2012
Effect of Massachusetts health insurance reform on mammography use and breast cancer stage at diagnosis
Keating NL, Kouri EM, He Y, West DW, Winer EP. Effect of Massachusetts health insurance reform on mammography use and breast cancer stage at diagnosis. Cancer 2012, 119: 250-258. PMID: 22833148, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.27757.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPropensity-weighted cohortsMammography ratesStage I breast cancerBehavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System surveyInsurance expansionStage I cancerI breast cancerBreast cancer stageCancer registry dataUse of mammographyRate of diagnosisRates of mammographyPropensity score analysisRates of uninsuranceHigher uninsurance ratesBreast cancer diagnosisHealth insurance expansionsI cancerCancer stageBreast cancerMammography useRegistry dataCalifornia womenMassachusetts womenDiagnosis
2008
Trends in Racial and Age Disparities in Definitive Local Therapy of Early-Stage Breast Cancer
Freedman RA, He Y, Winer EP, Keating NL. Trends in Racial and Age Disparities in Definitive Local Therapy of Early-Stage Breast Cancer. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2008, 27: 713-719. PMID: 19103731, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2008.17.9234.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDefinitive local therapyBreast-conserving surgeryEarly-stage breast cancerLocal therapyBreast cancerHispanic womenStage I/II breast cancerEnd Results registry dataAsian womenReceipt of radiationMultivariate logistic regressionBreast cancer therapyRace/ethnicityMastectomy ratesTherapy ratesBreast conservationAdjusted analysisRegistry dataWomen 61Stage ITherapyAdult womenLogistic regressionCancerStudy period