Lopez, David S. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2321-0372
Kim, Hyunkyoung
Polychronopoulou, Efstathia
Torres-Sanchez, Luisa E.
Villasante-Tezanos, Alejandro
Baillargeon, Jacques
Canfield, Steven
Kuo, Yong-Fang
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institutes of Health (P30 AG059301)
Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (RP210130)
Article History
Received: 16 February 2023
Accepted: 11 April 2023
First Online: 17 April 2023
Declarations
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: The authors declare no potential conflicts of interest. This study used the linked SEER-Medicare database. The interpretation and reporting of these data are the sole responsibility of the authors. The authors acknowledge the efforts of the National Cancer Institute; the Office of Research, Development and Information, CMS; Information Management Services (IMS), Inc.; and the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program tumor registries in the creation of the SEER-Medicare database.
: The secondary data analysis was approved by Institutional Review Board at the UTMB, Galveston, TX.