Research Topics | MARGARET MANDELSONSummaryAffiliation: Group Health Cooperative Country: USA Publications
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Breast density as a predictor of mammographic detection: comparison of interval- and screen-detected cancersM T Mandelson
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 92:1081-7. 2000..Cancers diagnosed after a negative mammogram are known as interval cancers. This study investigated whether mammographic breast density is related to the risk of interval cancer...
Colorectal cancer screening participation by older womenM T Mandelson
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, Washington, USA
Am J Prev Med 19:149-54. 2000..Systematic efforts to increase awareness of colorectal cancer (CRC) and to promote screening participation are needed to meet national objectives for CRC control...
Hormone replacement therapy in relation to survival in women diagnosed with colon cancerMargaret T Mandelson
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Cancer Causes Control 14:979-84. 2003....
Outcome of follow-up colon examination among a population-based cohort of colorectal cancer patientsStephen J Rulyak
University of Washington, Division of Gastroenterology, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington 98104, USA
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 5:470-6; quiz 407. 2007..We sought to estimate survival among colorectal cancer patients according to receipt of a follow-up colon examination and to describe the findings of such exams...
Costs and survival of patients with colorectal cancer in a health maintenance organization and a preferred provider organizationMatthew Kerrigan
Department of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle, and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Public Health Sciences Division, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
Med Care 43:1043-8. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: There were differences in the initial treatment of the patients in each health plan, but costs and survival were not significantly different between the 2 plans...
Leptin concentrations, leptin receptor polymorphisms, and colorectal adenoma riskVictoria M Chia
Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109 1024, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 16:2697-703. 2007..There were no associations of leptin receptor genotypes or haplotypes and adenoma risk. The results of this study suggest that, in men, leptin may be associated with risk of colorectal adenomas...
Measures for ascertaining use of colorectal cancer screening in behavioral, health services, and epidemiologic researchSally W Vernon
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 13:898-905. 2004
Health plan policies and programs for colorectal cancer screening: a national profileCarrie N Klabunde
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute NCI, Executive Plaza North Room 4005, 6130 Executive Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20892 7344, USA
Am J Manag Care 10:273-9. 2004..A consensus has emerged that average-risk adults 50 years of age or older should be screened for colorectal cancer (CRC)...
Clinical and sociodemographic factors associated with colon surveillance among patients with a history of colorectal cancerStephen J Rulyak
University of Washington, Department of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
Gastrointest Endosc 59:239-47. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: There is substantial variability in the use of colon examination for surveillance in patients with a history of colorectal cancer, and clinical and sociodemographic factors appear to influence the likelihood of surveillance...
Cancer-attributable costs of diagnosis and care for persons with screen-detected versus symptom-detected colorectal cancerScott D Ramsey
Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Gastroenterology 125:1645-50. 2003..01). CONCLUSIONS: Colorectal cancer screening can substantially reduce prediagnosis evaluation costs. These savings are of interest to health plans and should be factored into cost-effectiveness evaluations of screening programs...
Predictors of sensitivity of clinical breast examination (CBE)Nina Oestreicher
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Breast Cancer Res Treat 76:73-81. 2002..s. age 50-59 years). These findings suggest certain groups of women, for example, obese women and younger women, receive less benefit from CBE...
Ulcerative colitis is a disease of accelerated colon aging: evidence from telomere attrition and DNA damageRosa Ana Risques
Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Gastroenterology 135:410-8. 2008..We explored this hypothesis in ulcerative colitis (UC), a chronic inflammatory disease that predisposes to colorectal cancer and in which shorter telomeres have been associated with chromosomal instability and tumor progression...
Research Grants
- Medical History, Medications, and Pancreatic Cancer RiskMARGARET MANDELSON; Fiscal Year: 2004..abstract_text> ..
- Multi-Center Study of Pancreatic Cancer EtiologyMARGARET MANDELSON; Fiscal Year: 2009..abstract_text> ..
