2020
National Patterns in Prescription Opioid Use and Misuse Among Cancer Survivors in the United States
Jairam V, Yang DX, Verma V, Yu JB, Park HS. National Patterns in Prescription Opioid Use and Misuse Among Cancer Survivors in the United States. JAMA Network Open 2020, 3: e2013605. PMID: 32804217, PMCID: PMC7431994, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.13605.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrescription opioid usePrescription opioid misuseRecent cancer survivorsOpioid useCancer survivorsAdult cancer survivorsOpioid misuseUse disordersHigher prescription opioid useRecent cancer historyCancer-related painHistory of cancerPopulation-based studyNonmelanoma skin cancerDrug use disordersCross-sectional studyAlcohol use disorderLong-term misusePrescription opioidsCancer historyMAIN OUTCOMESkin cancerDrug useYounger ageCancer
2019
Suicide among cancer patients
Zaorsky NG, Zhang Y, Tuanquin L, Bluethmann SM, Park HS, Chinchilli VM. Suicide among cancer patients. Nature Communications 2019, 10: 207. PMID: 30643135, PMCID: PMC6331593, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-08170-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStandardized mortality ratioCancer patientsHigh riskHigher standardized mortality ratiosColorectal cancer patientsEnd Results ProgramPopulation-based studyYears of agePredominant patientsLocalized diseasePerson yearsResults ProgramHodgkin's lymphomaTesticular tumorsMortality ratioRates of suicideGeneral populationPatientsCommitted suicideUnmarried malesLungSuicideRiskRepresentative dataLymphoma
2015
Racial disparities in the use of SBRT for treating early-stage lung cancer
Corso CD, Park HS, Kim AW, Yu JB, Husain Z, Decker RH. Racial disparities in the use of SBRT for treating early-stage lung cancer. Lung Cancer 2015, 89: 133-138. PMID: 26051446, DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2015.05.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStereotactic body radiotherapyUse of SBRTEarly-stage lung cancerBlack patientsExternal beam radiationWhite patientsAggressive therapyLung cancerRacial disparitiesNon-operative cohortNational Cancer DatabaseStage I NSCLCPrimary treatment modalitySurgical resection rateMultivariable logistic regressionPopulation-based studyPotential racial disparitiesInoperable candidatesSBRT useSBRT utilizationInoperable patientsResection rateSurgical resectionMultivariable analysisSurgical intervention