Publications by authors named "Yunni Jeong"
Background: Rectal cancer patients undergoing preoperative radiotherapy experience a significant symptom burden. However, it is unknown whether symptoms during radiotherapy may portend adverse postoperative outcomes and healthcare utilization.
Methods: A retrospective cohort study was performed of rectal cancer patients undergoing neoadjuvant radiotherapy and proctectomy in Ontario from 2007 to 2014.
Background: Patients with metastatic gastric cancer have poor survival outcomes and may experience high symptom burden. We evaluated symptom trajectory and risk factors for increased symptom severity among metastatic gastric cancer patients during the last 6 months of life.
Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study among patients ≥ 18 years diagnosed with metastatic gastric cancer from January 2007 to December 2014 in the province of Ontario, Canada.
Objective: To examine the association between Textbook Outcome (TO)-a new composite quality measurement-and long-term survival in gastric cancer surgery.
Background: Single-quality indicators do not sufficiently reflect the complex and multifaceted nature of perioperative care in patients with gastric adenocarcinoma.
Methods: All patients undergoing gastrectomy for nonmetastatic gastric adenocarcinoma registered in the Population Registry of Esophageal and Stomach Tumours of Ontario (PRESTO) between 2004 and 2015 were included.
Objective: To determine the association between gastric cancer surgery case-volume and Textbook Outcome, a new composite quality measurement.
Background: Textbook Outcome included (a) negative resection margin, (b) greater than 15 lymph nodes sampled, (c) no severe complication, (d) no re-intervention, (e) no unplanned ICU admission, (f) length of stay of 21 days or less, (g) no 30-day readmission and (h) no 30-day mortality following surgery.
Methods: All patients undergoing gastrectomy for non-metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma registered in the Population Registry of Esophageal and Stomach Tumours of Ontario between 2004 and 2015 were included.
Patient-Reported Symptom Severity Among 22,650 Cancer Outpatients in the Last Six Months of Life.
J Pain Symptom Manage
January 2020
Context: Understanding the magnitude and risk factors for symptom burden of patients with cancer at the end of life is critical to guiding effective patient- and system-level interventions.
Objectives: We aimed to estimate the prevalence of severe patient-reported symptoms among cancer outpatients during the six months before death and to identify patient groups at a higher risk for reporting severe symptoms.
Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study of cancer decedents at regional cancer centers from 2010 to 2016.
Background: The surgical care of patients with metastatic gastric cancer (GC) remains debated. Despite level 1 evidence showing lack of survival benefit, surgery may be used for symptoms prevention or palliation. This study examined short-term postoperative outcomes of non-curative gastrectomy performed for metastatic GC.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Accurate TNM stage information is essential for cancer health services research, but is often impractical and expensive to collect at the population-level. We evaluated algorithms using administrative healthcare data to identify patients with metastatic gastric cancer.
Methods: A population-based cohort of gastric cancer patients diagnosed between 2005 and 2007 identified from the Ontario Cancer Registry were linked to routinely collected healthcare data.