Recent Publications
Names of COPPER members appear in bold
Breast Cancer
Fox JP, Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Gross CP. (2012). Older patient experiences in the mammography decision-making process. Arch Int Med. 172(1): 62-4.
Soulos PR, Yu JB, Roberts KB, Raldow AC, Herrin J, Long JB, Gross CP. (2012). Assessing the impact of a cooperative group trial on breast cancer care in the Medicare population. J Clin Oncol. 30(14): 1601-7.
Prostate Cancer
Makarov DV, Desai RA, Yu JB, Sharma R, Abraham N, Albertsen PC, Person DF, Gross CP. (2012). The population level prevalence and correlates of appropriate and inappropriate imaging to stage incident prostate cancer in the Medicare population. J Urol. 187(1): 97-102.
Raldow AC, Presley CJ, Yu JB, Sharma R, Cramer LD, Soulos PR, Long JB, Makarov DV, Gross CP. (2012). The relationship between clinical benefit and receipt of curative therapy for prostate cancer. Arch Intern Med. 172(4): 362-3.
Makarov DV, Desai RA, Yu JB, Sharma R, Abraham N, Albertsen PC, Krumholz HM, Penson DF, Gross CP. (2012). Appropriate and inappropriate imaging rates for prostate cancer go hand in hand by region, as if set by thermostat. Health Aff. 31(4): 730-40.
Lung Cancer
Park HS, Detterbeck FC, Boffa DJ, Kim AW. (2012). Impact of hospital volume of thoracoscopic lobectomy on primary lung cancer outcomes. Ann Thorac Surg. 93(2): 372-9.
Vest M, Tanoue T, Soulos PR, Kim AW, Detterbeck F, Morgensztern D, Gross CP. (2012). Thoroughness of mediastinal staging in stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer. J Thorac Oncol. 7(1): 188-95
Colorectal Cancer
Fox J, Gross CP, Longo W, Reddy V. (2012). Laparoscopic colectomy for the treatment of cancer has been widely adopted in the United States. Dis Colon Rectum. 55(5): 501-8.
Gross CP, Soulos PR, Ross JS, Cramer LD, Guerrero C, Tinetti ME, Braithwaite RS. (2011). Assessing the impact of screening colonoscopy on mortality in the Medicare population. J Gen Intern Med. 26(12): 1441-9.
Khiani VS, Soulos P, Gancayco J, Gross CP. (2012). Anesthesiologist involvement in screening colonoscopy: Temporal trends and cost implications in the Medicare population. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 10(1): 58-64.
Hematological Malignancies
Wang R, Gross CP, Maggiore RJ, Halene S, Soulos PR, Raza A, Galili N, Ma X. (2011). Pattern of hypomethylating agents use among elderly patients with myelodysplastic syndromes. Leuk Res. 35(7): 904-8.
Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer
Viola KV, Jhaveri MB, Soulos PR, Turner RB, Tolpinrud WL, Doshi D, Gross CP. (2012). Mohs micrographic surgery and surgical excision for nonmelanoma skin cancer treatment in the Medicare population. Arch Dermatol. 148(4); 473-7.Head and Neck Cancer
Yu JB, Soulos PR, Sharma R, Makarov DV, Decker RH, Smith BD, Desai RA, Cramer LD, Gross CP. (2012). Patterns of care and outcomes associated with intensity modulated radiation therapy versus conventional radiation therapy for older patients with head and neck cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 83(1): e101-7.Non-Cancer Specific
Aneja S, Gross CP, Soulos PR, Yu JB. (2011). Geographical Information Systems: Applications and limitations in oncology research. Oncology. 25(12): 1221-5.
Aneja S, Smith BD, Gross CP, Wilson LD, Haffty BG, Roberts KB, Yu JB. (2012). A geographic analysis of the radiation oncology workforce. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 82(5): 1723-9.
Ross JS, Lehman R, Gross CP. (2012). The importance of clinical trial data sharing: toward more open science. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 5(2): 238-40.
