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#TriviaTuesday Answer: True – you can inherit a BRCA gene mutation from either parent, so knowing your family history of breast and ovarian cancer on both sides of your family can help you understand and manage your risk. Learn more at cdc.gov/bringyourbrave.

Check this out! We developed a clinically useful risk prediction tool to identify Head and Neck #Cancer #Survivors most at risk for dysphagia. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100…

My virtual poster session is live!

Congratulations to the Republic of #Korea for successful legislative elections, in the face of a global pandemic. South Korea’s dedication to democratic values and a free and open society is what the world needs to fight #COVID19.

Check this out! Findings from our study suggest that prognostic and cancer treatment–related factors affect health‐related quality of life (HRQOL) in breast cancer survivors and that poor HRQOL may increase the mortality risk. doi.org/10.1002/cncr.3…

Findings from a UNC Public Health study suggest that prognostic and cancer-treatment related factors impact health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in breast cancer survivors and that poor HRQOL may increase mortality risk. ow.ly/HEyt50CymDB CC: Ruth O'Regan

It's happening! #SER2022 It's so nice to meet people in-person and talk about my dissertation work!

Great talk by Drs @LundJenny and John Jackson on 'Timeless person-time problems: When time zero is unobservable' 👏👏👏 SER #SER2022 #pharmacoepidemiology

Fantastic presentation by Rachael K. Ross on 'Nonmonotone missing data: Weighting or Imputation?' SER #SER2022

Had late night donuts (Chicago's best donuts 🍩🍩) Firecakes with #epifriends from #SER2022 !

Oral Presentation at #ICPE22 by epidemiliology Jihye Park, PhD, MSPH, RN Shahar Shmuel @LundJenny Translation of a Medicare Claims-based Frailty Index from International Classification of Diseases 9th Revision to 10th Revision 📌2:00pm CEST / C1M0 UNC Gillings Research #Frailty

Great presentation by epidemiliology on Translation of a Medicare claims-based frailty index from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM at #ICPE22! So proud to be part of this amazing work! Great presentation Emilie Duchesneau 👏👏👏!

Poster Presentation at #ICPE22 by Jihye Park, PhD, MSPH, RN @LundJenny Adjuvant Radiation Therapy and Mortality in Older Women with Early-Stage Endometrial Cancer: An Analysis Using The SEER-Medicare Linkage 📌Poster Session B UNC Gillings Research #Cancer

Clear and informative presentation by @CharleyGaber on Trimodal therapy vs definitive chemo radiation in older adults with esophageal cancer at #ICPE22 Charley showcased a great example for the implementation of cloning, censoring, and weighting!

So glad that this paper is finally published! Study findings suggest that various non-cancer factors affect the delivery of adjuvant radiation therapy to older women with early-stage endometrial cancer in real-world oncology practice. Check this out: authors.elsevier.com/a/1fj9g6hK~00u…

Patient characteristics and health system factors associated with adjuvant radiation therapy receipt in older women with early-stage endometrial cancer geriatriconcology.net/article/S1879-… Jihye Park, PhD, MSPH, RN @LundJenny William Dale, MD, PhD, FASCO @rochgerionc Cancer and Aging Research Group (CARG) #GeriOnc #GeriOnc #OlderAdults #OncoAlert #SIOG

Delighted to see my #SEERMHOS manuscript getting published! Feel grateful to have had the opportunity to work with amazing cancer researchers Erin Kent @LundJenny Hazel Nichols doi.org/10.1007/s10552… UNC Pharmacoepi UNC Lineberger UNC Public Health

Drs. Jihye Park, PhD, MSPH, RN, Erin Kent, @LundJenny, & peers find older women receiving radiation therapy for early-stage endometrial cancer do not report worse physical and mental health-related quality of life scores than those treated with surgery alone tinyurl.com/ec-rt-hrqol

Need to address #frailty in your study using #claims data? epidemiliology et al. have updated the Faurot frailty index for use in the ICD-10-CM era ow.ly/O3jo50P2F1h epidemiliology, Shahar Shmuel, Jihye Park, PhD, MSPH, RN, Alan Kinlaw, @LundJenny, UNC Pharmacoepi