Researcher Profile

Grace L. Lu-Yao, PhD, MPH

Professor of Medicine, Medical Oncology
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Cancer Institute of New Jersey
195 Little Albany Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1914

Phone: (732) 235-8830
Email: luyaogr@umdnj.edu

Research Program Alignment

Membership Type: Full


Research Interests

  • Research expertise/interests include: cancer control and surveillance, screening and treatment for prostate cancer
  • Chronic disease epidemiology, outcomes assessment.

Selected Publications

Berger E. Foster P, Laskowski L. Lu-Yao GL, Oren D, Prado D.  Managing the medical record on a concurrent basis: facts and possibility.  Journal of AMRA  1988; 59(5):24-33.

Berger E. Foster P, Laskowski L. Lu-Yao GL, Oren D, Prado D.  Managing the medical record on a concurrent basis: facts and possibility (II).  Journal of AMRA  1988; 59(6):25-36.

Lu-Yao GL, McLerran D, Wasson J, Wennberg JE.  An assessment of radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer: time trends , geographic variations, and outcomes. JAMA 1993; 260:2633-2636.

Lu-Yao GL. Treatment strategies for prostate cancer (letter). JAMA 1993; 270:1693-1694.

Fowler J, Barry M, Lu-Yao GL, Roman A, Wasson J.  Patient-reported estimates of complications and cancer recurrence following radical prostatectomy: The national experience. Urology 1993; 42(6):622-629.

Wasson J, Fleming C, Bruskewitz R, Albertsen P, Barry M, Lu-Yao GL, Wennberg J, Littenberg B, Mulley A.  What are we doing, what do we know, and what should we be doing.  Seminars in Urology 1993; XI(1):23-26.

Lu-Yao GL, Keller RB, Littenberg B, Wennberg JE.  Outcomes of alternative operative treatment of elderly patients with displaced femoral neck fractures. J Bone Joint Surg [Am] 1994; 76A:15-25.

Lu-Yao GL, Greenberg R. Geographic variation in rates of prostate cancer and radical prostatectomy in the United States. Lancet 1994; 343:251-54.

Lu-Yao GL, Baron J, Barrett J, Fisher ES.  Treatment and survival after hip fracture among elderly Americans. Am J Public Health 1994; 84:1287-1291.

Lu-Yao GL, Keller RB.   Meta-analysis - Basics and its application in orthopedics.  Current Opinion in Orthopedics 1994; 5;V:80-85.

Lu-Yao GL, Barry M, Chang CH, Wasson JH, Wennberg JE.  Transurethral resection of the prostate among Medicare beneficiaries in the United States: time trends and outcomes. Urology 1994; 44:692-299.

Baron JA, Lu-Yao GL,  Barrett JA, Fisher ES.  Internal validation of Medicare claims.  Epidemiology 1994; 5:541-544.

Yao Y, Lu-Yao GL, Mesches DN., Lou W.  Decline of serum cobalamin levels with increasing age among geriatric outpatients. Arch Fam Med 1994; 3:918-922.

Stukel TA, Glynn RJ, Fisher ES, Lu-Yao GL, Sharp SM, Wennberg JE. Standardized rates of recurrent outcomes.  Statistics in Medicine 1994; 13:1781-1791.

Lu-Yao GL, McLerran D, Wasson J, Wennberg JE.  An assessment of radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer: Geographic variations, time trends, and the evaluation of medical care outcomes. Year Book of Oncology 1994; p224-226.

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