2022
Social Support, social ties, and cognitive function of women with breast cancer: findings from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) Life and Longevity After Cancer (LILAC) Study
Yang Y, McLaughlin E, Naughton M, Lustberg M, Nolan T, Kroenke C, Weitlauf J, Saquib N, Shadyab A, Follis S, Pan K, Paskett E. Social Support, social ties, and cognitive function of women with breast cancer: findings from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) Life and Longevity After Cancer (LILAC) Study. Supportive Care In Cancer 2022, 31: 48. PMID: 36525119, PMCID: PMC9758078, DOI: 10.1007/s00520-022-07505-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWomen's Health Initiative (WHI) LifeBreast cancerMedian cognitive scoresCognitive functionCognitive scoresBreast cancer stage IMedical Outcomes Study Social Support SurveySocial supportCognitive functioningCancer stage IHigher social support scoresSocial Support SurveyMultivariable quantile regressionHigher cognitive functioningNon-Hispanic whitesSelf-reported cognitive functioningSocial support scoresMajority of participantsBaseline questionnaireCancer cohortHigh riskMethodsThe studyKruskal-Wallis testStage IHigh social support
2020
Association of pre-existing mental illness with all-cause and cancer-specific mortality among Medicare beneficiaries with pancreatic cancer
Paredes AZ, Hyer JM, Tsilimigras DI, Palmer E, Lustberg MB, Dillhoff ME, Cloyd JM, Tsung A, Ejaz A, Wells-Di Gregorio S, Pawlik TM. Association of pre-existing mental illness with all-cause and cancer-specific mortality among Medicare beneficiaries with pancreatic cancer. Hepato Pancreato Biliary 2020, 23: 451-458. PMID: 32843275, DOI: 10.1016/j.hpb.2020.08.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer-specific mortalityLong-term outcomesPancreatic cancerMental illnessPre-existing mental illnessSchizophrenic disordersHigh riskMedicare beneficiariesCancer-directed surgerySEER-Medicare databasePre-existing historyAnxiety/depressionEarly-stage cancerCause mortalityMultivariable analysisPancreatic adenocarcinomaStage cancerPsychotic disordersPatientsBipolar disorderIllnessCancerMortalityDisordersDepression