Squamous cell carcinoma originating from cutaneous cysts: The Henry Ford Experience and review of the literature.

Purpose: Malignant transformation to squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) arising within cutaneous epidermal cysts is a very rare phenomenon. We provide a series of new cases and an overview of the literature. We sought to define the prevalence of and characterize SCC arising within epidermal and pilar cysts.

The impact of income on clinical outcomes in FIGO stages I to II endometrioid adenocarcinoma of the uterus.

Objective(s): To determine the influence of income on clinical outcomes in patients with surgical stages I to II endometrioid adenocarcinoma of the uterus.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the records of 660 women initially treated from 1985 to 2009. On the basis of income data obtained from the 2000 US census, patients were separated into various income groups (halves, tertiles, and quartiles) based on median household income, with most focus on the half income groups.

Validation of claims data algorithms to identify nonmelanoma skin cancer.

Health maintenance organization (HMO) administrative databases have been used as sampling frames for ascertaining nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC). However, because of the lack of tumor registry information on these cancers, these ascertainment methods have not been previously validated. NMSC cases arising from patients served by a staff model medical group and diagnosed between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2008 were identified from claims data using three ascertainment strategies.

Vitamin D and nonmelanoma skin cancer in a health maintenance organization cohort.

Objective: To examine the association of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD) with the risk of nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC), defined as squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and basal cell carcinoma (BCC).

Design: Cohort study.

Setting: Health maintenance organization.