2023
Timeliness of diagnostic evaluation for postmenopausal bleeding: A retrospective cohort study using claims data
Xu X, Chen L, Nunez-Smith M, Clark M, Wright J. Timeliness of diagnostic evaluation for postmenopausal bleeding: A retrospective cohort study using claims data. PLOS ONE 2023, 18: e0289692. PMID: 37682914, PMCID: PMC10490884, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0289692.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostmenopausal bleedingFirst diagnostic procedureDiagnostic evaluationDiagnostic proceduresGynecologic conditionsMedicaid patientsCox proportional hazards modelPrompt diagnostic evaluationRetrospective cohort studyMarketScan Research DatabasesAdditional risk factorsNon-clinical factorsCommon gynecologic conditionProportional hazards modelLower ratesCohort studyMost patientsPatient characteristicsBenign etiologyGynecologic cancerCancer patientsPreventive careUterine cancerInsurance typeRisk factors
2019
Investigation of HBOC germline mutations in women diagnosed with breast cancer in Trinidad and Tobago.
Parkinson G, Chagpar A, Alleyne-Mike K, Nunez-Smith M, Zhou A, Servais L, Hofstatter E. Investigation of HBOC germline mutations in women diagnosed with breast cancer in Trinidad and Tobago. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2019, 37: 6574-6574. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2019.37.15_suppl.6574.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFemale breast cancer patientsBreast cancer patientsNCCN criteriaCancer patientsGenetic counselingHigher breast cancer mortality ratesYounger ageHBOC testingBreast cancer mortality ratesOvarian cancer syndromeBreast cancer treatmentBreast cancer casesCancer mortality ratesYears of ageTesting servicesFurther genetic counselingPre-test counselingBreast cancer diagnosisNCCN guidelinesChart reviewFemale patientsOncology unitBreast cancerCancer casesFamily history