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Comparison of prevalence and exposure-disease associations using self-report and hospitalization data among enrollees of the world trade center health registry

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2021
Background Although many studies have investigated agreement between survey and hospitalization data for disease prevalence, it is unknown whether exposure-chronic disease associations vary based on data collection method.
Howard E. Alper, Jennifer Brite, James E. Cone, Robert M. Brackbill   +3 more
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Testicular cancer in Geneva, Switzerland, 1970–2012: incidence trends, survival and risk of second cancer

BMC Urology, 2019
Background This paper describes the testicular cancer trends for incidence, survival, socio-economic status (SES) disparities and second cancer occurrence in Geneva, Switzerland, a high-risk population. Methods We included all testicular germ-cell tumors
Robin Schaffar, Samaksha Pant, Christine Bouchardy, Hyma Schubert, Elisabetta Rapiti   +4 more
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Factors associated with emergency admission for people dying from cancer in Northern Ireland: an observational data linkage study

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background Many people living with cancer are admitted as an emergency, some just prior to diagnosis and others in their last year of life. Factors associated with accessing emergency care for people dying of cancer are complex and not well understood ...
H. Mitchell, V. Cairnduff, S. O’Hare, L. Simpson, R. White, AT Gavin   +5 more
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Implementing large-scale data quality validation in a national arthroplasty registry to improve compliance the National Joint Registry data quality audit programme

Bone & Joint Open, 2022
Data of high quality are critical for the meaningful interpretation of registry information. The National Joint Registry (NJR) was established in 2002 as the result of an unexpectedly high failure rate of a cemented total hip arthroplasty.
Christopher Boulton, Carol Harrison, Timothy Wilton, Richard Armstrong, Elaine Young, Derek Pegg, J. Mark Wilkinson   +6 more
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Cancer-specific survival by stage of bladder cancer and factors collected by Mallorca Cancer Registry associated to survival

BMC Cancer, 2021
Background Information about survival by stage in bladder cancer is scarce, as well as about survival of non-invasive bladder cancer. The aims of this study are: 1) to find out the distribution of bladder cancer by stage; 2) to determine cancer-specific ...
J. Ripoll, M. Ramos, J. Montaño, J. Pons, A. Ameijide, P. Franch   +5 more
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The effectiveness of a monetary incentive offer on survey response rates and response completeness in a longitudinal study

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2017
Background Achieving adequate response rates is an ongoing challenge for longitudinal studies. The World Trade Center Health Registry is a longitudinal health study that periodically surveys a cohort of ~71,000 people exposed to the 9/11 terrorist ...
Shengchao Yu, Howard E. Alper, Angela-Maithy Nguyen, Robert M. Brackbill, Lennon Turner, Deborah J. Walker, Carey B. Maslow, Kimberly C. Zweig   +7 more
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Site‐specific trends in gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms in Bavaria, Germany

Cancer Medicine, 2023
Introduction Neuroendocrine neoplasms (NEN) are rare and heterogeneous epithelial tumors, occurring throughout the body. For gastroenteropancreatic (GEP)‐NEN, rising incidence rates were reported for the last decades, with underlying causes remaining ...
Nina Grundmann, Sven Voigtländer, Amir Hakimhashemi, Ulrich‐Frank Pape, Martin Meyer, Jacqueline Müller‐Nordhorn   +5 more
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The relative risk of second primary cancers in Switzerland: a population-based retrospective cohort study

BMC Cancer, 2020
Background More people than ever before are currently living with a diagnosis of cancer and the number of people concerned is likely to continue to rise. Cancer survivors are at risk of developing a second primary cancer (SPC).
Anita Feller, Katarina L. Matthes, Andrea Bordoni, Christine Bouchardy, Jean-Luc Bulliard, Christian Herrmann, Isabelle Konzelmann, Manuela Maspoli, Mohsen Mousavi, Sabine Rohrmann, Katharina Staehelin, Volker Arndt, the NICER Working Group   +12 more
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Associations of Embeddedness and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among 9/11 Survivors

Epidemiologia, 2021
Following exposures to traumatic events on 9/11, survivors have reported heightened levels of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Multiple factors contribute to both the exacerbation and amelioration of PTSD symptoms, including social integration and ...
Meghan K. Hamwey, Cristina D. Pollari, Sukhminder Osahan, Sascha K. Garrey, Felix M. Ortega, Adrienne Solomon, Robert M. Brackbill   +6 more
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The Western Denmark Heart Registry and Population-Based National Health Registries

Clinical Epidemiology
The Western Denmark Heart Registry (WDHR) is a semi-national, multicenter-based clinical registry with unique potential for cardiovascular research. The registry has provided detailed prospectively registered information on patient and procedure characteristics since 1999.
Christine Gyldenkerne, Kevin Olesen, Pernille Thrane, Malene Hansen, Nina Stødkilde-Jørgensen, Malene Andersen, Martin Mortensen, Jesper Jensen, Bjarne Nørgaard, Henrik Sørensen, Michael Maeng   +10 more
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