Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
195 Little Albany Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08903-2681
732-235-CINJ (2465)
The main aim of this cohort study based at Kaiser Permanente Northern California is to evaluate the impact of obesity on ovarian cancer treatment and survival, with consideration of disparities across the different racial/ethnic groups in these outcomes. This study is funded by the National Cancer Institute.
Bandera EV, Lee VS, Rodriguez-Rodriguez L, Powell CB, Kushi LH. Chemotherapy dosing and ovarian cancer survival according to body mass index. JAMA Oncology 2015; 1(6):737-45.
Bandera EV, Lee V, Rodriguez-Rodriguez L, Powell B, Kushi LH. Racial/ethnic disparities in ovarian cancer treatment and survival. Clinical Cancer Research 2016 Dec 1;22(23):5909-5914.