From the *Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts; †Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington; and ‡Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington.
Supported by National Cancer Institute (grant 1 R01 CA104935) and the collection of the California cancer incidence data used in this study was supported by the California Department of Public Health as part of the statewide cancer reporting program mandated by California Health and Safety Code Section 103885; the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program under contract N01-PC-35136 awarded to the Northern California Cancer Center, contract N01-PC-35139 awarded to the University of Southern California, and contract N02-PC-15105 awarded to the Public Health Institute; and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Program of Cancer Registries, under agreement U55/CCR921930-02 awarded to the Public Health Institute.
Presented at the 2008 meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, November 17, 2008.
The ideas and opinions expressed herein are those of the author(s) and endorsement by the State of California, Department of Public Health the National Cancer Institute, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or their Contractors and Subcontractors is not intended nor should be inferred.
This study used the linked SEER-Medicare database. The interpretation and reporting of these data are the sole responsibility of the authors.
Reprints: Barry G. Saver, MD, MPH, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts, Benedict Building A3-146, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655-0002. E-mail: [email protected].
