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ArticleJMIR public health and surveillance2018

Improving Visualization of Female Breast Cancer Survival Estimates: Analysis Using Interactive Mapping Reports.

Awatef Ahmed Ben Ramadan, Jeannette Jackson-Thompson, Chester Lee Schmaltz

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Article in JMIR public health and surveillance, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Awatef Ahmed Ben Ramadan *Missouri Cancer Registry and Research Center, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO, United States.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7712-4501
Jeannette Jackson-ThompsonMissouri Cancer Registry and Research Center, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO, United States.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8287-8719
Chester Lee SchmaltzMissouri Cancer Registry and Research Center, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO, United States.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7352-6172
University of Missouri Health System · USMercer University · US

Funding

MO PROGRAMS FUNDED THROUGH: COMPREHENSIVE CANCER, CANCER REGISTRYU58DP003924 · DP · MISSOURI STATE DEPT/ HEALTH & SENIOR SRV · PI HEIMERICKS, BELINDA · 2012 to 2014
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NCCDPHP CDC HHS U58 DP003924
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe Missouri Cancer Registry collects population-based cancer incidence data on Missouri residents diagnosed with reportable malignant neoplasms. The Missouri Cancer Registry wanted to produce data that would be of interest to lawmakers as well as public health officials at the legislative district level on breast cancer, the most common non-skin cancer among females.

objectiveThe aim was to measure and interactively visualize survival data of female breast cancer cases in the Missouri Cancer Registry.

methodsFemale breast cancer data were linked to Missouri death records and the Social Security Death Index. Unlinked female breast cancer cases were crossmatched to the National Death Index. Female breast cancer cases in subcounty senate districts were geocoded using TIGER/Line shapefiles to identify their district. A database was created and analyzed in SEER*Stat. Senatorial district maps were created using US Census Bureau's cartographic boundary files. The results were loaded with the cartographic data into InstantAtlas software to produce interactive mapping reports.

resultsFemale breast cancer survival profiles of 5-year cause-specific survival percentages and 95% confidence intervals, displayed in tables and interactive maps, were created for all 34 senatorial districts. The maps visualized survival data by age, race, stage, and grade at diagnosis for the period from 2004 through 2010.

conclusionsLinking cancer registry data to the National Death Index database improved accuracy of female breast cancer survival data in Missouri and this could positively impact cancer research and policy. The created survival mapping report could be very informative and usable by public health professionals, policy makers, at-risk women, and the public.

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cancer registryfemale breast cancerMissourisurvival

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PMID29724710
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