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4. How to have better conversations with people across the aisle

Author

Austin, April

Subjects
Communication -- Social aspects -- Methods -- Ethical aspects, Interpersonal relations -- Ethical aspects, Beliefs -- Social aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: April Austin Weekly Deputy Editor, Books Editor Abstract: Bob Stains has dedicated his life to helping transform conflicts, urging us to soften our 'hearts of stone' and go beyond [...]

Published
2024

5. Cancers with epidemiologic signatures of viral oncogenicity among immunocompromised populations in the United States.

Author

Haas, Cameron B, Shiels, Meredith S, Pfeiffer, Ruth M, D'Arcy, Monica, Luo, Qianlai, Yu, Kelly, Austin, April A, Cohen, Colby, Miller, Paige, Morawski, Bozena M, Pawlish, Karen, Robinson, William T, and Engels, Eric A

Subjects
AIDS, HEART transplant recipients, TRANSPLANTATION of organs, tissues, etc., HIV-positive persons, SQUAMOUS cell carcinoma
Abstract

Background Immunosuppressed individuals have elevated risk of virus-related cancers. Identifying cancers with elevated risk in people with HIV and solid organ transplant recipients, 2 immunosuppressed populations, may help identify novel etiologic relationships with infectious agents. Methods We used 2 linkages of population-based cancer registries with HIV and transplant registries in the United States. Cancer entities were systematically classified according to site and histology codes. Standardized incidence ratios were used to compare risk in people with HIV and solid organ transplant recipients with the general population. For selected cancer entities, incidence rate ratios were calculated for indicators of immunosuppression within each population. Results We identified 38 047 cancer cases in solid organ transplant recipients and 53 592 in people with HIV, yielding overall standardized incidence ratios of 1.66 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.65 to 1.68) and 1.49 (95% CI = 1.47 to 1.50), respectively. A total of 43 cancer entities met selection criteria, including conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma (people with HIV standardized incidence ratio = 7.1, 95% CI = 5.5 to 9.2; solid organ transplant recipients standardized incidence ratio = 9.4, 95% CI = 6.8 to 12.6). Sebaceous adenocarcinoma was elevated in solid organ transplant recipients (standardized incidence ratio = 16.2, 95% CI = 14.0 to 18.6) and, among solid organ transplant recipients, associated with greater risk in lung and heart transplant recipients compared with recipients of other organs (incidence rate ratio = 2.3, 95% CI = 1.7 to 3.2). Salivary gland tumors, malignant fibrous histiocytoma, and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma showed elevated risk in solid organ transplant recipients (standardized incidence ratio = 3.9,  4.7, and  3.2, respectively) but not in people with HIV. However, risks for these cancers were elevated following an AIDS diagnosis among people with HIV (incidence rate ratio = 2.4, 4.3, and  2.0, respectively). Conclusions Elevated standardized incidence ratios among solid organ transplant recipients and people with HIV, and associations with immunosuppression within these populations, suggest novel infectious causes for several cancers including conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma, sebaceous adenocarcinoma, salivary gland tumors, malignant fibrous histiocytoma, and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2024
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6. Survival by sex and HIV status in patients with anal cancer in the USA between 2001 and 2019: a retrospective cohort study

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Shing, Jaimie Z, primary, Engels, Eric A, additional, Austin, April A, additional, Clarke, Megan A, additional, Hayes, Jennifer H, additional, Kreimer, Aimée R, additional, Monterosso, Analise, additional, Horner, Marie-Josèphe, additional, Pawlish, Karen S, additional, Luo, Qianlai, additional, Zhang, Elizabeth R, additional, Koestler, Aimee J, additional, Pfeiffer, Ruth M, additional, and Shiels, Meredith S, additional

Published
2023
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12. Supplemental Table 3. Counts for SELECT3 conditions from Comprehensive Evaluation of Medical Conditions Associated with Risk of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma using Medicare Claims (“MedWAS”)

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Engels, Eric A., primary, Parsons, Ruth, primary, Besson, Caroline, primary, Morton, Lindsay M., primary, Enewold, Lindsey, primary, Ricker, Winnie, primary, Yanik, Elizabeth L., primary, Arem, Hannah, primary, Austin, April A., primary, and Pfeiffer, Ruth M., primary

Published
2023
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13. Supplemental Table 1. Power calculations for replication analyses from Comprehensive Evaluation of Medical Conditions Associated with Risk of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma using Medicare Claims (“MedWAS”)

Author

Engels, Eric A., primary, Parsons, Ruth, primary, Besson, Caroline, primary, Morton, Lindsay M., primary, Enewold, Lindsey, primary, Ricker, Winnie, primary, Yanik, Elizabeth L., primary, Arem, Hannah, primary, Austin, April A., primary, and Pfeiffer, Ruth M., primary

Published
2023
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18. For designer William Morris, beauty was key to happiness

Author

Austin, April

Subjects
William Morris (Nonfiction work) -- Mason, Anna, Books -- Book reviews, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: April Austin Staff writer Abstract: As a textile artisan, tastemaker, and social reformer, William Morris wove his values into his work. Behind the exquisite floral wallpaper lurks a social [...]

Published
2021

20. Identifying Factors Associated with Loss to Follow-up Among Patients Reported to the New York State Cancer Registry

Author

Qiao, Baozhen, Austin, April A., Schymura, Maria J., Zhang, Xiuling, and Sherman, Colleen G.

Subjects
Original Articles
Abstract

BACKGROUND: State cancer registries in the United States are data sources for estimating population-based cancer survival. However, the completeness of patient follow-up can affect the accuracy of survival estimates. Like many registries, the New York State Cancer Registry (NYSCR) conducts patient follow-up largely through linkages with other data sources. Even after expending great effort on linkages, a small proportion of patients remain lost to follow-up (LTFU). In this study, we identified factors that are associated with the likelihood of LTFU in the NYSCR. METHODS: First primary cancers (sequence number, 00 or 01 and excluding death-certificate- and autopsy-only cases) diagnosed during 2000-2018 among New York State residents were selected for study. All patients were followed through December 31, 2018. Based on each patient's vital status and last contact date, follow-up status was categorized into 2 groups: patients LTFU and patients not LTFU. Patients LTFU were examined by demographic and tumor characteristics. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to evaluate the association between demographic/tumor characteristics and likelihood of LTFU. For patients LTFU, the timing of LTFU (within 1 year, 1 to 10 years) was further described. LTFU rates within 5 years after cancer diagnosis were also examined. RESULTS: Among 1,797,228 patients, 74,722 were LTFU prior to December 31, 2018, representing 4.2% of all patients and 7.6% of alive patients. About 60% of LTFU occurred within 1 year after cancer diagnosis. Compared to the reference group, logistic regression analyses indicated that patients LTFU were more likely to be female, Black, Asian/Pacific Islander (API), Hispanic, foreign born, insured by Medicaid, uninsured, aged

Published
2022

21. Mary Beth Meehan's photos dissolve distances between people

Author

Austin, April

Subjects
Seeing Silicon Valley: Life Inside a Fraying America (Nonfiction work) -- Meehan, Mary Beth, Books -- Book reviews, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: April Austin Weekly Deputy Editor, Books Editor Abstract: In the book 'Seeing Silicon Valley: Life Inside a Fraying America,' Mary Beth Meehan's photographs cross divides - of haves and [...]

Published
2021

25. Q&A with Erin Morgenstern, author of 'The Starless Sea'

Author

Austin, April

Subjects
The Starless Sea (Novel), Novelists -- Interviews, Bookstores, Editors, Novels, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: April Austin Weekly Deputy Editor, Books Editor Abstract: Erin Morgenstern, bestselling author of 'The Night Circus,' answers questions about her latest novel, including where she finds inspiration. Adoring fans [...]

Published
2019

26. After a skipped year, the Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded for 2018 and 2019

Author

Austin, April

Subjects
Nobel Prizes -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations -- 2018 AD -- 2019 AD, Writers -- Achievements and awards, Scandals, Editors, Nobel laureates, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
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Byline: April Austin Weekly Deputy Editor, Books Editor Abstract: The Swedish Academy had postponed the award last year after a scandal. The winners are Polish author Olga Tokarczuk and Austrian [...]

Published
2019

28. 'Varina' imagines the life of Jefferson Davis's widow in the aftermath of the Civil War

Author

Austin, April

Subjects
Varina (Novel) -- Frazier, Charles -- Book reviews, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: April Austin 'I've come to accept that our debt may stretch to one of those generational Bible curses,' says Varina Davis, the title character in Varina, Charles Frazier's new [...]

Published
2018

30. 'The Cloister' probes deeply into matters of faith, dogma, complicity, and forgiveness

Author

Austin, April

Subjects
The Cloister (Novel) -- Carroll, James -- Book reviews, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: April Austin With The Cloister, James Carroll manages a balancing act that would have thwarted lesser novelists. He juggles three stories, from different eras, that each probe deeply into [...]

Published
2018

40. Provincetown art colony: where light, water, and art meet

Author

Austin, April

Subjects
Artist colonies -- History, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: April Austin Summer art colonies are permissive places where artists can let down their hair, paint or write with less worry about critics, and socialize with like-minded people. Such [...]

Published
2011

41. Scaling down the artist's studio

Author

Austin, April

Subjects
Artists' studios -- Portrayals, Miniature rooms -- Exhibitions, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: April Austin We imagine an artist's studio as the place where a tortured painter flails away at his masterpiece. It doesn't matter that most of our imagery comes from [...]

Published
2011

42. Message in a box: Franck de Las Mercedes's peace packages

Author

Austin, April

Subjects
Painting, Abstract -- Appreciation, Mailboxes -- Decoration and finishing, Painters -- Works -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
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Byline: April Austin The post office seems like an odd place for an epiphany. But artist Franck de Las Mercedes found his life upended after one routine trip. A postal [...]

Published
2011

43. Curator extraordinaire of Chinese art

Author

Austin, April

Subjects
Art, Chinese -- Appreciation, Curators -- Practice, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: April Austin It's good to be king; it's even better to be the power behind the throne. That power belongs to Nancy Berliner, curator of Chinese art at the [...]

Published
2010

44. Beijing treasures: a hidden world on view

Author

Austin, April

Subjects
Museums -- Exhibitions, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: April Austin As Americans declared their independence in 1776, on the other side of the world, an introspective emperor was celebrating the completion of his opulent retirement compound in [...]

Published
2010

45. Columbine

Author

Austin, April

Subjects
Columbine (Nonfiction work) -- Evaluation -- History -- Cases, School violence -- History -- Cases, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Columbine High School -- History -- Cases -- Evaluation
Abstract

Byline: April Austin Ten years after Columbine, the memory of a suburban high school under siege from two teenage gunmen has not faded. The details that found their way into [...]

Published
2009

46. China's irrepressible modern art scene

Author

Austin, April

Subjects
China -- Social aspects, Art, Chinese -- Exhibitions -- Social aspects, Modernism (Art) -- Exhibitions -- Social aspects, Art, Modern -- Exhibitions -- Social aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: April Austin Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor Salem, Mass. -- China sits atop a gold mine of contemporary art that few people have ever seen, either inside or [...]

Published
2009

47. Cities shed artful light on the canvas of night

Author

Austin, April

Subjects
Architectural and decorative lighting -- Usage -- Appreciation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: April Austin Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor Few art forms rival lighting - with its capacity to alter mood, focus attention, or invite wonder. For most of human [...]

Published
2009

48. Collecting antiques can equal cultural survival

Author

Austin, April

Subjects
Russia -- Social aspects, China -- Social aspects, Antiquities -- Forecasts and trends -- Social aspects -- Protection and preservation, Religious articles -- Protection and preservation -- Social aspects -- Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: April Austin Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor People who collect antiques do so for many reasons: to own a piece of the past, to learn about their history, [...]

Published
2008

49. From gravel pit to inspired landscape

Author

Austin, April

Subjects
Landscape architecture -- Methods -- Protection and preservation, Historic sites -- Protection and preservation -- Methods, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Storm King Art Center -- Protection and preservation
Abstract

Byline: April Austin Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor Storm King Art Center draws on a heritage rich with artistic and agricultural traditions. Comprising 500 acres of former farmland in [...]

Published
2008

50. Where land and art become one

Author

Austin, April

Subjects
Sculpture -- United States -- Appreciation -- Design and construction, Arts centers -- Appreciation -- Design and construction, Landscape architecture -- Appreciation -- Design and construction, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Storm King Art Center -- Appreciation -- History
Abstract

Byline: April Austin Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor Mountainville, N.Y. -- I have passed Storm King Art Center on my route south to New York City for years. The [...]

Published
2008

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