Publications by authors named "Elena P Lamb"
Background: Philadelphia and its suburbs were an epicenter for the initial COVID-19 outbreak. Accordingly, alterations were made in breast cancer care at a community hospital.
Methods: The authors developed a prospective database of all the patients with invasive or in situ breast cancer between March 1 and June 15 at their breast center.
Article Synopsis
- Significant racial and ethnic disparities exist in breast cancer care outcomes, particularly affecting Black patients in Memphis, who are more likely to present with advanced stages of the disease.
- Black breast cancer patients have double the odds of experiencing recurrence and 1.5 times higher likelihood of mortality compared to their white counterparts, even after adjusting for various clinical factors.
- There is a pressing need for targeted interventions to address the inequities in the timeliness and quality of care for breast cancer patients across different racial and ethnic groups.
Background: We evaluated surgical trends for gastric diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (gDLBCL) before and after the approval of rituximab and whether an association of early mortality existed in patients treated after approval of rituximab.
Patients And Methods: We utilized the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) 18 database to extract data on patients with gDLBCL diagnosed between 1983-2012. Primary site-specific cancer-directed surgery using SEER site-specific surgical codes and annual trends were analyzed.