Tracy Onega

Summary

Affiliation: Dartmouth Medical School
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi The influence of travel time on breast cancer characteristics, receipt of primary therapy, and surveillance mammography
    Tracy Onega
    Department of Community and Family Medicine, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
    Breast Cancer Res Treat 129:269-75. 2011
  2. ncbi Screening mammography intervals among postmenopausal hormone therapy users and nonusers
    Tracy Onega
    Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, USA
    Cancer Causes Control 21:147-52. 2010
  3. ncbi Radiologists' perceptions of computer aided detection versus double reading for mammography interpretation
    Tracy Onega
    Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
    Acad Radiol 17:1217-26. 2010
  4. ncbi Determinants of NCI Cancer Center attendance in Medicare patients with lung, breast, colorectal, or prostate cancer
    Tracy Onega
    The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 24:205-10. 2009
  5. ncbi Influence of place of residence in access to specialized cancer care for African Americans
    Tracy Onega
    The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
    J Rural Health 26:12-9. 2010
  6. ncbi Race versus place of service in mortality among medicare beneficiaries with cancer
    Tracy Onega
    The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
    Cancer 116:2698-706. 2010
  7. ncbi Matching colonoscopy and pathology data in population-based registries: development of a novel algorithm and the initial experience of the New Hampshire Colonoscopy Registry
    Mary Ann Greene
    Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
    Gastrointest Endosc 74:334-40. 2011
  8. ncbi Influence of NCI cancer center attendance on mortality in lung, breast, colorectal, and prostate cancer patients
    Tracy Onega
    The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03756, USA
    Med Care Res Rev 66:542-60. 2009
  9. ncbi Radiologist agreement for mammographic recall by case difficulty and finding type
    Tracy Onega
    Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire 03756, USA
    J Am Coll Radiol 9:788-94. 2012
  10. ncbi Geographic access to cancer care in the U.S
    Tracy Onega
    The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756, USA
    Cancer 112:909-18. 2008

Detail Information

Publications15

  1. ncbi The influence of travel time on breast cancer characteristics, receipt of primary therapy, and surveillance mammography
    Tracy Onega
    Department of Community and Family Medicine, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
    Breast Cancer Res Treat 129:269-75. 2011
    ..The travel time does seem to influence the type of primary therapy among women with breast cancer, suggesting that women may prefer low frequency services, such as mastectomy, if geographic access to a radiology facility is limited...
  2. ncbi Screening mammography intervals among postmenopausal hormone therapy users and nonusers
    Tracy Onega
    Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, USA
    Cancer Causes Control 21:147-52. 2010
    ..To investigate the latter possibility, we compared mammographic intervals according to HT use...
  3. ncbi Radiologists' perceptions of computer aided detection versus double reading for mammography interpretation
    Tracy Onega
    Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
    Acad Radiol 17:1217-26. 2010
    ..The aim of this study was to examine radiologists' use and perceptions of computer-aided detection (CAD) and double reading for screening mammography interpretation...
  4. ncbi Determinants of NCI Cancer Center attendance in Medicare patients with lung, breast, colorectal, or prostate cancer
    Tracy Onega
    The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 24:205-10. 2009
    ..S. This study identified determinants of NCI-Cancer Center attendance in Medicare cancer patients...
  5. ncbi Influence of place of residence in access to specialized cancer care for African Americans
    Tracy Onega
    The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
    J Rural Health 26:12-9. 2010
    ..Disparities in cancer care for rural residents and for African Americans have been documented, but the interaction of these factors is not well understood...
  6. ncbi Race versus place of service in mortality among medicare beneficiaries with cancer
    Tracy Onega
    The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
    Cancer 116:2698-706. 2010
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  7. ncbi Matching colonoscopy and pathology data in population-based registries: development of a novel algorithm and the initial experience of the New Hampshire Colonoscopy Registry
    Mary Ann Greene
    Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
    Gastrointest Endosc 74:334-40. 2011
    ..The quality of polyp-level data in a population-based registry depends on the ability to match each polypectomy recorded by the endoscopist to a specific diagnosis on the pathology report...
  8. ncbi Influence of NCI cancer center attendance on mortality in lung, breast, colorectal, and prostate cancer patients
    Tracy Onega
    The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03756, USA
    Med Care Res Rev 66:542-60. 2009
    ..Attendance at NCI cancer centers is associated with a significant survival benefit for the four major cancers among Medicare beneficiaries...
  9. ncbi Radiologist agreement for mammographic recall by case difficulty and finding type
    Tracy Onega
    Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire 03756, USA
    J Am Coll Radiol 9:788-94. 2012
    ..The aim of this study was to assess agreement of mammographic interpretations by community radiologists with consensus interpretations of an expert radiology panel to inform approaches that improve mammographic performance...
  10. ncbi Geographic access to cancer care in the U.S
    Tracy Onega
    The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756, USA
    Cancer 112:909-18. 2008
    ..This study estimated travel time to specialized cancer care settings for the continental U.S. population and calculated per capita oncologist supply...
  11. ncbi Evaluating surveillance breast imaging and biopsy in older breast cancer survivors
    Tracy Onega
    Department of Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine at Darmouth, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Geisel School of Medicine at Darmouth, Lebanon, NH, USA Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
    Int J Breast Cancer 2012:347646. 2012
    ..Conclusions. Breast cancer surveillance patterns for mammography, US, MRI, and related biopsy seem to be associated with age, stage, and treatment, but need a larger evidence-base for clinical recommendations...
  12. ncbi The influence of smoking, gender, and family history on colorectal adenomas
    Tracy Onega
    Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
    J Cancer Epidemiol 2010:509347. 2010
    ..34-1.93). For individuals with a family history of colorectal cancer, smoking does not further increase the risk of adenomas. Smoking duration is linked to occurrence and size of adenoma, especially for men...
  13. ncbi Improving the quality of colorectal cancer screening: assessment of familial risk
    Lynn F Butterly
    Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA
    Dig Dis Sci 55:754-60. 2010
    ..Accuracy of familial risk assessment by endoscopists in determining colonoscopic screening and surveillance intervals is unknown...
  14. ncbi A polygon-based locally-weighted-average method for smoothing disease rates of small units
    Xun Shi
    Department of Geography, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA
    Epidemiology 18:523-8. 2007
    ..Disease rates for geographic areas with small populations may be unstable. Therefore, accurate nonparametric methods for smoothing or stabilizing rates are needed...
  15. ncbi Cancer after total joint arthroplasty: a meta-analysis
    Tracy Onega
    Department of Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Evergreen Center, Suite 300, 46 Centerra Parkway, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15:1532-7. 2006
    ..Although the risks of prostate cancer and melanoma seem to be elevated, there is no obvious mechanism for these associations. Reductions in risk for some malignancies may not be causal...