Publications by authors named "Tara L McWilliams"
Article Synopsis
- - Current guidelines suggest that molecular genotyping is essential for patients diagnosed with metastatic nonsquamous non-small-cell lung cancer (mNSq NSCLC), but its effect on overall survival (OS) before first-line therapy was unclear.
- - A study included 326 patients, finding that 80% had their genotyping results available before treatment, which was linked to a significantly longer OS compared to those without results (adjusted hazard ratio of 0.43).
- - The research also showed that using both tissue and plasma testing increased the chances of having genotyping results available prior to treatment, indicating the importance of molecular testing in improving patient outcomes.
Background: Lung cancer remains a major health problem world-wide. Environmental exposure to lung cancer carcinogens can affect lung cancer incidence. We investigated the association between lung cancer incidence and an air toxics hazard score of environmental carcinogen exposures derived previously under the exposome concept.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: It is known that geographic location plays a role in developing lung cancer. The objectives of this study were to examine spatio-temporal patterns of lung cancer incidence in Pennsylvania, to identify geographic clusters of high incidence, and to compare demographic characteristics and general physical and mental health characteristics in those areas.
Method: We geocoded the residential addresses at the time of diagnosis for lung cancer cases in the Pennsylvania Cancer Registry diagnosed between 2010 and 2017.
Background & Objective: The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting cancellation of medical student clinical rotations pose unique challenges to students' educations, the impact of which has not yet been explored.
Design: This cross-sectional survey study collected responses from 13 April 2020 until 30 April 2020. Students at US allopathic medical schools completed the survey online.