Publications

Peer-reviewed articles

Lawrence WR, Kuliszewski MG, Hosler AS, Leinung MC, Zhang X, Zhang W, Du Z, Schymura MJ, Boscoe FP. Association between preexisting mental illnesses and mortality among Medicaid-insured women diagnosed with breast cancer. Social Science and Medicine 2021; 113643. Abstract

Aquina CT, Truong M, Justiniano CF, Kaur R, Xu Z, Boscoe FP, Schymura MJ, Becerra AZ. Variation in adequate lymph node yield for gastric, lung, and bladder cancer: attributable to the surgeon, pathologist, or hospital? Annals of Surgical Oncology 2020; 27(11): 4093-4106. Abstract

Jones RR, Boscoe FP, Medgyesi D, Fitzgerald EF, Hwang S-A, Lin S. Evaluation of bias resulting from geographic imputation of patient address: implications for environmental exposure assessment. Spatial and Spatiotemporal Epidemiology 2020, 32: 100322. Abstract

Justiniano CF, Becerra AZ, Xu Z, Aquina CT, Boodry CI, Schymura MJ, Boscoe FP, Noyes K, Temple LK, Fleming FJ. A population-based study of 90-day hospital cost and utilization associated with robotic surgery in colon and rectal cancer. Journal of Surgical Research 2020; 245: 136-144. Abstract

Kho RM, Desai VB, Schwartz PE, Wright JD, Gross CP, Hutchison LM, Boscoe FP, Lin H, Xu X. Endometrial sampling for preoperative diagnosis of uterine leiomyosarcoma. Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology 2020; 27(7): S129. Full text

Lawrence WR, Hosler AS, Kuliszewski MG, Leinung MC, Zhang X, Schymura MJ, Boscoe FP. Impact of preexisting type II diabetes mellitus and antidiabetic drugs on all-cause and cause-specific mortality among Medicaid-insured women diagnosed with breast cancer. Cancer Epidemiology 2020; 66: 101710. Abstract

Liu B, Lee FF, Boscoe FP. Residential mobility among adult cancer survivors in the United States. BMC Public Health 2020: 1601. Full text

Xu Z, Aquina CT, Justiniano CF, Becerra AZ, Boscoe FP, Schymura MJ, Temple LK, Fleming FJ. Centralizing rectal cancer surgery: what is the impact of travel on patients? Diseases of the Colon and Rectum 2020; 63(3): 319-325. Full text

Aquina CT, Becerra AZ, Justiniano CF, Xu Z, Boscoe FP, Schymura MJ, Noyes K, Monson JRT, Temple LK, Fleming FJ. Surgeon, hospital, and geographic variation in minimally invasive colectomy. Annals of Surgery 2019; 269(6): 1109-1116. Abstract

Boscoe FP, Hutchison LM. Spatial and contextual analyses of stage at diagnosis. In Geospatial Approaches to Energy Balance and Breast Cancer. D Berrigan, NA Berger, eds. Berlin: Springer, 2019. pp. 313-330. Abstract

Desai VB, Wright JB, Gross CP, Lin H, Boscoe FP, Schwartz PE, Xu X. Risk of unexpected uterine cancer in women undergoing myomectomy: a population-based study. European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology 2019; 238: 188-190. Full text

Justiniano CF, Aquina CT, Fleming FJ, Xu Z, Boscoe FP, Schymura MJ, Temple LK, Becerra AZ. Hospital and surgeon variation in positive circumferential resection margin among rectal cancer patients. American Journal of Surgery 2019; 218(5): 881-886. Full text

Xu X, Lin H, Wright JD, Gross CD, Boscoe FP, Hutchison LM, Schwartz PE, Desai VB. Association between power morcellation and mortality in women with unexpected uterine cancer undergoing hysterectomy or myomectomy. Journal of Clinical Oncology 2019; 37(35): 3412-3424. Full text

Xu X, Desai VB, Wright JD, Gross CP, Lin H, Schwartz PE, Boscoe FP, Hutchison LM. Prevalence, characteristics, and risk factors of occult corpus uteri cancer in presumed benign hysterectomy. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2019; 221(1): 39.e1-39.e14. Abstract

Xu Z, Becerra AZ, Justiniano CF, Aquina CT, Fleming FJ, Boscoe FP, Schymura MJ, Sinno AK, Chadul J, Morrow GR, Minasian LM, Temkin SM. Complications and survivorship trends after primary debulking surgery for ovarian cancer. Journal of Surgical Research 2019; 246: 34-41. Abstract

Boscoe FP, Hutchison LM. Differential reporting of in situ colorectal cancer in New York State and the United States. Journal of Registry Management 2018; 45(1): 32-35. Full text

Hutchison LM, Boscoe FP, Feingold BJ. Cancers disproportionately affecting the New York State transgender population, 1979-2016. American Journal of Public Health 2018; 108: 1260-1262. Full text

Moslehi R, Zeinomar N, Boscoe FP. Incidence of cutaneous malignant melanoma in Iranian provinces and American states matched on ultraviolet radiation exposure: an ecologic study. Environmental Pollution 2018; 234: 699-706. Full text

Pinheiro PS, Callahan KE, Boscoe FP, Balise RR, Cobb TR, Lee DJ, Kobetz EN. Cancer-site specific disparities in New York, including the 1945-1965 birth cohort’s impact on liver cancer patterns. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention 2018; 27(8): 917-927. Full text

Aquina CT, Mohile S, Tejani M, Becerra AZ, Xu Z, Hensley B, Arsalanizadeh R, Boscoe FP, Schymura MJ, Noyes K, Monson J, Fleming F. The impact of age on complications, survival, and cause of death following colon cancer surgery. British Journal of Cancer 2017; 116: 389-397. Abstract

Aquina CT, Becerra A, Boscoe FP, Schymura MJ, et al. The association among blood transfusion, sepsis, and decreased long-term survival following colon cancer resection. Annals of Surgery 2017, 266(2): 311-317. Full text

Aquina CT, Becerra AZ, Xu Z, Boscoe FP, Schymura MJ, Noyes K, Monson JRT, Fleming FJ. Non-elective colon cancer resection: a continued public health concern. Surgery 2017, 161(6): 1609-1618. Abstract

Becerra AZ, Aquina CT, Mohile SG, Tejani MA, Schymura MJ, Boscoe FP, Xu Z, Hensley BJ, Noyes K, Monson JR, Fleming FJ. Variation in delayed time to adjuvant chemotherapy and its impact on disease-specific survival in stage III colon cancer patients. Annals of Surgical Oncology 2017; 24(6): 1610-1617. Abstract

Becerra AZ, Aquina CT, Berho M, Schymura MJ, Boscoe FP, Noyes K, Monson JR, Fleming FJ. Surgeon, Pathologist, and Hospital-Level Variation in Suboptimal Lymph Node Examination after Colectomy: Compartmentalizing Quality Improvement Strategies. Surgery 2017; 161(5): 1299-1306. Abstract

Boscoe FP, Zhang X. Visualizing the diffusion of digital mammography in New York State. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention 2017, 26(4): 490-494. Full text

Boscoe FP, Henry KA, Sherman RL, Johnson CJ. The relationship between cancer incidence, stage, and poverty in the United States. International Journal of Cancer 2016; 139(3): 607-612. Full text

Hassett MJ, Schymura MJ, Chen K, Boscoe FP, Gesten FC, Schrag D. Variation in breast cancer care quality in New York and California based on race/ethnicity and Medicaid enrollment. Cancer 2016; 122(3): 420-431. Full text

Hutchison LM, Boscoe FP. Improving vital status data using text searches. Journal of Registry Management 2016; 43(4): 195-196. Full text

Wagner VL, Jing W, Boscoe FP, Schymura MJ, Roohan PJ, Gesten FC. Improving adjuvant hormone therapy use in Medicaid Managed Care insured women. Preventing Chronic Disease 2016; 13: 16018. Full text

Boscoe FP. Persistent and extreme outliers in causes of death by state, 1999-2013. PeerJ 2015; 3: e1336. Full text

Boscoe FP, Pradhan E. The most distinctive causes of death by state. Preventing Chronic Disease 2015, 12: 140395. Full text

Boscoe FP, Pradhan E. A Medicare-associated spike in U.S. cancer rates at age 65, 2000-2010. Public Health Reports 2015; 130(4): 343-348. Full text

Kohler BA, Sherman RL, Howlader N, Jemal A, Ryerson AB, Henry KA, Boscoe FP, Cronin KA, Lake A, Noone AM, Henley SJ, Eheman CR, Anderson RN, Penberthy L. Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975-2011, Featuring Incidence of Breast Cancer Subtypes by Race/Ethnicity, Poverty, and State. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2015; 107(6): djv048. Full text

Mack JW, Chen K, Boscoe FP, Gesten FC, Roohan PJ, Schymura MJ, Schrag D. High intensity of end-of-life care among adolescent and young adult cancer patients in the New York State Medicaid program. Medical Care 2015, 53(12): 1018-1026. Full text

O’Grady TJ, Gates MA, Boscoe FP. Thyroid cancer incidence attributable to overdiagnosis in the United States, 1981-2011. International Journal of Cancer 2015; 137(11): 2664-2673. Full text

Kohler BA, Sherman RL, Howlader N, Jemal A, Ryerson AB, Henry KA, Boscoe FP, Cronin KA, Lake A, Noone AM, Henley SJ, Eheman CR, Anderson RN, Penberthy L. Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975-2011, Featuring Incidence of Breast Cancer Subtypes by Race/Ethnicity, Poverty, and State. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2015; 107(6): djv048. Full text

Boscoe FP, Johnson CJ, Sherman RL, Stinchcomb DG, Lin G, Henry KA. The relationship between area poverty rate and site-specific cancer incidence in the United States. Cancer 2014, 120(14): 2191-2198. Full text

Boscoe FP. Trends in reporting delay in United States central cancer registries. Journal of Registry Management 2014, 41(3): 135-138. Full text

Sherman RL, Boscoe FP, O’Brien DK, George JT, Henry KA, Soloway LE, Lee DJ. Misclassification of sex in central cancer registries. Journal of Registry Management 2014; 41(3): 120-124. Full text

Edwards BK, Noone A-M, Mariotto AB, Simard EP, Boscoe FP, Henley SJ, Jemal A, Cho H, Anderson RN, Kohler BA, Eheman CR, Ward EM. Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1975-2010, featuring prevalence of comorbidity and impact on survival among persons with lung, colorectal, breast or prostate cancer. Cancer 2014; 120(9): 1290-1314. Full text

Henry KA, Sherman RL, McDonald K, Johnson CJ, Lin G, Stroup AM, Boscoe FP. Associations of census tract poverty with subsite-specific colorectal cancer incidence rates and stage of disease at diagnosis in the United States. Journal of Cancer Epidemiology 2014; 823484. Full text

Surdu S, Fitzgerald EF, Bloom MS, Boscoe FP, Fletcher T, Carpenter DO, Haase RF, Gurzau E, Rudnai P, Koppova K, Kumar R, Vahter M, Leonardi G, Goessler W, Févotte J, Fletcher T. Polymorphisms in DNA repair genes XRCC1 and XRCC3, occupational exposure to arsenic and sunlight, and the risk of non-melanoma skin cancer in a European case-control study. Environmental Research 2014, 134: 382-389. Abstract

O’Grady TJ, Kitahara CM, DiRienzo AG, Boscoe FP, Gates MA. Randomization to Screening for Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancers and Thyroid Cancer Incidence in Two Large Cancer Screening Trials. PLOS ONE 2014; 9(9): e106880. Full text

Walker GV, Giordano SH, Williams M, Jiang J, Niu J, MacKinnon J, Anderson P, Wohler B, Sinclair AH, Boscoe FP, Schymura MJ, Buchholz TA, Smith BD. Muddy water? Variation in reporting receipt of breast radiation therapy by population-based tumor registries. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics 2013; 86(4): 686-693. Full text

Surdu S, Fletcher T, Fitzgerald E, Bloom MS, Boscoe FP, Carpenter DO, Haase RF, Gurzau E, Rudnai P, Koppova K, Févotte J, Kumar R, Vahter M, Leonardi G, Goessler W. Occupational exposure to ultraviolet radiation and risk of non-melanoma skin cancer in a multinational European study. PLOS ONE 2013; 8(4): e62359. Full text

Surdu S, Fitzgerald EF, Bloom MS, Boscoe FP, Carpenter DO, Haase RF, Gurzau E, Rudnai P, Koppova K, Fevotte J, Vahter M, Leonardi G, Goessler W, Kumar R, Fletcher T. Occupational exposure to arsenic and risk of non-melanoma skin cancer in a multinational European study. International Journal of Cancer 2013; 133(9): 2182-219. Full text

Zhang X, Kahn AR, Boscoe FP, Buckley PM. An automated algorithm for consolidating dates of diagnosis from multiple sources. Journal of Registry Management 2013; 40(1): 36-39. Abstract

Mack JW, Chen K, Boscoe FP, Gesten FC, Roohan PJ, Weeks JC, Schymura MJ, Schrag D. Underuse of hospice care by Medicaid insured patients with stage IV lung cancer in New York and California. Journal of Clinical Oncology 2013; 31(20): 2569-2579. Full text

Boscoe FP, Schymura MJ, Zhang X, Kramer R. Heuristic algorithms for assigning Hispanic ethnicity. PLOS ONE 2013; 8(2): e55689. Full text

Boscoe FP, Henry KA, Zdeb MS. A nationwide comparison of driving distance versus straight line distance to hospitals. Professional Geographer 2012; 64(2): 188-196. Full text

Boscoe FP, Johnson C, Henry KA, Goldberg DW, Shababi K, Elkin EB, Ballas LK, Cockburn M. Geographic proximity to treatment for early stage breast cancer and likelihood of mastectomy. The Breast 2011; 20(4): 324-328. Full text

Yung R, Hassett M, Chen K, Gesten F, Roohan P, Boscoe FP, Sinclair AH, Schymura MJ, Schrag D. Initiation of adjuvant hormone therapy by Medicaid insured women with non-metastatic breast cancer. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2012; 104(14): 1102-1105. Full text

Sinclair AH, Schymura MJ, Boscoe FP, Yung RL, Chen K, Roohan P, Tai E, Schrag D. Measuring colorectal cancer care quality for the publicly insured in New York State. Cancer Medicine 2012; 1(3): 363-371. Full text

Soloway LE, Boscoe FP, Schymura MJ, Kahn AR, Weinstein AL, Qiao B, McLaughlin CC. Thyroid cancer incidence in highly observant Jewish neighborhoods in metropolitan New York City. Thyroid 2011; 21(11): 1255-1261. Full text

Yung RL, Chen K, Abel GA, Foster CG, Roohan PJ, Boscoe FP, Sinclair AH, Schymura MJ, Schrag D. Cancer disparities in the context of Medicaid insurance: a comparison of survival for acute myeloid leukemia and Hodgkin lymphoma by Medicaid enrollment. The Oncologist 2011; 16(8): 1082-1091. Full text

Henry KA, Boscoe FP, Johnson CJ, Goldberg DW, Sherman R, Cockburn M. Breast cancer stage at diagnosis: is travel time important? Journal of Community Health 2011; 36(6): 933-942. Abstract

Boscoe FP, Schrag D, Chen K, Roohan PJ, Schymura MJ. Building capacity to assess cancer care in the Medicaid population in New York State. Health Services Research 2011; 46(3): 805-820. Full text

Boscoe FP, Johnson C, Henry KA, Goldberg DW, Shababi K, Elkin EB, Ballas LK, Cockburn M. Geographic proximity to treatment for early stage breast cancer and likelihood of mastectomy. The Breast 2011; 20(4): 324-328. Full text

Boscoe FP. Towards the use of a census tract poverty indicator variable in cancer surveillance. Journal of Registry Management 2010; 37(4): 148-151. Full text

Curriero FC, Klassen AC, Boscoe FP, Kulldorff M. Using imputation to provide location information for nongeocoded addresses. PLOS ONE 2010, 5(2): e8998. Full text

Henry KA, Niu X, Boscoe FP. Geographic disparities in colorectal cancer survival. International Journal of Health Geographics 2009, 8: 48. Full text

Boscoe FP, Schymura MJ, Hsieh MC, Williams MA, Henry KA. Issues with the coding of Pacific Islanders in central cancer registries. Journal of Registry Management 2008, 35(2): 48-52. Full text

Boscoe FP. Subdividing the age group of 85 years and older to improve US disease reporting. American Journal of Public Health 2008, 98(7): 1167-1170. Full text

Henry KA, Boscoe FP. Estimating the accuracy of geographical imputation. International Journal of Health Geographics 2008, 7: 3. Full text

Boscoe FP. Issues with the coding of Asian race in central cancer registries. Journal of Registry Management 2007, 34(4): 135-139. Full text

McLaughlin CC, Boscoe FP. Effects of randomization methods for permutation tests on statistical inference in disease cluster detection. Health and Place 2007, 13(2): 152-163. Full text

Boscoe FP, Schymura MJ. Solar ultraviolet-B exposure and cancer incidence and mortality in the United States, 1993-2002. BMC Cancer 2006, 6: 264. Full text

Boscoe FP, Ward MH, Reynolds P. Current practices in spatial analysis of cancer data: data characteristics and data sources for geographic studies of cancer. International Journal of Health Geographics 2004, 3: 28. Full text

Boscoe FP, Miller BA. Population estimation error and its impact on 1991-1999 cancer rates. Professional Geographer 2004, 56(4): 516-529. Full text

Boscoe FP, McLaughlin CC, Schymura MJ, Kielb CL. Visualization of the spatial scan statistic using nested circles. Health and Place 2003, 9(3): 273-277. Full text

Boscoe FP. “The insanities of an exalted imagination”: the troubled first geological survey of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 2003, 127(3): 291-308. Full text

Boscoe FP, Pickle LW. Choosing geographic units for choropleth rate maps, with an emphasis on public health applications. Cartography and Geographic Information Science 2003, 30(3): 237-248. Full text

Boscoe FP, Kielb CL, Schymura MJ, Bolani TM. Assessing and improving census tract completeness. Journal of Registry Management 2002, 29(4):  117-120. Full text

Boscoe FP. “The insanities of an exalted imagination”: the troubled first geological survey of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 2003, 127(3): 291-308. Full text

Boscoe FP, Kielb CL, Schymura MJ, Bolani TM. Assessing and improving census tract completeness. Journal of Registry Management 2002, 29(4):  117-120. Full text

Boscoe FP, McLaughlin CC. The effect of seasonal residence on cancer incidence rates. Journal of Registry Management 2002, 29(1): 3-7. Full text

Boscoe FP. A new calculation of the geographic center of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Geographer 2001, 38(2): 56-68. Full text

Boscoe FP. A project of doubtful utility: measuring legislative opposition to the Pennsylvania Canal. Political Geography 2000, 19(8): 997-1011. Full text

MacEachren AM, Boscoe FP, Haug D, Pickle LW. Geographic visualization: Designing manipulable maps for exploring temporally varying georeferenced statistics. Proceedings, IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization 1998; 87-94. Full text

Boscoe FP, Prytherch DE. Landscape evolution and cartographic bias in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Geographer 1996, 33(2). Full text

Davidson CI, Harrington JR, Stephenson ML, Small MJ, Boscoe FP, Gandley RE. Seasonal variations in nitrate, sulfate, and chloride concentrations in the Greenland Ice Sheet: relationship to atmospheric concentrations. Atmospheric Environment 1989, 23. Full text

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