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ArticleCancer investigation2019

Change in Quality of Life after a Cancer Diagnosis among a Nationally Representative Cohort of Older Adults in the US.

Rebecca M Schwartz, Katherine A Ornstein, Bian Liu, Naomi Alpert, Kristin G Bevilacqua, Emanuela Taioli

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Article in Cancer investigation, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Rebecca M SchwartzNorthwell Health, Occupational Medicine, Epidemiology and Prevention , Great Neck , NY , USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4858-4733
Katherine A OrnsteinInstitute for Translational Epidemiology, Department of Population Health Science and Policy, The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai , New York , NY , USA.
Bian LiuInstitute for Translational Epidemiology, Department of Population Health Science and Policy, The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai , New York , NY , USA.
Naomi AlpertBrookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai , New York , NY , USA.
Kristin G BevilacquaNorthwell Health, Occupational Medicine, Epidemiology and Prevention , Great Neck , NY , USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3260-3733
Emanuela TaioliInstitute for Translational Epidemiology, Department of Population Health Science and Policy, The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai , New York , NY , USA.

Funding

The National Health and Trends StudyU01AG032947 · NIA · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI VICKI A. FREEDMAN, JENNIFER ANN SCHRACK · 2008 to 2026
$169.4M
Downstream effects of end-of-life patient treatment intensity on family membersK01AG047923 · NIA · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI ORNSTEIN, KATHERINE A · 2014 to 2018
$581k
NIA NIH HHS K01 AG047923NIA NIH HHS U01 AG032947
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Age-related decreases in Quality of Life (QoL) are often compounded by comorbidities, including cancer. This study aimed to examine QoL changes before and after a new cancer diagnosis using data from the National Health and Aging Trend Study (NHATS), linked to Medicare claims (

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Activities of Daily LivingAgedAged, 80 and overAnxietyCohort StudiesFemaleHumansMaleNeoplasmsQuality of LifeSelf ReportUnited Statesagingmental healthNeoplasmsquality of life

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PMID31379217
PMCPMC6755900

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