Characterization of a Novel Entity of G3 (High-grade Well-differentiated) Colorectal Neuroendocrine Tumors (NET) in the SEER Database.

Objectives: Small studies suggest that a new entity of high-grade (HG) (G3, by Ki-67 or mitotic index) well-differentiated (histologically) gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) exists, but prognosis and characteristics are unknown. We further characterized demographics and prognosis of patients with colorectal G3 NETs.

Materials And Methods: We used the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) database to study colorectal NETs diagnosed from 2000 to 2015.

Impact of highly active antiretroviral therapy on anemia and relationship between anemia and survival in a large cohort of HIV-infected women: Women's Interagency HIV Study.

Background: Anemia is common in HIV-infected individuals and may be associated with decreased survival.

Objective: To ascertain the impact of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) on anemia and the relationship between anemia and overall survival in HIV-infected women.

Methods: A prospective multicenter study of HIV-1 infection in women.

Use of mammographic screening by HIV-infected women in the Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS).

Background: Although HIV-positive women may be less likely than women in general to receive mammography due to socioeconomic disadvantage, HIV diagnosis may increase opportunities for medical interactions which encourage mammography.

Methods: HIV-positive (2,059) and HIV-negative (569) Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS) participants reported ever/never history of mammography at baseline (in 1994, 1995) and, at each 6-month follow-up visit, if they had been screened since their last visit. National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data for 1994 were used to compare WIHS participants to U.