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2. Development of a patient decision aid for the management of superficial basal cell carcinoma (BCC) in adults with a limited life expectancy
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L. Morrison, Louise C. Walter, Meghan C. Halley, N. Shukla, Jeanette S. Torres, A. Junn, Mary-Margaret Chren, Daniel D. Matlock, Dominick L. Frosch, and Eleni Linos
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Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Skin Neoplasms ,Patients ,Clinical Decision-Making ,Health Informatics ,lcsh:Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics ,Health informatics ,Decision Support Techniques ,Superficial basal cell carcinoma ,Interviews as Topic ,030207 dermatology & venereal diseases ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Life Expectancy ,medicine ,Decision aids ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Shared decision making ,Aged ,Aged, 80 and over ,business.industry ,Health Policy ,Cognition ,Focus Groups ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Focus group ,Computer Science Applications ,Values clarification ,Decision aid ,Carcinoma, Basal Cell ,Family medicine ,Older adults ,Basal cell carcinoma ,Life expectancy ,lcsh:R858-859.7 ,Skin cancer ,business ,Research Article - Abstract
Background Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is a slow-growing, rarely lethal skin cancer that affects people 65 years or older. A range of treatment options exist for BCC, but there is little evidence available to guide patients and providers in selecting the best treatment options. Objectives This study outlines the development of a patient decision aid (PDA) for low-risk BCC that can be used by patients and providers to assist in shared decision-making. Methods In accordance with the International Patient Decision Aids Standards (IPDAS) Collaboration framework, feedback from focus groups and semi-structured interviews with patients and providers, an initial prototype of the PDA was developed. This was tested using cognitive interviews and iteratively updated. Results We created eighteen different iterations using feedback from 24 patients and 34 providers. The key issues identified included: 1) Addressing fear of cancer; 2) Communicating risk and uncertainty; 3) Values clarification; and 4) Time lag to benefit. Limitations The PDA does not include all possible treatment options and is currently paper based. Conclusions Our PDA has been specifically adapted and designed to support patients with a limited life expectancy in making decisions about their low risk BCC together with their doctors.
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- 2020
3. Active Surveillance as a Management Option for Low-risk Basal Cell Carcinoma
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Eleni Linos and Mary-Margaret Chren
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Oncology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Skin Neoplasms ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Patient Selection ,MEDLINE ,Patient Preference ,medicine.disease ,Risk Assessment ,Telemedicine ,Article ,Patient Care Management ,Carcinoma, Basal Cell ,Internal medicine ,Internal Medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Basal cell carcinoma ,business ,Watchful Waiting ,Watchful waiting ,Neoplasm Staging - Published
- 2021
4. Hidradenitis suppurativa encounters in a national electronic health record database notable for low dermatology utilization, infrequent biologic prescriptions, and frequent opiate prescriptions
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Megan H. Noe, Robert G. Micheletti, Mackenzie R. Wehner, David J. Margolis, Haley B. Naik, and Eleni Linos
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Databases, Factual ,Cross-sectional study ,MEDLINE ,Dermatology ,Drug Prescriptions ,Article ,Young Adult ,Electronic health record ,Electronic Health Records ,Humans ,Medicine ,Hidradenitis suppurativa ,Young adult ,Medical prescription ,Child ,Biological Products ,business.industry ,Opiate Alkaloids ,Infant, Newborn ,Infant ,Middle Aged ,Patient Acceptance of Health Care ,medicine.disease ,United States ,Hidradenitis Suppurativa ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Child, Preschool ,Family medicine ,Female ,business - Published
- 2020
5. Anxiety Levels Among Physician Mothers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Lisa C. Diamond, Monika K Goyal, Kristan Olazo, Meghan C. Halley, Reshma Jagsi, Urmimala Sarkar, Eleni Linos, Christina Mangurian, Kusum S Mathews, Hala Sabry, and Elizabeth Linos
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medicine.medical_specialty ,education ,Mothers ,Context (language use) ,PsycINFO ,Anxiety ,Stress ,Medical and Health Sciences ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Physicians ,Pandemic ,medicine ,Humans ,Health Care Workplace ,Women ,Pandemics ,Psychiatry ,business.industry ,SARS-CoV-2 ,Psychology and Cognitive Sciences ,COVID-19 ,medicine.disease ,Institutional review board ,Mental health ,Anxiety Disorders ,United States ,030227 psychiatry ,Coronavirus ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Family medicine ,Cohort ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Anxiety disorder - Abstract
The letter presents a study on the impact of COVID-19 on mental health of physician mothers To quantify the mental health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on a predominantly U S cohort of physician mothers, authors surveyed the Physician Moms Group on Facebook from April 18 to April 29, 2020, after receiving approval from the institutional review board at Stanford University The rates of anxiety among physician mothers in this study appear substantial;for context, in the general U S population in normal circumstances, about 19% of adults had any anxiety disorder in the past year (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)
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- 2021
6. Quality and engagement of online hidradenitis suppurativa information
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N. Shukla, Justin L. Jia, Aydin Kaghazchi, Haley B. Naik, Eleni Linos, and Maia Paul
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medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,MEDLINE ,Dermatology ,medicine.disease ,RL1-803 ,Research Letter ,medicine ,Quality (business) ,Hidradenitis suppurativa ,Intensive care medicine ,business ,media_common - Published
- 2021
7. Skin cancer in skin of color: A cross-sectional study investigating gaps in prevention campaigns on social media
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Jenna C. Lester, Patrick K. Lee, Anna Tomz, Sungat K. Grewal, Eleni Linos, and Vidhatha Reddy
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Skin Neoplasms ,business.industry ,Cross-sectional study ,MEDLINE ,Skin Pigmentation ,Dermatology ,Health Promotion ,medicine.disease ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Family medicine ,Medicine ,Humans ,Social media ,Mass Media ,Skin cancer ,business ,Social Media ,Skin - Published
- 2020
8. Identifying barriers to care and research in hidradenitis suppurativa: findings from a patient engagement event
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A. Taylor, Maia Paul, T.S. Long, N. Shukla, A.C. Thompson, Haley B. Naik, Christine A. Yannuzzi, V. Hester, S. Guilbault, Meghan C. Halley, Michelle A. Lowes, Eleni Linos, and C. Aguilar
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medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Event (relativity) ,Patient engagement ,Dermatology ,medicine.disease ,Health Services Accessibility ,Article ,Hidradenitis Suppurativa ,Medicine ,Humans ,Hidradenitis suppurativa ,Patient Participation ,business ,Intensive care medicine - Published
- 2019
9. Improving the Value of Medical Care for Patients with Back Pain
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Terry Platchek, Sierra R Matula, Eleni Linos, Arthur Wood, Arnold Milstein, and Lawrence Huan
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medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Perspective & Commentary ,Chronic pain ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Medical care ,Patient Care Management ,Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine ,Back Pain ,Physical therapy ,medicine ,Back pain ,Humans ,Pain Management ,Neurology (clinical) ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Value (mathematics) - Published
- 2017
10. Distinct clinicopathological and prognostic features of thin nodular primary melanomas: an international study from 17 centers
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Eduardo Nagore, Claus Garbe, Sabina Zurac, Ricardo Vieira, Iris Zalaudek, Evangelos Evangelou, Niki Dimou, Alan C. Geller, Jeffrey E. Gershenwald, Teresa Deinlein, David Moreno Ramirez, Ana Brinca, Lidija Kandolf-Sekulović, Axel Hauschild, Pietro Quaglino, Lauren E. Haydu, Alexander J. Stratigos, Serigne Lo, Ulrike Keim, Grigorios Champsas, Ketty Peris, Brigitte Dréno, Richard A. Scolyer, A. Stergiopoulou, Friederike Egberts, Mihaela Plaka, Tatjana Radević, Laura Meister, John F. Thompson, Roland Kaufmann, Josep Malvehy, Laura Del Regno, E. Varey, Simone Ribero, Joanna Mangana, Eleni Linos, A.M. Forsea, Clio Dessinioti, Victor Traves, Susana Puig, Reinhard Dummer, Dessinioti, C, Dimou, N, Geller, Ac, Stergiopoulou, A, LO PRESTI, SOPHIA NICOLE, Keim, U, Gershenwald, Je, Haydu, Le, Ribero, S, Quaglino, P, Puig, S, Malvehy, J, Kandolf-Sekulovic, L, Radevic, T, Kaufmann, R, Meister, L, Nagore, E, Traves, V, Champsas, Gg, Plaka, M, Dreno, B, Varey, E, Ramirez, Dm, Dummer, R, Mangana, J, Hauschild, A, Egberts, F, Peris, K, Del Regno, L, Forsea, Am, Zurac, Sa, Vieira, R, Brinca, A, Zalaudek, I, Deinlein, T, Linos, E, Evangelou, E, Thompson, Jf, Scolyer, Ra, Garbe, C, and Stratigos, Aj.
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Male ,Cancer Research ,Skin Neoplasms ,mitotic rate ,Kaplan-Meier Estimate ,Gastroenterology ,030207 dermatology & venereal diseases ,0302 clinical medicine ,Odds Ratio ,Melanoma ,Articles ,Middle Aged ,Tumor Burden ,Europe ,superficial spreading melanoma ,nodular melanoma ,Oncology ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Female ,Settore MED/35 - MALATTIE CUTANEE E VENEREE ,Cutaneous melanoma ,prognosi ,Breslow thickness ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Nodular melanoma ,survival ,Breslow thickne ,Breslow Thickness ,03 medical and health sciences ,Internal medicine ,Confidence Intervals ,Mitotic Index ,medicine ,Humans ,Nevus ,1112 Oncology and Carcinogenesis ,Oncology & Carcinogenesis ,melanoma subtype ,pathology ,prognosis ,ulceration ,Retrospective Studies ,business.industry ,Australia ,Odds ratio ,medicine.disease ,United States ,Confidence interval ,Superficial spreading melanoma ,Logistic Models ,Multivariate Analysis ,business - Abstract
Background Nodular melanoma (NM) is more likely to be fatal compared with other melanoma subtypes, an effect attributed to its greater Breslow thickness. Methods Clinicopathological features of NM and superficial spreading melanoma (SSM) diagnosed in 17 centers in Europe (n = 15), the United States, and Australia between 2006 and 2015, were analyzed by multivariable logistic regression analysis, with emphasis on thin (T1 ≤ 1.0 mm) melanomas. Cox analysis assessed melanoma-specific survival. All statistical tests were two sided. Results In all, 20 132 melanomas (NM: 5062, SSM: 15 070) were included. Compared with T1 SSM, T1 NM was less likely to have regression (odds ratio [OR] = 0.46, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.29 to 0.72) or nevus remnants histologically (OR = 0.60, 95% CI = 0.42 to 0.85), and more likely to have mitoses (OR = 1.97, 95% CI = 1.33 to 2.93) and regional metastasis (OR = 1.77, 95% CI = 1.02 to 3.05). T1 NM had a higher mitotic rate than T1 SSM (adjusted geometric mean = 2.2, 95% CI = 1.9 to 2.5 vs 1.6, 95% CI = 1.5 to 1.7 per mm2, P Conclusions T1 NM (compared with T1 SSM) was associated with a constellation of aggressive characteristics that may confer a worse prognosis. Our results indicate NM is a high-risk melanoma subtype that should be considered for inclusion in future prognostic classifications of melanoma.
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- 2019
11. Social media recruitment for mental health research: A systematic review
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Ned H. Kalin, Mauricio Tohen, William M. McDonald, Drew Ramsey, Christina Mangurian, Linda L. Carpenter, Carolyn I. Rodriguez, Adrienne Grzenda, Eleni Linos, Alik S. Widge, Catherine Sanchez, Andrea Varias, Maria Filippou-Frye, Charles B. Nemeroff, and Glenn Martin
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Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,lcsh:RC435-571 ,Clinical Sciences ,MEDLINE ,Article ,Social media ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Clinical Research ,Advertising ,lcsh:Psychiatry ,Research participant ,Behavioral and Social Science ,medicine ,Humans ,Psychiatry ,Research ,medicine.disease ,Mental health ,Brain Disorders ,030227 psychiatry ,Substance abuse ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Clinical Psychology ,Good Health and Well Being ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Mental Health ,Incentive ,Mood disorders ,Research Design ,Family medicine ,Recruitment ,Psychology ,Social Media ,Inclusion (education) ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Background Social media holds exciting promise for advancing mental health research recruitment, however, the extent and efficacy to which these platforms are currently in use are underexplored. Objective A systematic review was conducted to characterize the current use and efficacy of social media in recruiting participants for mental health research. Method A literature review was performed using MEDLINE, EMBASE, and PsychINFO. Only non-duplicative manuscripts written in the English language and published between 1/1/2004–3/31/2019 were selected for further screening. Data extracted included study type and design, participant inclusion criteria, social media platform, advertising strategy, final recruited sample size, recruitment location, year, monetary incentives, comparison to other recruitment methods if performed, and final cost per participant. Results A total of 176 unique studies that used social media for mental health research recruitment were reviewed. The majority of studies were cross-sectional (62.5%) in design and recruited adults. Facebook was overwhelmingly the recruitment platform of choice (92.6%), with the use of paid advertisements being the predominant strategy (60.8%). Of the reviewed studies, substance abuse (43.8%) and mood disorders (15.3%) were the primary subjects of investigation. In 68.3% of studies, social media recruitment performed as well as or better than traditional recruitment methods in the number and cost of final enrolled participants. The majority of studies used Facebook for recruitment at a median cost per final recruited study participant of $19.47. In 55.6% of the studies, social media recruitment was the more cost-effective recruitment method when compared to traditional methods (e.g., referrals, mailing). Conclusion Social media appears to be an effective and economical recruitment tool for mental health research. The platform raises methodological and privacy concerns not covered in current research regulations that warrant additional consideration.
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- 2020
12. Skin Cancer in U.S. Elderly Adults: Does Life Expectancy Play a Role in Treatment Decisions?
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Irena Stijacic Cenzer, Mary-Margaret Chren, Eleni Linos, and Kenneth E. Covinsky
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Gerontology ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Activities of daily living ,Cross-sectional study ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Cancer ,medicine.disease ,Comorbidity ,3. Good health ,030207 dermatology & venereal diseases ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Electrodesiccation and curettage ,Mohs surgery ,medicine ,Life expectancy ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Geriatrics and Gerontology ,Skin cancer ,business - Abstract
Objectives To examine whether life expectancy influences treatment pattern of nonmelanoma skin cancer, or keratinocyte carcinoma (KC), the most common malignancy and the fifth most costly cancer to Medicare. Design Nationally representative cross-sectional study. Setting Nationally representative Health and Retirement Study linked to Medicare claims. Participants Treatments (N = 9,653) from individuals aged 65 and older treated for basal or squamous cell carcinoma between 1992 and 2012 (N = 2,702) were included. Measurements Limited life expectancy defined according to aged 85 and older, medical comorbidities, Charlson Comorbidity Index score of 3 or greater, difficulty in at least one activity of daily living (ADL), and a Lee index of 13 or greater. Treatment type (Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) (most intensive, highest cost), excision, or electrodesiccation and curettage (ED&C) (least intensive, lowest cost)), according to procedure code. Results Most KCs (61%) were treated surgically. Rates of MMS (19%), excision (42%), and EDC participants who died within 1 year of diagnosis were treated in the same way as those who lived longer. Conclusion A one-size-fits-all approach in which advanced age, health status, functional status, and prognosis are not associated with intensiveness of treatment appears to guide treatment for KC, a generally nonfatal condition. Although intensive treatment of skin cancer when it causes symptoms may be indicated regardless of life expectancy, persons with limited life expectancy should be given choices to ensure that the treatment matches their goals and preferences.
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- 2016
13. 452 Limited readability and accuracy of patient facing google search results for Hidradenitis Suppurativa
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J. Jia, Eleni Linos, N. Admassu, Haley B. Naik, and N. Shukla
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medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Medicine ,Hidradenitis suppurativa ,Cell Biology ,Dermatology ,business ,medicine.disease ,Molecular Biology ,Biochemistry ,Readability - Published
- 2020
14. Sunscreens, cancer, and protecting our planet
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Natalia Linou, Jayden Galamgam, and Eleni Linos
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Conservation of Natural Resources ,Health (social science) ,Skin Neoplasms ,Earth, Planet ,Health Policy ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Medicine (miscellaneous) ,Cancer ,010501 environmental sciences ,Biology ,medicine.disease ,01 natural sciences ,Astrobiology ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Planet ,medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Sunscreening Agents ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences - Published
- 2018
15. Outcomes and Risk Factors in Patients with Multiple Primary Melanomas
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Joseph McGuire, Maria L. Wei, Mary-Margaret Chren, Juliana Rocha de Souza, Nicholas P. Jewell, Rasnik Singh, Barbara Grimes, Ann Griffin, Adi Nosrati, Eleni Linos, and Wesley Y. Yu
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0301 basic medicine ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Skin Neoplasms ,Time Factors ,Population ,Dermatology ,Biochemistry ,Risk Assessment ,Article ,Neoplasms, Multiple Primary ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Risk Factors ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,In patient ,Registries ,education ,neoplasms ,Molecular Biology ,Melanoma ,Neoplasm Staging ,Retrospective Studies ,education.field_of_study ,business.industry ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,Incidence ,Hazard ratio ,Retrospective cohort study ,Cell Biology ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Prognosis ,Confidence interval ,United States ,Survival Rate ,030104 developmental biology ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Female ,Risk assessment ,business - Abstract
The incidence and patient survival rates of melanoma have increased over the last several decades, with a growing population of patients who develop multiple primary melanomas (MPMs). To determine risk factors for developing MPMs and compare the survival of patients with MPMs to those with single primary melanomas, a prospective, multidisciplinary database of patients with melanoma at a single tertiary care institution was retrospectively reviewed. From 1985 to 2013, 6,963 patients with single primary melanomas and 305 patients with MPMs were identified. Mean follow-up was 8.3 ± 6.3 years for patients with single primary melanomas and 8.8 ± 5.9 years for patients with MPMs. Risk of developing multiple melanomas increased with age at diagnosis of first melanoma (hazard ratio [HR] = 1.20 for a 10-year increase in age, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.11–1.29, P < 0.001), male sex (HR = 1.44, 95% CI = 1.12–1.84, P = 0.005), and white race (HR = 3.07, 95% CI = 1.45–6.51). Patients with invasive MPMs had increased risk of melanoma-specific death both before (HR = 1.47, 95% CI = 1.0–2.2) and after adjusting for age, sex, site, race, family history of melanoma, personal history of other cancer, and Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program (SEER) stage (HR = 1.44, 95% CI = 0.95–2.2); however, this result did not reach statistical significance.
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- 2018
16. Geriatric Dermatology-A Framework for Caring for Older Patients With Skin Disease
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Eleni Linos, Mary-Margaret Chren, and Kenneth E. Covinsky
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medicine.medical_specialty ,MEDLINE ,Disease ,Comorbidity ,Dermatology ,Geriatric dermatology ,Skin Diseases ,Article ,030207 dermatology & venereal diseases ,03 medical and health sciences ,Social support ,0302 clinical medicine ,Cognition ,Older patients ,medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Aged ,Geriatrics ,Polypharmacy ,business.industry ,Social Support ,medicine.disease ,Family medicine ,business - Published
- 2018
17. USPSTF Recommendations for Behavioral Counseling for Skin Cancer Prevention: Throwing Shade on UV Radiation
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Sherry L. Pagoto and Eleni Linos
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Adult ,Counseling ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Skin Neoplasms ,Adolescent ,Ultraviolet Rays ,Health Behavior ,Advisory Committees ,Sunburn ,Skin Pigmentation ,Article ,030207 dermatology & venereal diseases ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Risk Factors ,Preventive Health Services ,Internal Medicine ,Medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Child ,Risk reduction counseling ,business.industry ,medicine.disease ,Skin Cancer Prevention ,Physical therapy ,Self-Examination ,Skin cancer ,business ,Precancerous Conditions ,Sunscreening Agents ,Throwing - Abstract
Exposure to UV radiation, especially in childhood, increases skin cancer risk.To systematically review the evidence on the benefits and harms of behavioral counseling for skin cancer prevention to inform the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF).Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, MEDLINE, and PubMed were searched for studies published from January 2009 to March 31, 2016, for skin cancer prevention and from August 2005 to March 31, 2016, for skin self-examination. Surveillance in targeted publications was conducted through February 14, 2018. Studies included in previous USPSTF reports were reevaluated for inclusion.Fair- and good-quality studies of primary care-relevant behavioral interventions focused on improving skin cancer outcomes, intermediate outcomes, or skin cancer prevention and self-examination behaviors.Two investigators independently reviewed abstracts and full-text articles and extracted data into evidence tables. Results were qualitatively summarized but not pooled because of heterogeneity of measures.Skin cancer, sunburn, precursor skin lesions, sun protection behaviors, and any harms from interventions.Twenty-one trials in 27 publications were included (N = 20 561). No studies assessed skin cancer outcomes in pediatric populations; 1 adult trial (n = 1356) promoting skin self-examination found no significant difference in participants diagnosed with melanoma in the intervention group vs the control group at 12-month follow-up (0 vs 1 diagnosis). There was no consistent improvement in prevention of sunburn for children (3 trials [n = 2508]) or adults (6 trials [n = 3959]). There were small to moderate increases in sun protection behavior in pediatric populations (6 trials [n = 4252]) and adults (12 trials [n = 13 099]) and small increases in skin self-examination in adults (11 trials [n = 7771]; odds ratios, 1.16-2.6). One of 3 trials of indoor tanning found an intervention effect; an appearance-focused intervention (n = 430) resulted in a smaller increase in mean indoor tanning sessions at 6 months in the intervention group vs the control group. Harms were rarely reported: 1 trial of skin self-examination (n = 1356) found an increase in skin procedures in the intervention group vs the control group at 6 months (8.0% vs 3.6%, P .001) but not between 6 and 12 months (3.9% vs 3.3%, P = .50), and 1 trial (n = 217) found no between-group difference in skin cancer worry (28.9% vs 18.4%, P = .16).Behavioral interventions can increase sun protection behavior, but there is no consistent evidence that interventions are associated with a reduction in the frequency of sunburn in children or adults and minimal evidence on skin cancer outcomes. Intervention can increase skin self-examination in adults but may lead to increased skin procedures without detecting additional atypical nevi or skin cancers.
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- 2018
18. Point: Care of potential low-risk basal cell carcinomas (BCCs) at the end of life
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Timothy G. Berger, Eleni Linos, and Mary-Margaret Chren
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Oncology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Basal cell carcinoma ,Basal cell ,Dermatology ,Skin cancer ,medicine.disease ,business - Published
- 2015
19. Using Social Media to Target Cancer Prevention in Young Adults: Viewpoint
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Courtney R. Lyles, Eleni Linos, Danielle E. Ramo, Urmimala Sarkar, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, and Gem M. Le
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Gerontology ,Male ,020205 medical informatics ,Adolescent ,social media ,Population ,prevention & control ,Health Informatics ,02 engineering and technology ,Social and Behavioral Sciences ,03 medical and health sciences ,Young Adult ,0302 clinical medicine ,Viewpoint ,Digital native ,Neoplasms ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,medicine ,Medicine and Health Sciences ,Humans ,cancer ,Social media ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Young adult ,education ,education.field_of_study ,Cancer prevention ,behavior ,Cancer ,medicine.disease ,3. Good health ,Health promotion ,Life course approach ,Female ,Psychology - Abstract
Focusing on primary cancer prevention can reduce its incidence. Changing health behaviors is critical to cancer prevention. Modifiable cancer risk factors include lifestyle behaviors related to vaccination, physical activity, weight control and maintenance, alcohol consumption, and tobacco use. These health habits are often formed in young adulthood, a life stage which currently intersects with the growing population of digital natives whose childhood occurred in the internet era. Social media is a critical communication medium to reach this population of digital natives. Using a life course perspective, the purpose of this viewpoint paper is to describe the current landscape of nascent research using social media to target cancer prevention efforts in young adults and propose future directions to strengthen the scientific knowledge supporting social media strategies to promote cancer prevention behaviors. Leveraging social media as a health promotion tool is a promising strategy to impact modifiable behavioral risk factors for cancer and warrants further research on developing effective communication strategies in young adults to prevent cancer in the future generations.
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- 2017
20. Teens, Tweets, and Tanning Beds: Rethinking the Use of Social Media for Skin Cancer Prevention
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A. Falzone, Mackenzie R. Wehner, Claire D. Brindis, Mary-Margaret Chren, A. Junn, Eleni Linos, and Sherry L. Pagoto
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Gerontology ,Male ,and promotion of well-being ,Skin Neoplasms ,Epidemiology ,Medical and Health Sciences ,030207 dermatology & venereal diseases ,0302 clinical medicine ,Risk Factors ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Young adult ,Melanoma ,media_common ,Skin ,Cancer ,Pediatric ,integumentary system ,Sunbathing ,Incidence ,Age Factors ,Risk factor (computing) ,3. Good health ,Female ,Public Health ,Psychosocial ,Adult ,Ultraviolet Rays ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Legislation ,Health Promotion ,Article ,Peer Group ,Beauty Culture ,Education ,03 medical and health sciences ,Young Adult ,Sex Factors ,Clinical Research ,Behavioral and Social Science ,medicine ,Humans ,Social media ,business.industry ,Prevention ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Peer group ,medicine.disease ,Prevention of disease and conditions ,United States ,Beauty ,3.1 Primary prevention interventions to modify behaviours or promote wellbeing ,Skin cancer ,business ,Social Media ,3.1 Primary prevention interventions to modify behaviours or promote well-being - Abstract
© 2017 American Journal of Preventive Medicine The incidence of skin cancer is rising in the U.S., and melanoma, the deadliest form, is increasing disproportionately among young white women. Indoor tanning is a modifiable risk factor for all skin cancers and continues to be used at the highest rates in young white women. Adolescents and young adults report personal appearance–based reasons for using indoor tanning. Previous research has explored the influences on tanning bed use, including individual factors as well as relationships with peers, family, schools, media influences, legislation, and societal beauty norms. Adolescents and young adults also have high rates of social media usage, and research is emerging on how best to utilize these platforms for prevention. Social media has the potential to be a cost-effective way to reach large numbers of young people and target messages at characteristics of specific audiences. Recent prevention efforts have shown that comprehensive prevention campaigns that include technology and social media are promising in reducing rates of indoor tanning among young adults. This review examines the literature on psychosocial influences on indoor tanning among adolescents and young adults, and highlights ways in which technology and social media can be used for prevention efforts.
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- 2017
21. Correlation Among Cancer Incidence and Mortality Rates and Internet Searches in the United States
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Mackenzie R. Wehner, Kevin T. Nead, and Eleni Linos
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Pathology ,020205 medical informatics ,Cross-sectional study ,Colorectal cancer ,Population ,Information Seeking Behavior ,02 engineering and technology ,Dermatology ,Disease ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Internal medicine ,Neoplasms ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,education ,Thyroid cancer ,education.field_of_study ,Internet ,business.industry ,Mortality rate ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,Brief Report ,Incidence ,Cancer ,medicine.disease ,United States ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,business - Abstract
Importance Population-level disease metrics are critical to guide the distribution of resources and implementation of public health initiatives. Internet search data reflect population interest in health topics and may be an alternative metric of disease characteristics when traditional sources are lacking, such as in basal and squamous cell carcinomas, which are not included in national cancer registries. However, these data are not yet well validated or understood. Objective To evaluate whether state-specific normalized internet search volume correlates with incidence and mortality rates of common cancers in the United States, including melanoma. Design, Setting, and Participants This was a cross-sectional analysis of Google search volume index data and US cancer incidences and mortalities of 8 of the most incident cancers in the United States in 2009 to 2013, at the state level, per the National Program of Cancer Registries. Participants were people performing Google searches and patients diagnosed as having cancers reported to cancer registries. Main Outcomes and Measures Correlation between Google search volumes, normalized to total Google search volume, and National Program of Cancer Registries recorded cancer incidence and mortality rates. Results By state, relative Google search volume statistically significantly correlated with cancer incidence rates in 5 of 8 commonly diagnosed cancers in the United States (colon cancer: R = 0.61; P R = 0.73; P R = 0.51; P R = 0.36; P = .01; and thyroid cancer: R = 0.30; P = .03). For 4 of those 5 cancers (colon cancer: R = 0.61; P R = 0.62; P R = 0.38; P = .006; and melanoma: R = 0.31; P = .03), relative Google search volume also correlated with mortality rates. Conclusions and Relevance Population-level internet search behavior may be a valuable real-time tool to estimate cancer incidence and mortality rates, especially for cancers not included in national registries, such as basal and squamous cell carcinomas.
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- 2017
22. Diet and psoriasis, part II: Celiac disease and role of a gluten-free diet
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Wilson Liao, Jillian W. Millsop, John Koo, Eleni Linos, Bhavnit K. Bhatia, and Maya Debbaneh
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Immunoglobulin A ,chemistry.chemical_classification ,biology ,business.industry ,nutritional and metabolic diseases ,Dermatology ,Disease ,medicine.disease ,Gluten ,digestive system diseases ,Serology ,chemistry ,Psoriasis ,Severity of illness ,Immunology ,medicine ,biology.protein ,Gluten free ,business ,Gliadin - Abstract
Patients with psoriasis have been shown to have a higher prevalence of other autoimmune diseases including celiac disease, a condition marked by sensitivity to dietary gluten. A number of studies suggest that psoriasis and celiac disease share common genetic and inflammatory pathways. Here we review the epidemiologic association between psoriasis and celiac disease and perform a meta-analysis to determine whether patients with psoriasis more frequently harbor serologic markers of celiac disease. We also examine whether a gluten-free diet can improve psoriatic skin disease.
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23. Natural history of lesions suspicious for basal cell carcinoma in older adults in Ikaria, Greece
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I Koutelidas, Mary-Margaret Chren, Barbara A. Koenig, N. Dalma, A. Pare-Anastasiadou, N Aji, Eleni Linos, Mackenzie R. Wehner, Jean Y. Tang, C. Landefeld, Kenneth E. Covinsky, and Claudia Teng
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Skin Neoplasms ,Biopsy ,MEDLINE ,Pilot Projects ,Dermatology ,Article ,030207 dermatology & venereal diseases ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Photography ,Carcinoma ,Humans ,Medicine ,Basal cell carcinoma ,Longitudinal Studies ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Skin pathology ,Skin ,Aged, 80 and over ,Greece ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Incidence ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,Follow up studies ,medicine.disease ,Natural history ,Carcinoma, Basal Cell ,Female ,business ,Follow-Up Studies - Published
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24. Knowledge, Motivations, and Practices Regarding Indoor Tanning Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in the San Francisco Bay Area
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Natnaelle Admassu, Niko Pascua, L. Morrison, Kenneth A. Katz, Julia F. Simard, Eleni Linos, and Henry F. Raymond
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Adult ,Male ,Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ,GeneralLiterature_INTRODUCTORYANDSURVEY ,Cross-sectional study ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) ,MEDLINE ,Dermatology ,medicine.disease_cause ,Article ,Men who have sex with men ,Sexual and Gender Minorities ,Young Adult ,030207 dermatology & venereal diseases ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Environmental health ,Humans ,Medicine ,Homosexuality ,Young adult ,Aged ,media_common ,Motivation ,Sunbathing ,business.industry ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Substance abuse ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,ComputingMethodologies_PATTERNRECOGNITION ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,San Francisco ,business ,Bay - Abstract
This study assesses knowledge, motivations, and practices regarding indoor tanning among men who have sex with men in the San Francisco Bay Area using data from the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance survey.
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25. Eczema and Sensitization to Common Allergens in the United States: A Multiethnic, Population-Based Study
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Jean Y. Tang, Kristin L. Sainani, Lynda C. Schneider, Eleni Linos, Robert M. Rotatori, Alfred T. Lane, Bharathi Lingala, Teresa Fu, and Elizabeth Keiser
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Male ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey ,Cross-sectional study ,Eczema ,Dermatology ,Immunoglobulin E ,Risk Factors ,immune system diseases ,Internal medicine ,Ethnicity ,Prevalence ,otorhinolaryngologic diseases ,Mite ,medicine ,Humans ,Child ,Prospective cohort study ,Sensitization ,Asthma ,biology ,business.industry ,Infant ,Odds ratio ,Allergens ,Nutrition Surveys ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,United States ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Child, Preschool ,Multivariate Analysis ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,biology.protein ,Female ,business ,Food Hypersensitivity - Abstract
The relationship between food and environmental allergens in contributing to eczema risk is unclear on a multiethnic population level. Our purpose was to determine whether sensitization to specific dietary and environmental allergens as measured according to higher specific immunoglobulin E (IgE) levels is associated with eczema risk in children. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey participants ages 1 to 17 years were asked whether they had ever received a diagnosis of eczema from a physician (n = 538). Total and specific serum IgE levels for four dietary allergens (egg, cow's milk, peanut, and shrimp) and five environmental allergens (dust mite, cat, dog, Aspergillus, and Alternaria) were measured. Logistic regression was used to examine the association between eczema and IgE levels. In the United States, 10.4 million children (15.6%) have a history of eczema. Eczema was more common in black children (p < 0.001) and in children from families with higher income and education (p = 0.01). The median total IgE levels were higher in children with a history of eczema than in those without (66.4 vs 50.6 kU/L, p = 0.004). In multivariate analysis adjusted for age, race, sex, family income, household education, and physician-diagnosed asthma, eczema was significantly associated with sensitization to cat dander (odds ratio [OR] = 1.2, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.05, 1.4, p = 0.009) and dog dander (OR = 1.5, 95% CI, 1.2, 1.7, p < 0.001). After correction for multiple comparisons, only sensitization to dog dander remained significant. U.S. children with eczema are most likely to be sensitized to dog dander. Future prospective studies should further explore this relationship.
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26. Prevalence of Atopic Eczema Among Patients Seen in Primary Care: Data From The Health Improvement Network
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David J. Margolis, Charles E. McCulloch, Eleni Linos, Alexa Magyari, Sinead Langan, and Katrina Abuabara
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Pediatrics ,Adolescent ,MEDLINE ,01 natural sciences ,Article ,Dermatitis, Atopic ,Young Adult ,03 medical and health sciences ,Age Distribution ,0302 clinical medicine ,Psoriasis ,Epidemiology ,Prevalence ,Internal Medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Sex Distribution ,0101 mathematics ,Young adult ,Child ,Aged ,Retrospective Studies ,Asthma ,Aged, 80 and over ,Primary Health Care ,business.industry ,010102 general mathematics ,Infant, Newborn ,Infant ,Retrospective cohort study ,General Medicine ,Atopic dermatitis ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,United Kingdom ,Child, Preschool ,Female ,business ,Contact dermatitis ,Follow-Up Studies - Published
- 2018
27. One More Reason to Continue Drinking Coffee—It May Be Good for Your Skin
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Mackenzie R. Wehner and Eleni Linos
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medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Extramural ,MEDLINE ,Dermatology ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,medicine.disease ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Rosacea ,medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Intensive care medicine ,business - Published
- 2018
28. California wildfires: I am simultaneously worried about my own health, the health of my patients, and the safety of my children
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L. Morrison, Natalia Linou, Eleni Linos, and Chen Amy Chen
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business.product_category ,History ,Health professionals ,General Medicine ,010501 environmental sciences ,medicine.disease ,01 natural sciences ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine ,South east ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Medical emergency ,Respirator ,business ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Front (military) - Abstract
I am convinced clinic room three is smokier than clinic room two. Although I have a respirator mask in my bag, I don’t wear it because it feels hypocritical to try to protect myself if I can’t give a mask to the patient sitting in front of me. So I just hold my breath when I go into clinic room three. This is the first time I have ever felt simultaneously worried about my own health, the health of my patients, and the safety of my children—whose school has just closed because the air outside is too dangerous to breathe. This was the experience of one of the authors (EL), but illustrates what many healthcare professionals across California have been dealing with for the past few weeks. Wildfires continue to devastate California, leaving over 80 people dead, 1000 missing, and thousands displaced. Millions more are affected by the smoke blowing south east from the worst fire in California’s history, as northern California becomes the most polluted region in the world. Air pollution …
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29. Patient-reported outcomes of electrodessication and curettage for treatment of nonmelanoma skin cancer
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Sungat K. Grewal, Mary-Margaret Chren, Sarah E. Stuart, Elyse Galles, Eleni Linos, and Rupa Parvataneni
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Skin Neoplasms ,Esthetics ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Dermatology ,Article ,Curettage ,Patient satisfaction ,Quality of life ,medicine ,Mohs surgery ,Humans ,Desiccation ,Veterans Affairs ,Aged ,Response rate (survey) ,business.industry ,Training level ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,Treatment Outcome ,Carcinoma, Basal Cell ,Patient Satisfaction ,Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ,Female ,Skin cancer ,business - Abstract
We have shown that electrodessication and curettage (ED&C) cures most (>95%) basal cell and cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas (nonmelanoma skin cancers, NMSCs) for which it is used,(1) but skin-related quality of life after ED&C does not improve as much as after excision or Mohs surgery.(2) Our goal was to determine other patient-reported outcomes (PROs) after treatment of NMSC with ED&C. We studied all patients with primary NMSCs treated with ED&C, excision, or Mohs surgery in 1999–2000 at a university hospital or its affiliated Veterans Affairs clinic, and who responded to a survey before treatment. The final sample consisted of 149 patients treated with ED&C and 568 treated with excision or Mohs surgery. Three months after treatment, we used an adapted version of the Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire (PSQ-18) to measure satisfaction with care, including its technical quality, interpersonal manner, communication, financial aspects, time with clinician, and accessibility.(4) Responses vary from 1 to 5, with higher scores indicating greater satisfaction. One year after treatment, we used global items to measure patients’ description of cosmetic appearance, bother from appearance, bother from scar, judgment of treatment worth, and overall satisfaction with treatment. The response rate for PROs varied from 65% to 92%. We used the chi-squared test for categorical variables and the Wilcoxon rank sum test for continuous variables. We used multivariable logistic regression models to determine if treatment independently predicted PROs better or worse than the median; these models adjusted for patient characteristics (age, gender, number of tumors at enrollment), tumor characteristics (histological type, diameter, invasiveness, location on the head and neck), practice site, and clinician training level. Tumors treated with ED&C were less likely than those treated with excision or Mohs surgery to be located on the head and neck, to be invasive, to have histological risk factors for recurrence, and to have been treated by an attending physician (Table 1). Table 1 Characteristics of study sample of patients with nonmelanoma skin cancera Three months after treatment, both groups were similarly satisfied with all domains of care except that patients treated with ED&C were somewhat less satisfied with the time spent with the clinician and the accessibility and convenience of their care. A year after treatment, patients treated with ED&C described worse cosmetic appearance and were more bothered by the appearance (Table 2). In adjusted analyses, patients treated with ED&C remained twice as likely to report more frequent bother from appearance (p=.002), but did not differ in any other PRO. Table 2 Patient reported outcomes that differed in treatment groups after treatment of non-melanoma skin cancera,b Patients treated with ED&C for NMSC were as satisfied as those treated with excision or Mohs surgery with much of their care, but they were more frequently bothered by the appearance even in adjusted analyses that controlled for patient and tumor characteristics and training level of clinician. Interviews would be required to understand patients’ responses fully, but the results support the clinical impressions of many dermatologists: although overall outcomes are good, patients treated with ED&C may be more bothered by the treatment site. The findings highlight the importance of PROs after NMSC, and the need for thoughtful decision making for this most common cancer.
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30. Low-Fat Diet and Skin Cancer Risk: The Women's Health Initiative Randomized Controlled Dietary Modification Trial
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Christina S. Gamba, James R. Marshall, Eleni Linos, Marcia L. Stefanick, Stacy T. Sims, Nathalie C. Zeitouni, James M. Shikany, Jean Y. Tang, Joseph C. Larson, and Linda Van Horn
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Skin Neoplasms ,Calorie ,Epidemiology ,Article ,law.invention ,Cohort Studies ,Randomized controlled trial ,Risk Factors ,law ,Internal medicine ,Humans ,Medicine ,Diet, Fat-Restricted ,Aged ,business.industry ,Incidence ,Women's Health Initiative ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,Cancer ,Feeding Behavior ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Dietary Fats ,Surgery ,Postmenopause ,Clinical trial ,Treatment Outcome ,Oncology ,Female ,Skin cancer ,business ,Cohort study - Abstract
Background: Large cohort studies have reported no relationship between dietary fat and nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC), although a low-fat diet intervention reduced NMSC risk in a small clinical trial. In animal studies, skin tumor development has been reduced by low-fat diet. We evaluated the effect of a low-fat dietary pattern on NMSC and melanoma in the Women's Health Initiative Dietary Modification trial. Methods: Postmenopausal women aged 50 to 79 years (n = 48,835) were randomly assigned to the low-fat dietary pattern intervention (n = 19,541) or comparison group (n = 29,294). The intervention goals included decreasing fat intake to 20% or less of calories, increasing vegetable and fruit intake, and increasing grain intake. Self-reported incident NMSC (n = 4,907) and physician-adjudicated incident melanoma (n = 279) were ascertained every 6 months. Results: Over 8.1 years of follow-up, the low-fat diet intervention did not affect overall incidence of NMSC [HR 0.98; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.92–1.04] or melanoma (HR, 1.04; 95% CI, 0.82–1.32). In subgroup analyses of melanoma risk, baseline fat intake interacted significantly with group assignment (Pinteraction = 0.006). Among women with higher baseline fat intake, the dietary intervention significantly increased risk (HR, 1.48; 95% CI, 1.06–2.07), whereas, among women with lower baseline fat intake, the intervention tended to reduce melanoma risk (HR, 0.72; 95% CI, 0.50–1.02). Conclusions: In this large randomized trial, a low-fat dietary pattern did not affect overall incidence of NMSC or melanoma. Impact: A low-fat diet does not reduce incidence of NMSC, but an interaction between baseline fat intake and dietary intervention on melanoma risk warrants further investigation. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 22(9); 1509–19. ©2013 AACR.
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- 2013
31. Tumor Recurrence 5 Years after Treatment of Cutaneous Basal Cell Carcinoma and Squamous Cell Carcinoma
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Mary-Margaret Chren, W. John Boscardin, Jeanette S. Torres, Rupa Parvataneni, Sarah E. Stuart, and Eleni Linos
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Comparative Effectiveness Research ,Skin Neoplasms ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Dermatology ,Biochemistry ,Article ,Curettage ,Cohort Studies ,030207 dermatology & venereal diseases ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine ,Carcinoma ,Mohs surgery ,Humans ,Basal cell carcinoma ,Prospective Studies ,Prospective cohort study ,Molecular Biology ,Aged ,Retrospective Studies ,Aged, 80 and over ,integumentary system ,business.industry ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,Incidence ,Retrospective cohort study ,Cell Biology ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Mohs Surgery ,3. Good health ,Surgery ,Treatment Outcome ,Carcinoma, Basal Cell ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ,Female ,Neoplasm Recurrence, Local ,business ,Cohort study ,Follow-Up Studies - Abstract
For most cutaneous basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas (nonmelanoma skin cancers (NMSCs)), data are insufficient to permit evidence-based choices among treatments. To compare tumor recurrence after treatments, we conducted a prospective cohort study of consecutive patients with primary NMSCs treated with the most common treatments, in two practices in 1999–2000. Recurrence was determined from medical records by observers blinded to treatment type. Follow-up was available for 1,174 patients with 1,488 tumors (93.8%) at median 7.4 years; of these tumors, 24.3% (N=361) were treated with destruction with electrodessication/curettage, 38.3% (N=571) with excision, and 37.4% (N=556) with histologically guided serial excision (Mohs surgery). The overall 5-year tumor recurrence rate (95% confidence interval) was 3.3% (2.3, 4.4). Unadjusted recurrence rates did not differ after treatments: 4.9% (2.3, 7.4) after destruction, 3.5% (1.8, 5.2) after excision, and 2.1% (0.6, 3.5) after Mohs surgery (P=0.26), and no difference was seen after adjustment for risk factors. In tumors treated only with excision or Mohs surgery, the hazard of recurrence was not significantly different, even after adjustment for propensity for treatment with Mohs surgery. These data indicate that common treatments for NMSCs were at least 95% effective, and further studies are needed to guide therapeutic choices for different clinical subgroups.
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32. Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Visits and Procedure Patterns in a Nationally Representative Sample: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey 1995–2007
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Sarah T. Arron, Hayes B. Gladstone, Eleni Linos, Jean Y. Tang, Tina Hernandez-Boussard, and Ashley Wysong
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Skin Neoplasms ,MEDLINE ,Dermatology ,Insurance type ,Logistic regression ,Medical care ,Ambulatory Care ,medicine ,Humans ,Practice Patterns, Physicians' ,Aged ,business.industry ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,General Medicine ,Odds ratio ,medicine.disease ,United States ,Health Care Surveys ,Family medicine ,Ambulatory ,Female ,Surgery ,Skin cancer ,business - Abstract
Background The rising incidence of nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) is well documented, but data are limited on the number of visits and treatment patterns of NMSC in the outpatient setting. Objectives To evaluate practice and treatment patterns of NMSC in the United States over the last decade and to characterize differences according to sex, age, race, insurance type, and physician specialty. Methods and Materials Adults with an International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, diagnosis of NMSC were included in this cross-sectional survey study of the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey between 1995 and 2007. Primary outcomes included population-adjusted NMSC visit rates and odds ratios of receiving a procedure for NMSC using logistic regression. Results Rates of NMSC visits increased between 1995 and 2007. The number of visits was significantly higher in men, particularly those aged 65 and older. Fifty-nine percent of NMSC visits were associated with a procedure, and the individuals associated with that visit were more likely to be male, to be seen by a dermatologist, and to have private-pay insurance. Conclusions Nonmelanoma skin cancer visit rates increased from 1995 to 2007 and were higher in men than women. Visits to a dermatologist are more likely to be associated with a procedure for NMSC, and there may be discrepancies in treatment patterns based on insurance type and sex.
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33. Comparing the Quality of Ambulatory Surgical Care for Skin Cancer in a Veterans Affairs Clinic and a Fee-For-Service Practice Using Clinical and Patient-Reported Measures
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Eleni Linos, Mary-Margaret Chren, Nancy K. Hills, Sarah T. Arron, and M.P. Dizon
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Keratinocytes ,Male ,Research Report ,Skin Neoplasms ,Cancer Treatment ,lcsh:Medicine ,Kaplan-Meier Estimate ,Ambulatory Care Facilities ,030207 dermatology & venereal diseases ,0302 clinical medicine ,Health care ,Medicine and Health Sciences ,Quality of Care ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Fee-for-service ,lcsh:Science ,Veterans ,Multidisciplinary ,Process Assessment, Health Care ,Squamous Cell Carcinomas ,Fee-for-Service Plans ,3. Good health ,United States Department of Veterans Affairs ,Treatment Outcome ,Surgical Oncology ,Oncology ,Ambulatory ,Female ,Research Article ,Clinical Oncology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Hospitals, Veterans ,MEDLINE ,Surgical and Invasive Medical Procedures ,Dermatology ,Carcinomas ,03 medical and health sciences ,Quality of life (healthcare) ,Patient experience ,medicine ,Humans ,Veterans Affairs ,Aged ,Surgical Excision ,business.industry ,lcsh:R ,Cancers and Neoplasms ,medicine.disease ,United States ,Health Care ,Emergency medicine ,Physical therapy ,lcsh:Q ,Skin cancer ,Clinical Medicine ,business - Abstract
The Institute of Medicine has identified serious deficiencies in the measurement of cancer care quality, including the effects on quality of life and patient experience. Moreover, comparisons of quality in Veterans Affairs Medical Centers (VA) and other sites are timely now that many Veterans can choose where to seek care. To compare quality of ambulatory surgical care for keratinocyte carcinoma (KC) between a VA and fee-for-service (FFS) practice, we used unique clinical and patient-reported data from a comparative effectiveness study. Patients were enrolled in 1999-2000 and followed for a median of 7.2 years. The practices differed in a few process measures (e.g., median time between biopsy and treatment was 7.5 days longer at VA) but there were no substantial or consistent differences in clinical outcomes or a broad range of patient-reported outcomes. For example, 5-year tumor recurrence rates were equally low (3.6% [2.3-5.5] at VA and 3.4% [2.3-5.1] at FFS), and similar proportions of patients reported overall satisfaction at one year (78% at VA and 80% at FFS, P = 0.69). These results suggest that the quality of care for KC can be compared comprehensively in different health care systems, and suggest that quality of care for KC was similar at a VA and FFS setting.
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34. Competing Risk of Death in Kaplan-Meier Curves When Analyzing Subsequent Keratinocyte Cancer-Reply
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W. John Boscardin, Eleni Linos, Mary-Margaret Chren, and Mackenzie R. Wehner
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Oncology ,Keratinocytes ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Skin Neoplasms ,business.industry ,Cancer ,Dermatology ,medicine.disease ,Competing risks ,Carcinoma, Basal Cell ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ,Humans ,Female ,Kaplan meier curves ,business - Published
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35. Correlation between cancer incidences and Google searches in the United States
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Mackenzie R. Wehner, Kevin T. Nead, and Eleni Linos
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Oncology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Pathology ,Colorectal cancer ,business.industry ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,Cancer ,Dermatology ,General Medicine ,Disease ,medicine.disease ,Prostate cancer ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Carcinoma ,Lung cancer ,business ,Renal pelvis - Abstract
Author(s): Wehner, Mackenzie R; Nead, Kevin T; Linos, Eleni | Abstract: IntroductionDespite being highly prevalent, keratinocyte carcinomas (basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas lack nationwide registries. Internet search data has emerged as a new method to evaluate previously difficult to quantify public health outcomes and may be useful in keratinocyte carcinoma research.ObjectiveWe aimed to evaluate whether Google search density correlated with known incidences of common cancers in the United States.MethodsWe used the Center for Disease Control’s National Program of Cancer Registries ageTadjusted cancer incidences (2008T2012 . We collected Google search data, normalized for total search volume, using Google trends (google.com/trends . We collected data on the ten most incident cancers in the United States: lung, breast, colon, prostate, melanoma, endometrial, bladder, thyroid, NonTHodgkin’s lymphoma, kidney/renal pelvis. We utilized Pearson’s correlation coefficient to evaluate the relationship between known cancer incidence and Google search density by state.ResultsFour cancers (endometrial, bladder, thyroid, kidney/renal pelvis had insufficient Google search quantity among individual states to be evaluated. Lung cancer (R2=0.70, pl0.001 , colon cancer (R2=0.60, pl0.001 , melanoma (R2=0.42, p=0.002 , and NonTHodgkin’s lymphoma (R2=0.47, p=0.006 had statistically significant correlations between actual incidences and Google searches. Breast and prostate cancer incidences were not correlated (pg0.05 .DiscussionFour of the six highly incident cancers evaluated had statistically significant correlations between known incidence and Google search density. Internet search data may be a novel tool to estimate geographical incidence and prevalence of disease. This methodology may be particularly useful for keratinocyte carcinomas, which currently lack nationwide registries
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36. Evaluating the utility of non–echo‐planar diffusion‐weighted imaging in the preoperative evaluation of cholesteatoma: A meta‐analysis
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Eleni Linos, Richard K. Gurgel, Peter M. M. C. Li, Nancy J. Fischbein, and Nikolas H. Blevins
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Cholesteatoma, Middle Ear ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Reproducibility of Results ,Cholesteatoma ,Magnetic resonance imaging ,medicine.disease ,Preoperative care ,Confidence interval ,Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,Otorhinolaryngology ,Second-Look Surgery ,Preoperative Care ,otorhinolaryngologic diseases ,False positive paradox ,Humans ,Medicine ,Middle Ear Cholesteatoma ,Otologic Surgical Procedures ,Radiology ,business ,Diffusion MRI - Abstract
Objectives/Hypothesis To describe the accuracy of non–echo-planar diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW MRI) in identifying middle ear cholesteatoma. Study Design A meta-analysis of the published literature. Methods A systematic review of the literature was performed to identify studies in which patients suspected of having middle ear cholesteatoma underwent DW MRI scans prior to surgery. A meta-analysis of the included studies was performed. Results Ten published articles (342 patients) met inclusion criteria. Cholesteatoma was confirmed in 234 patients, of which 204 were detected by DW MRI (true positives) and 30 were not (false negatives). One hundred eight patients did not have cholesteatoma on surgical examination, and of these 100 were correctly identified by MRI (true negatives) whereas eight were not (false positives). The overall sensitivity of DW MRI in detecting cholesteatoma was 0.94 (confidence interval, 0.80–0.98) and specificity 0.94 (confidence interval, 0.85–0.98). DW MRI sequences could not reliably detect cholesteatomas under 3 mm in size. Conclusions Non–echo-planar DW MRI is highly sensitive and specific in identifying middle ear cholesteatoma. DW MRI may help to stratify patients into groups of who would benefit from early second-look surgery and those who could be closely observed. Level of Evidence 2a.
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37. Psychometric Evaluation of Patient Scar Assessment Questionnaire Following Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery
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Dimitrios Linos, Konstantinos P. Economopoulos, Eleni Linos, and Athanasios Petralias
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Validation study ,Adolescent ,Psychometrics ,Scar assessment ,Cost effectiveness ,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism ,Thyroid Gland ,Parathyroid Glands ,Cicatrix ,Young Adult ,Surgical therapy ,Endocrinology ,Breast cancer ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,medicine ,Humans ,Child ,Aged ,Aged, 80 and over ,Parathyroidectomy ,business.industry ,Thyroid ,Reproducibility of Results ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Thyroidectomy ,Physical therapy ,Female ,Parathyroid surgery ,business - Abstract
The Patient Scar Assessment Questionnaire (PSAQ) was constructed to evaluate the effect of any surgical therapy with a linear scar. This study aims to demonstrate reliability and validity of Appearance and Consciousness subscales of PSAQ in patients who underwent thyroidectomy or parathyroidectomy.Patients who underwent a thyroidectomy or parathyroidectomy between 2000 and 2010 were administered the aforementioned subscales of the PSAQ. Each subscale was separately evaluated for its psychometric performance according to established criteria. Acceptability, reliability, and internal validity analysis were conducted.There were 696 patients (mean age=51.6 years) who participated in this study. Cronbach's alpha acceptable levels were demonstrated for the Appearance (α=0.79) and Consciousness (α=0.85) subscales. Reliability was also supported for the Appearance (Intraclass Correlation Coefficient [ICC]=0.79) and Consciousness subscales (ICC=0.81) by performing test-retest reliability analysis. Individual subscale items' correlations with all subscale scores were acceptable for the Appearance (0.31 to 0.78) and Consciousness (0.23 to 0.81) subscales. Internal validity was supported by evaluating correlations between the global assessment item of each subscale and both summary subscale scores (Appearance: 0.42 to 0.72, Consciousness: 0.66 to 0.67).The Appearance and Consciousness subscales of the PSAQ are both reliable and valid for the assessment of a linear scar following thyroid or parathyroid surgery, independent of the minimally invasive approach being used.
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38. More than skin‐deep: is basal cell carcinoma a marker for a cancer‐prone phenotype?
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Mary-Margaret Chren, Smita Bhatia, and Eleni Linos
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business.industry ,Cancer ,Dermatology ,medicine.disease ,Phenotype ,030207 dermatology & venereal diseases ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Text mining ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Cancer research ,Medicine ,Basal cell carcinoma ,business - Published
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39. Hat, shade, long sleeves, or sunscreen? Rethinking US sun protection messages based on their relative effectiveness
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Teresa Fu, Elizabeth Keiser, Graham A. Colditz, Suephy C. Chen, Eleni Linos, and Jean Y. Tang
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Adult ,Male ,Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ,Cancer Research ,Skin Neoplasms ,Sun protection ,Internet privacy ,Sunburn ,Sunscreening Agents ,Health knowledge ,Article ,White People ,Young Adult ,Protective Clothing ,medicine ,Humans ,integumentary system ,Information Dissemination ,business.industry ,Carcinoma ,Middle Aged ,Nutrition Surveys ,medicine.disease ,United States ,Oncology ,Skin Cancer Prevention ,Sunlight ,Female ,Skin cancer ,business ,Program Evaluation - Abstract
Sun protection messages in the United States emphasize sunscreen use, although its efficacy in skin cancer prevention remains controversial.We used data from NHANES 2003-2006, restricted to adult whites (n = 3,052) to evaluate how Americans protect themselves from the sun. Participants completed questionnaires on the frequency with which they used sunscreen, wore a hat, long sleeves, or stayed in the shade, in addition to the number of sunburns in the past year.Although using sunscreen is the most common sun protective behavior (30%), frequent sunscreen use was not associated with fewer sunburns. However, the odds of multiple sunburns were significantly lower in individuals who frequently avoided the sun by seeking shade (OR = 0.70, p0.001) or wearing long sleeves (OR = 0.73, p = 0.01).Our findings suggest that shade and protective clothing may be more effective than sunscreen, as typically used by Americans.
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40. LB1492 Facebook advertising for melanoma prevention
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Jeanette S. Torres, A. Junn, Eleni Linos, L. Morrison, Amy Chen, and Mackenzie R. Wehner
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Melanoma ,medicine ,Advertising ,Cell Biology ,Dermatology ,medicine.disease ,Psychology ,Molecular Biology ,Biochemistry - Published
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41. Adolescent Diet in Relation to Breast Cancer Risk among Premenopausal Women
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Lindsay Frazier, Eunyoung Cho, Walter C. Willett, and Eleni Linos
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Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Epidemiology ,Breast Neoplasms ,Article ,Breast cancer ,Risk Factors ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Internal medicine ,Glycemic load ,Dietary Carbohydrates ,medicine ,Humans ,Risk factor ,Prospective cohort study ,business.industry ,Obstetrics ,Cancer ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Dietary Fats ,Diet ,Glycemic index ,Endocrinology ,Premenopause ,Oncology ,Relative risk ,Female ,Breast disease ,business - Abstract
Background: Although the association between adult diet and breast cancer has been investigated extensively, large prospective studies have generally not shown a direct link between intakes of carbohydrate, fat, fiber, and other nutrients and risk of breast cancer. Adolescence may be a period of increased susceptibility to risk factors that predispose to breast cancer. Dietary risk factors could therefore be more important during early life than later in adulthood. Methods: This is a prospective observational study of 39,268 premenopausal women in the Nurses' Health Study II who completed a 124-item food frequency questionnaire on their diet during high school (HS-FFQ) in 1998, at which time participants were 34 to 53 years of age. Cox proportional hazards regression was used to estimate relative risks and 95% CIs. Results: Four hundred fifty-five incident cases of invasive breast cancer were diagnosed between 1998 and 2005. Compared with women in the lowest quintile of intake, the relative risk of breast cancer in the highest quintile of adolescent total fat consumption was 1.35 (95% confidence interval, 1.00-1.81). Adolescent consumption of saturated, monounsaturated, polyunsaturated, and trans fats was not significantly associated with breast cancer risk. Total dairy, milk, carbohydrate intake, glycemic index, glycemic load, and fiber consumed during adolescence were not significantly related to breast cancer incidence. Conclusion: Dietary fat consumed during adolescence may be associated with an elevated risk of breast cancer. Further studies to assess this relationship among postmenopausal women, and confirm these results in premenopausal women, are needed. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 19(3); 689–96
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- 2010
42. Doctor fails: early warning signs of physician fatigue?
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Natnaelle Admassu, Eleni Linos, Esther K. Choo, Peter M. M. C. Li, and Hala Sabry-Elnaggar
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Feature ,Forgetting ,030208 emergency & critical care medicine ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,GeneralLiterature_MISCELLANEOUS ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Phone ,Early warning signs ,medicine ,ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDSOCIETY ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Medical emergency ,Psychology ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS - Abstract
Linos and colleagues present a compilation of embarrassing doctor fails—from inappropriate I love yous to forgetting how a phone works
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- 2017
43. Increasing Burden of Melanoma in the United States
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Graham A. Colditz, Myles Cockburn, Christina A. Clarke, Susan M. Swetter, and Eleni Linos
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Male ,Gerontology ,Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander ,Skin Neoplasms ,Population ,Black People ,Dermatology ,Severity of Illness Index ,Biochemistry ,California ,White People ,Article ,030207 dermatology & venereal diseases ,03 medical and health sciences ,Age Distribution ,0302 clinical medicine ,Severity of illness ,Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results ,medicine ,Humans ,Mass Screening ,Sex Distribution ,education ,Melanoma ,Socioeconomic status ,Molecular Biology ,Aged ,education.field_of_study ,Asian ,business.industry ,Incidence ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,Mortality rate ,Cancer ,Hispanic or Latino ,Cell Biology ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,United States ,3. Good health ,Early Diagnosis ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Indians, North American ,Female ,business ,SEER Program ,Demography - Abstract
It is controversial whether worldwide increases in melanoma incidence represent a true epidemic. Dramatic increases in incidence in the setting of relatively stable mortality trends have also been attributed to expanded skin screening and detection of biologically indolent tumors with low metastatic potential. To better understand how melanoma incidence trends varied by severity at diagnosis and factors relevant to screening access, we assessed recent United States incidence and mortality trends by histologic type, tumor thickness, and area-level socioeconomic status (SES). We obtained population-based data regarding diagnoses of invasive melanoma among non-Hispanic whites from nearly 291 million person-years of observation by the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) program (1992–2004). Age-adjusted incidence and mortality rates were calculated for SEER and a subset (California) for which small-area SES measure was available. Overall, melanoma incidence increased at 3.1% (P4mm. Melanoma incidence rates doubled in all SES groups over a 10-year period whereas melanoma mortality rates did not increase significantly. We conclude that screening-associated diagnosis of thinner melanomas cannot explain the increasing rates of thicker melanomas among low SES populations with poorer access to screening.
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44. Opportunities and Strategies for Breast Cancer Prevention Through Risk Reduction
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Eleni Linos, Walter C. Willett, Martin C. Mahoney, and Therese B. Bevers
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medicine.medical_specialty ,MEDLINE ,Breast Neoplasms ,Risk Assessment ,Breast cancer ,Risk Factors ,medicine ,Humans ,Raloxifene ,skin and connective tissue diseases ,Intensive care medicine ,Gynecology ,business.industry ,Incidence ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,Hematology ,medicine.disease ,Obesity ,United States ,Oncology ,Female ,High incidence ,Neoplasm Recurrence, Local ,Risk assessment ,business ,Risk Reduction Behavior ,Tamoxifen ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Due to the high incidence of breast cancer among US females, risk-reduction strategies are essential. Before considering approaches to breast cancer risk reduction, it is important for clinicians to complete individualized qualitative and quantitative assessments of risk for their patients in order to inform physicians' clinical decision making and management and to engage patients collaboratively in a thorough discussion of risks and benefits. This review will summarize information on potential pharmacologic, nutritional, surgical, and behavioral approaches to reducing breast cancer risk. While there is no clear evidence that specific dietary components can effectively reduce breast cancer risk, weight gain and obesity in adulthood are risk factors for the development of postmenopausal breast cancer. Alcohol consumption, even at moderate levels, increases breast cancer risk, although some of the detrimental effects may be reduced by sufficient folate intake. Women at increased risk of breast cancer can opt to reduce their breast cancer risk through the use of tamoxifen or raloxifene; other chemopreventive agents remain under investigation. Surgical approaches to risk reductions are restricted to those patients with a substantially increased risk of developing breast cancer. Patients should be encouraged to maintain a healthy lifestyle for their overall well-being and to remain up to date with recommendations for screening and surveillance.
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45. Red Meat Consumption during Adolescence among Premenopausal Women and Risk of Breast Cancer
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Eleni Linos, Lindsay Frazier, Graham A. Colditz, Eunyoung Cho, and Walter C. Willett
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Adult ,Risk ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Meat ,Adolescent ,Epidemiology ,Breast Neoplasms ,Risk Assessment ,Article ,Breast cancer ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Humans ,Medicine ,Neoplasm Invasiveness ,Prospective Studies ,Risk factor ,Prospective cohort study ,Proportional Hazards Models ,Gynecology ,business.industry ,Obstetrics ,Incidence ,Cancer ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Diet ,Premenopause ,Oncology ,Red Meat Consumption ,Relative risk ,Red meat ,Female ,Breast disease ,business - Abstract
Background: Adolescence may be a period of increased susceptibility to breast cancer due to regular division of undifferentiated cells that occurs between puberty and first birth. Red meat consumption during early adult life has been associated with breast cancer, but intake during adolescence has not been examined prospectively. We aimed to assess the relationship between red meat intake during adolescence and premenopausal breast cancer. Methods: We examined the incidence of invasive premenopausal breast cancer prospectively within the Nurses' Health Study II. A total of 39,268 premenopausal women who completed a validated 124-item food frequency questionnaire on their diet during high school, were followed for 7 years, from 1998 to 2005. Cox proportional hazards regression was used to estimate relative risks (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI). Results: 455 cases of invasive premenopausal breast cancer were diagnosed between 1998 and 2005. Compared with women in the lowest quintile of red meat intake during high school, the multivariate-adjusted RR for the highest quintile of intake was 1.34 (95% CI, 0.94-1.89; Ptrend = 0.05). A significant linear association was observed with every additional 100 g of red meat consumed per day (RR, 1.20; 95% CI, 1.00-1.43; P = 0.05). This association was more pronounced in hormone receptor–positive tumors (RR, 1.36; 95% CI, 1.08-1.70; P = 0.008) and was not significant in hormone receptor–negative tumors (RR, 0.99; 95% CI, 0.61-1.61, P = 0.97). Conclusion: Higher red meat intake in adolescence may increase the risk of premenopausal breast cancer. (Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008;17(8):2146–51)
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46. Diet and Breast Cancer Risk Reduction
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Walter C. Willett and Eleni Linos
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Oncology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Future studies ,business.industry ,Absolute risk reduction ,Breast Neoplasms ,Disease ,Affect (psychology) ,medicine.disease ,Risk Assessment ,Diet ,Menopause ,Breast cancer ,Internal medicine ,Vitamin D and neurology ,Red meat ,Humans ,Medicine ,Female ,business - Abstract
The association between diet and breast cancer risk has been investigated extensively and has led to some recommendations for prevention. Research suggests that maintaining a healthy weight may reduce the risk for breast cancer after menopause. Additionally, alcohol increases the risk for breast cancer even at moderate levels of intake, and women who drink alcohol also should take sufficient folate, which can mitigate this excess risk. Interesting questions for future research include the role of soy products, red meat, energy balance, and vitamin D, with particular attention to timing of exposure in early life. Breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease, and dietary factors may differentially affect certain breast cancer subtypes; future studies should therefore attempt to characterize associations according to tumor characteristics.
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47. Tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitor-induced psoriasis: Systematic review of clinical features, histopathological findings, and management experience
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Gabrielle Brown, Eleni Linos, Eva Wang, Monica Huynh, Rebecca Matro, Argentina Leon, Mackenzie R. Wehner, Anna Haemel, and Wilson Liao
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Azathioprine ,Dermatology ,Etanercept ,030207 dermatology & venereal diseases ,03 medical and health sciences ,Young Adult ,0302 clinical medicine ,Psoriasis ,medicine ,Adalimumab ,Humans ,Child ,Aged ,Aged, 80 and over ,business.industry ,Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Ulcerative colitis ,Infliximab ,Golimumab ,Surgery ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Rheumatoid arthritis ,Female ,Drug Eruptions ,business ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Background Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) inhibitors have been reported to induce new-onset psoriasis. Objective To better define the demographic, clinical features, and treatment approach of TNF-α inhibitor-induced psoriasis. Methods Systematic review of published cases of TNF-α inhibitor-induced psoriasis. Results We identified 88 articles with 216 cases of new-onset TNF-α inhibitor-induced psoriasis. The mean age at psoriasis onset was 38.5 years. The most common underlying diseases were Crohn disease (40.7%) and rheumatoid arthritis (37.0%). Patients underwent TNF-α therapy for an average of 14.0 months before psoriasis onset with 69.9% of patients experiencing onset within the first year. The majority of patients received skin-directed therapy, though patients who discontinued TNF therapy had the greatest resolution of symptoms (47.7%) compared with those who switched to a different TNF agent (36.7%) or continued therapy (32.9%). Limitations Retrospective review that relies on case reports and series. Conclusion While TNF-α inhibitor cessation may result in resolution of induced psoriasis, lesions may persist. Decisions regarding treatment should be weighed against the treatability of TNF-α inhibitor-induced psoriasis, the severity of the background rheumatologic or gastrointestinal disease, and possible loss of efficacy with cessation followed by retreatment. Skin-directed therapy is a reasonable initial strategy except in severe cases.
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48. Management of skin cancer in the frail elderly: time for a rethink?
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J.K. Schofield, J. Callander, and Eleni Linos
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Gerontology ,Skin Neoplasms ,business.industry ,Frail Elderly ,MEDLINE ,Dermatology ,medicine.disease ,030207 dermatology & venereal diseases ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Humans ,Medicine ,Frail elderly ,Skin cancer ,business ,Aged - Published
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49. Is screening for basal cell carcinoma worthwhile? Too soon to tell
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Eleni Linos and Mary-Margaret Chren
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Skin Neoplasms ,business.industry ,Dermatology ,medicine.disease ,030207 dermatology & venereal diseases ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Text mining ,Carcinoma, Basal Cell ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Cancer research ,Humans ,Medicine ,Basal cell carcinoma ,business - Published
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50. Tumor recurrence of keratinocyte carcinomas judged appropriate for Mohs micrographic surgery using Appropriate Use Criteria
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W. John Boscardin, Patrick Michael Schoen, Sarah T. Arron, Chengshi Jin, Sarah E. Stuart, Eleni Linos, Mary-Margaret Chren, and Rupa Parvataneni
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Randomization ,business.industry ,organic chemicals ,fungi ,Hazard ratio ,Urology ,Dermatology ,medicine.disease ,Micrographic surgery ,Confidence interval ,Appropriate Use Criteria ,Surgery ,030207 dermatology & venereal diseases ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Carcinoma ,Medicine ,Basal cell carcinoma ,business ,Prospective cohort study - Abstract
Background The use of Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) has increased greatly to treat basal cell and cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas (keratinocyte carcinoma [KC]), and consensus-based Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) were developed to identify tumors for which MMS is appropriate. Objective We sought to compare recurrence rates after different treatments in tumors judged appropriate for MMS. Methods We used data from an observational prospective cohort study and retrospectively categorized consecutive tumors as appropriate for MMS according to the AUC. Among appropriate tumors, we used survival analyses to compare 5-year recurrence rates after treatments. Results Among tumors appropriate for MMS (N = 1483), adjusted 5-year recurrence rates were 2.9% (range, 1.4-4.3%) after MMS, 5.5% (range, 3.1-7.9%) after excision, 4.0% (range, 0.6-7.2%) after destruction, and 5.9% (range, 1.5-10.2%) after other treatments. In tumors treated only with MMS or excision (the most similar subgroups), the adjusted hazard ratio of 5-year recurrence after MMS was 0.6 (95% confidence interval, 0.3-1.0; P = .06). Limitations This study is limited by its uncertain generalizability, lack of randomization, and unmeasured characteristics. Conclusion The AUC identified tumors for which recurrence would be less common after MMS than after excision, but the absolute difference in recurrence rates was small.
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