduce socioeconomic status disparities in survival rates... - Disparities in surgical treatment of early-stage non-small-cell lung cancerA P Polednak
Connecticut Tumor Registry, Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford 06134 0308, USA
Yale J Biol Med 74:309-14. 2001..These associations persisted in logistic regression models that included all of the variables as predictors of surgery. Studies are needed to explain these disparities... - Agreement in race-ethnicity coding between a hospital discharge database and another databaseA P Polednak
Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford 06134, USA
Ethn Dis 11:24-9. 2001..CONCLUSIONS: Although both databases are imperfect, the findings suggest that ascertainment of certain racial-ethnic groups in hospital discharge databases could be improved if birthplace and surname were available... - Geographic variation in postmastectomy breast reconstruction ratesA P Polednak
Connecticut Tumor Registry, Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford 06134 0308, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 106:298-301. 2000..Studies are needed to explain the large differences in reconstruction rates by geographic area... - Comorbid diabetes mellitus and risk of death after diagnosis of colorectal cancer: a population-based studyAnthony P Polednak
Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford, CT 06134 0308, USA
Cancer Detect Prev 30:466-72. 2006..The few studies that have examined the association between comorbid diabetes mellitus (DM) and survival after diagnosis of colorectal cancer have involved small numbers of patients with DM, and cause of death was not examined... - Documentation of alcohol use in hospital records of newly diagnosed cancer patients: a population-based studyAnthony P Polednak
Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford, Connecticut 06134 0308, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 33:403-9. 2007..2%) and was associated with heavier drinking, independent of other predictors of MCV. Better screening is needed for all hospitalized cancer patients, to plan for interventions and conduct follow-up studies of prognosis... - Revisiting the 1973 report, "Alarming increase of the cancer mortality in the US Black population (1950-1967)"Anthony P Polednak
Connecticut Tumor Registry, Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford, CT 06134 0308, USA
Ethn Dis 15:779-85. 2005..Continued surveillance is needed to determine if declining cancer mortality rates in 1992-2001 for Blacks will continue... - Recent trends in incidence rates for selected alcohol-related cancers in the United StatesAnthony P Polednak
Connecticut Tumor Registry, Connecticut Department of Public Health, CT 06134, USA
Alcohol Alcohol 40:234-8. 2005..To examine recent trends in incidence rates for cancer types most strongly associated with alcohol use, using data from US cancer registries... - Prostate cancer treatment in black and white men: the need to consider both stage at diagnosis and socioeconomic statusA P Polednak
Connecticut Tumor Registry, Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford 06134 0308, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 90:101-4. 1998..Thus, both stage at diagnosis and socioeconomic status should be considered in studies of racial differences in prostate cancer treatment... - Explaining geographic variation in breast and cervical cancer incidence rates in US Hispanic womenAnthony P Polednak
Connecticut Tumor Registry, Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford, CT 06134 0308, USA
Ethn Dis 15:727-32. 2005..This study examined geographic variation in incidence rates for two cancers common in US Hispanic women and considered some potential explanations, by using data from several high-quality cancer registries... - Identifying newly diagnosed Hispanic cancer patients who use a physician with a Spanish-language practice, for studies of quality of cancer treatmentAnthony P Polednak
Connecticut Tumor Registry, Connecticut Department of Public Health, 410 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT 06134 0308, United States
Cancer Detect Prev 31:185-90. 2007..S. Hispanic-Latino patients newly diagnosed with cancer. This study examined use of a physician with a Spanish-language practice (SLP) by Hispanic patients diagnosed with a cancer reported to a population-based cancer registry... - Survival of breast cancer patients in Connecticut in relation to socioeconomic and health care access indicatorsAnthony P Polednak
Connecticut Tumor Registry, State of Connecticut, Department of Public Health, Hartford 06134-0308, USA
J Urban Health 79:211-8. 2002..Unexplained elevations, relative to the rest of the state, in risk of death were found for patients diagnosed while living in two of the state's four largest cities... - Obtaining data on comorbid diabetes among patients in a U.S. population-based tumor registryAnthony P Polednak
Connecticut Tumor Registry, Connecticut Department of Public Health, 410 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT 06134 0308, USA
J Registry Manag 37:57-64. 2010.... - Incidence of skin melanoma in Connecticut towns and counties, 1997-2003Anthony P Polednak
Connecticut Tumor Registry, Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford, Hartford 06134 0308, USA
Conn Med 71:275-9. 2007.... - Bilateral synchronous breast cancer: a population-based study of characteristics, method of detection, and survivalAnthony P Polednak
Connecticut Tumor Registry, Department of Public Health, 419 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT 06134-0308, USA
Surgery 133:383-9. 2003..CONCLUSIONS; While uncommon, BSBCs differ from unilateral cancer in histology and survival, and their study emphasizes the opportunity for detection of contralateral cancers at an early stage... - Chemotherapy of nonelderly breast cancer patients by poverty-rate of area of residence in ConnecticutAnthony P Polednak
Connecticut Tumor Registry, Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford, Connecticut 06134 0308, USA
Breast Cancer Res Treat 83:245-8. 2004..Similar studies are needed in other geographical areas that differ in socioeconomic indicators... - Trends in late-stage breast and cervical cancer incidence rates in Connecticut (United States)Anthony P Polednak
Connecticut Tumor Registry, Connecticut Department of Public Health, 410 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT 06134 0308, USA
Cancer Causes Control 14:361-5. 2003..This study examined the temporal trend in late-stage incidence rates for breast and cervical cancer in Connecticut, where a statewide screening program (targeted to poor or uninsured women) began in late 1995... - Surveillance for hospitalizations with infection-related diagnoses after chemotherapy among breast cancer patients diagnosed before age 65Anthony P Polednak
Connecticut Tumor Registry, Connecticut Department of Public Health, 410 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT 06134 0308, USA
Chemotherapy 50:157-61. 2004.... - Trends in, and predictors of, breast-conserving surgery and radiotherapy for breast cancer in Connecticut, 1988-1997Anthony P Polednak
Connecticut Tumor Registry, Connecticut Department of Public Health, 410 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT 06134 0308, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 53:157-63. 2002..To describe the trends in, and predictors of, use of breast-conserving surgery (BCS) vs. mastectomy and use of post-BCS radiotherapy (RT), from 1988 through 1997 among residents of Connecticut... - Black-white differences in survival from late-stage prostate cancerAnthony P Polednak
Connecticut Tumor Registry, Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford, Connecticut 06134, USA
Ethn Dis 13:220-5. 2003..The theory that Black patients with advanced cancer have a lower survival rate compared to their White counterparts, based on a single clinical trial, was tested with large samples of patients... - Black-white differences in tumor grade (aggressiveness) at diagnosis of prostate cancer, 1992-1998Anthony P Polednak
Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford, Connecticut 06134-0308, USA
Ethn Dis 12:536-40. 2002..Trends in Black-White differences in the frequency of high-grade cancer suggest Black-White differences in trends in prostate cancer screening rates (especially in the elderly), which require further investigation... - Type of breast reconstructive surgery among breast cancer patients: a population-based studyA P Polednak
Connecticut Tumor Registry, Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford, Conn 06134 0308, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 108:1600-3. 2001..This study describes the baseline data and methods for examining trends in type of reconstruction among breast cancer patients in a defined population... - Survival of U.S. Black and White patients with squamous cell cancer of the esophagusAnthony P Polednak
Connecticut Tumor Registry, Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford, CT 06134 0308, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 96:87-92. 2004..The low survival rates for both blacks and whites emphasize the need for improved treatment and primary prevention efforts... - Trends in survival for both histologic types of esophageal cancer in US surveillance, epidemiology and end results areasAnthony P Polednak
Connecticut Tumor Registry, Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford, CT 06134-0308, USA
Int J Cancer 105:98-100. 2003 - Survival of lymph node-negative breast cancer patients in relation to number of lymph nodes examinedAnthony P Polednak
Connecticut Tumor Registry, Connecticut Department of Public Health, 410 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT 06134 0308, USA
Ann Surg 237:163-7. 2003..To assess the relationship between number of lymph nodes examined and survival of patients diagnosed with node-negative localized breast cancer using a large sample of patients from population-based cancer registries in the United States... - For the patient. How Connecticut hospitals collect information on race, Hispanic ethnicity, and birthplaceAnthony P Polednak
Ethn Dis 15:153. 2005 - Geographic distribution of incident mesothelioma in Connecticut men, 1990-99Anthony P Polednak
Int J Cancer 107:509-10. 2003 - Disparities in smoking cessation among U.S. adults with a history of asthmaGary King
Department of Biobehavioral Health, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
Ann Behav Med 33:312-7. 2007..Socioeconomic status (SES) and racial-ethnic disparities in smoking cessation among U.S. adults with a history of asthma have received limited attention... - Regarding "prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in relation to self-reported cancer history"Anthony P Polednak
Ann Epidemiol 16:877-9. 2006 - Suicide among breast cancer patients who have had reconstructive surgery: a population-based studyAnthony P Polednak
Psychosomatics 48:178-9. 2007 - Rising leukemia rates in Thailand: the possible role of benzene and related compounds in cigarette smokeEugene J Mitacek
Department of Life Sciences, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, NY 11568, USA
Oncol Rep 9:1399-403. 2002..These preliminary findings support the need for voluntary and/or government-regulated reduction in smoke yields of benzene and related compounds in tobacco products, and for expanded smoking prevention and cessation efforts, in Thailand...