2022
International patterns and trends of childhood and adolescent cancer, 1978-2012
Zhao Y, Sun P, Xiao J, Jin L, Ma N, Li Z, Feng G, Huang H, Deziel N, Ma X, Ni X, Zhang Y. International patterns and trends of childhood and adolescent cancer, 1978-2012. Journal Of The National Cancer Center 2022, 2: 78-89. PMID: 39034956, PMCID: PMC11256536, DOI: 10.1016/j.jncc.2022.02.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCancer incidence ratesIncidence rateCancer incidenceMalignant central nervous system tumorsCentral nervous system tumorsOverall childhood cancerIncidence of lymphomaNervous system tumorsLeukemia incidence ratesSystem tumorsTesticular cancerChildhood cancerThyroid cancerAdolescent cancerKidney cancerJoinpoint regressionCancer incidentsAge groupsCancerCancer typesIncidenceTemporal trendsMethods DataAdolescentsChildren
2014
Evolution of Breast Cancer Screening in the Medicare Population: Clinical and Economic Implications
Killelea BK, Long JB, Chagpar AB, Ma X, Wang R, Ross JS, Gross CP. Evolution of Breast Cancer Screening in the Medicare Population: Clinical and Economic Implications. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 2014, 106: dju159. PMID: 25031307, PMCID: PMC4155428, DOI: 10.1093/jnci/dju159.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnd Results-MedicareBreast cancer stageCohort of womenEarly-stage tumorsBreast cancer screeningAdjunct imagingSignificant changesCancer screeningCancer stageIncidence rateBreast cancerAdjunct procedureOlder womenMedicare populationMedicare beneficiariesClinical practiceComputer-aided detectionPoisson regressionNational feeCohortBreast ultrasoundWomenEarlier cohortsLater cohortsMedicare spending
2007
Myelodysplastic syndromes
Ma X, Does M, Raza A, Mayne ST. Myelodysplastic syndromes. Cancer 2007, 109: 1536-1542. PMID: 17345612, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.22570.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurvival of patientsOutcome of MDSMyelodysplastic syndromeDescriptive epidemiologic dataHigh incidence rateIncident casesIncidence rateEpidemiologic dataRisk of MDSPopulation-based databaseEnd Results ProgramCancer Reporting SystemPopulation-based cancer reporting systemsPublic-use databaseMDS survivalWorse survivalMale patientsMDS patientsRefractory anemiaResults ProgramClinical subtypesSEER dataSEER programMDS casesPatients