Methodologic Approach to Defining Comorbidities in a Cohort of Patients With Cancer: An Example in the Optimal Breast Cancer Chemotherapy Dosing Study
Leveraging both ICD and lab data and extending the lookback period to include postdiagnosis but prechemotherapy initiation may provide better capture of comorbidity. Future studies may consider validating our findings with a gold-standard comorbidity status and in other community health care settings.
Authors
- Elisa V. Bandera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8789-2755)
- Emily Valice (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2408-9727)
- Jenna Bhimani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9962-7019)
- Kanichi G. Nakata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6730-6045)
- Rachael P. Burganowski-Doud (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2179-9816)
- Isaac Joshua Ergas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3187-9754)
- Tatjana Kolevska
- Kelli O’Connell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4021-0788)
- Raymond Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4667-9632)
- Lawrence H. Kushi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9136-1175)
- Grace Gallagher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9277-5002)
- Sara Tabatabai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5498-7176)
- Erin J. Aiello Bowles (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6287-7391)
- Jennifer J. Griggs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1598-4562)
- Sonia Persaud (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5666-7994)
- Yuriy Kotsurovskyy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1288-518X)
- Janise M. Roh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8615-4320)
- Donna R. Rivera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4565-4556)
- Narre Heon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-5239-0821)
- Candyce H. Kroenke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6128-3118)
- Elizabeth D. Kantor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9124-5323)
- Victoria Blinder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1448-8671)
- Cecile A. Laurent (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9332-6971)
- Peng Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4303-6081)
Institutions
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (US)
- Kaiser Permanente (US)
- Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center (US)
- Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center (US)
- National Cancer Institute (US)
- Rutgers Cancer Institute (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics
- Published
- 2025-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1200/cci-24-00231
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.05