Publications by authors named "Jaclyn M Kyko"
Article Synopsis
- Sleep disturbances can negatively impact the quality of life for cancer survivors, especially among African Americans, but this issue has not been thoroughly studied.* -
- A study of 718 cancer survivors revealed that nearly 60% experienced poor sleep quality, with those suffering from insomnia reporting significantly lower health-related quality of life scores.* -
- Improving sleep quality among cancer survivors may enhance their long-term health outcomes, highlighting the need for further research on the relationship between sleep and quality of life.*
Purpose: Pre-existing comorbidities play an important role in choice of cancer treatment. We retrospectively evaluated the relationship between pre-existing comorbidities and receipt of local and systemic therapy in a cohort of Black women with Stage I-III breast cancer.
Methods: The study population for analysis included 1169 women with Stage I-III disease enrolled in the Detroit Research on Cancer Survivors (ROCS) cohort.
Background: The use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) is increasing rapidly in the United States, although the negative health outcomes associated with these products are still unknown. Emerging research has examined the use of e-cigarettes in the cancer survivor population as a whole, yet none has focused on e-cigarette use in the African American (AA) cancer survivor population.
Methods: The authors used data from the Detroit Research on Cancer Survivors cohort study, comprised of AA adult cancer survivors.
Purpose: People with cancer commonly rely on loved ones as informal caregivers during and after treatment. Costs related to caregiving and their association with caregiver financial burden are not well understood.
Methods: Results include data from 964 caregivers of African American cancer survivors in the Detroit Research on Cancer Survivors (ROCS) cohort.
Background: Epidemiological studies of cancer survivors have predominantly focused on non-Hispanic White, elderly patients, despite the observation that African Americans have higher rates of mortality. Therefore, we characterized cancer survivorship in younger African American survivors using the Detroit Research on Cancer Survivors (ROCS) study to assess health behaviors and quality of life.
Methods: Five hundred and seventeen patients diagnosed with any cancer between the ages of 20-49 (mean age: 42 years; SD: 6.
Background: Financial hardship is common among cancer survivors and is associated with both limiting care due to cost and with poor health-related quality of life (HRQOL). This study estimates the association between limiting care due to cost and HRQOL in a diverse population of cancer survivors and tests whether limiting care mediates the association between financial hardship and HRQOL.
Methods: We used data from 988 participants (579 African American, 409 white) in the Detroit Research on Cancer Survivors (ROCS) pilot, a hospital-based cohort of breast, colorectal, lung, and prostate cancer survivors.