*Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health
†Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
‡Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
§Department of Hematology/Oncology, School of Medicine
∥Department of Health Policy and Management, Gillings School of Global Public Health
¶Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Supported, in part, by the National Cancer Institute at NIH 5R01CA124402 and the Integrated Cancer Information and Surveillance System, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, with funding provided by the University Cancer Research Fund via the state of North Carolina. This study used the linked SEER-Medicare database. The interpretation and reporting of these data are the sole responsibility of the authors. A-M.M.: supported through research grant 5R01CA124402. K.E.R.-H.: supported through research grants 5K12HD001441-12, 5 T32 HS 000032-01. S.B.W.: supported through research grant 1-K-12 HS019468-01. D.P.: supported through research grant T32 #5T32CA128590-04. B.J.W.: supported through research grant 5R01CA124402. W.R.C.: supported through research grant 5R01CA124402.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Reprints: Anne-Marie Meyer, PhD, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB #7293, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7293. E-mail: [email protected].
