George Luta’s Publications

  1. Friedman RB, Sullivan KL, Luta G, Snider SF, Jones KT. (2017) Leveraging the Test Effect to improve maintenance of the gains achieved through cognitive rehabilitation. Neuropsychology, 31, 220-228.
  2. Tarp S, Furst DE, Boers M, Luta G, Bliddal H, Tarp U, Asmussen KH, Brock B, Døssing A, Jørgensen TS, Thirstrup S, Christensen R. (2017) Risk of serious adverse effects of biological and targeted drugs in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Rheumatology (in press).
  3. Taylor KL, Hagerman, CJ,  Luta G, Bellini PG, Stanton C, Abrams, DB, Kramer JA, Anderson ED, Regis S, McKee A, McKee B, Niaura R, Harper H, & Ramsaier M.  (2017) Preliminary evaluation of a telephone-based smoking cessation intervention in the lung cancer screening setting: A randomized clinical trial. Lung Cancer (in press).
  4. Kahlert J, Gribsholt SB, Gammelager H, Dekkers OM, Luta G. (2017) Control of Confounding in the Analysis Phase – An Overview for Clinicians. Clinical Epidemiology (in press).
  5. Durá-Ferrandis E, Mandelblatt JS, Clapp JD, Luta G, Faul LA, Kimmick G, Cohen HJ, Yung R, Hurria A. (2017) Personality, Coping, and Social Support as Predictors of Long-Term Quality-of-Life Trajectories in Older Breast Cancer Survivors: CALGB Protocol 369901 (Alliance). Psycho-Oncology (in press).
  6. Yuan, A., Giurcanu, M., Luta, G., Tan, M.T. (2017). U-statistics with conditional kernels for incomplete data models.Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, 69, 271-302.
  7. Amris K, Luta G, Christensen R, Danneskiold-Samsøe B, Bliddal H, Wæhrens EE. (2016) Predictors of improvement in observed functional ability in patients with fibromyalgia as an outcome of rehabilitation. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 48, 65-71.
  8. Bebu I*, Luta G*, Mathew T, Kennedy PA, Agan BK. (2016) Parametric cost-effectiveness inference with skewed data. Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, 94, 210–220.
  9. Chaussé P, Liu J, Luta G. (2016) A Simulation-Based Comparison of Covariate Adjustment Methods for the Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 13:414.
  10. Fogel P, Gaston-Mathé Y, Hawkins D, Fogel F, Luta G, Young SS. (2016) Applications of a Novel Clustering Approach Using Non-Negative Matrix Factorization to Environmental Research in Public Health. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 13:509.

  1. Bebu I*, Luta G*, Mathew T, Agan BK. (2016) Generalized Confidence Intervals and Fiducial Intervals for Some Epidemiological Measures. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health,13:605.
  2. Kelly SP, Van Den Eeden SK, Hoffman RM, Aaronson DS, Lobo T, Luta G, Leimpeter AD, Shan J, Potosky AL, Taylor KL. (2016) Sociodemographic and Clinical Predictors of Switching to Active Treatment among a Large, Ethnically Diverse Cohort of Men with Low Risk Prostate Cancer on Observational Management. The Journal of Urology, 196, 734–740.
  3. Taylor KL, Hoffman RM, Davis KM, Luta G, Leimpeter A, Lobo T, Kelly SP, Shan J, Aaronson D, Tomko CA, Starosta AJ, Hagerman CJ, Van Den Eeden SK. (2016) Treatment Preferences for Active Surveillance vs. Active Treatment Among Men with Low-Risk Prostate Cancer. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 25, 1240-1250.
  4. Velina M, Valeinis J, Greco L, Luta G. (2016) Empirical Likelihood-Based ANOVA for Trimmed Means. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 13:953.
  5. Hayward W, Snider SF, Luta G, Friedman RB, Turkeltaub PE. (2016) Objective support for subjective reports of successful inner speech in two people with aphasia. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 33, 299-314.
  6. Mandelblatt JS, Clapp JD, Luta G, Faul LA, Tallarico MD, McClendon TD, Whitley JA, Cai L, Ahles TA, Stern RA, Jacobsen PB, Small BJ, Pitcher BN, Dura-Fernandis E, Muss HB, Hurria A, Cohen HJ, Isaacs C. (2016) Long-term trajectories of self-reported cognitive function in a cohort of older survivors of breast cancer: CALGB 369901 (Alliance). Cancer, 122, 3555–3563.
  7. Matos Do Canto L, Marian C, Varghese RS, Ahn J, Da Cunha PA, Willey S, Sidawy M, Rone JD, Cheema AK, Luta G, Nezami Ranjbar MR, Ressom HW, Haddad BR. (2016) Metabolomic profiling of breast tumors using ductal fluid.International Journal of Oncology, 49, 2245-2254.
  8. Mays D, Niaura RS, Evans WD, Hammond D, Luta G, Tercyak KP. (2015) Cigarette packaging and health warnings: the impact of plain packaging and message framing on young smokers. Tobacco Control, 24, e87-92.
  9. Tomko C, Davis KM, Luta G, Krist AH, Woolf SH, Taylor KL. (2015) A Comparison of Web -Based Versus Print-Based Decision Aids for Prostate Cancer Screening: Participants’ Evaluation and Utilization. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 30, 33-42.
  10. London L, Hurtado-de-Mendoza A, Song M, Nagirimadugu A, Luta G, Sheppard VB. (2015) Motivators and Barriers to Latinas’ Participation in Clinical Trials: The Role of Contextual Factors. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 40, 74-80.
  11. Bliddal H, Eriksen SA, Christensen R, Lorenzen T, Hansen MS, Østergaard M, Dreyer L, Luta G, Vestergaard P (2015). Adherence to methotrexate in rheumatoid arthritis treated by practice vs. hospital based rheumatologists: A Danish nationwide cohort study. Arthritis, 2015:915142.
  12. Starosta AJ, Luta G, Tomko CA, Schwartz MD, Taylor KL (2015). Baseline attitudes about prostate cancer screening moderate the impact of decision aids on screening rates. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, doi: 10.1007/s12160-015-9692-5.
  13. Mandelblatt JS, Huang K, Makgoeng SB, Luta G, Song JX, Tallarico M, Roh JM, Munneke JR, Houlston CA, McGuckin ME, Hillyer G, Hershman D, Neugut AI, Isaacs C, Kushi L. (2015) Preliminary Development and Evaluation of an Algorithm to Identify Breast Cancer Chemotherapy Toxicities Using Electronic Medical Records and Administrative Data. Journal of Oncology Practice, 11, e1-e8.
  14. Tsai H-T, Penson D, Luta G, Lynch  J, Zhou Y, Potosky A. (2015) Adoption of Intermittent Androgen Deprivation Therapy in Advanced Prostate Cancer: A Population-based Study in US Urology Practice. Urology Practice, 2, 190-198.
  15. Schüz J, Luta G, Erdmann F, Ferro G, Bautz A, Simony KS, Dalton SO, Lightfoot T, Winther JF. (2015) Birth order and risk of childhood cancer in the Danish birth cohort of 1973-2010. Cancer Causes and Control, 26, 1575-1582.
  16. Yuan A, Giurcanu M, Luta G, Tan M. (2015) U-statistics with conditional kernels for incomplete data models. Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, doi: 10.1007/s10463-015-0537-6.
  17. Schwartz MD, Valdimarsdottir HB, Peshkin BN, Mandelblatt J, Nusbaum R, Huang A-T, Chang Y, Graves K, Isaacs C, Wood M, McKinnon W, Garber J, McCormick S, Kinney AY, Luta G, Kelleher S, Leventhal K-G, Vegella P, Tong A, King L. (2014) Randomized Non-Inferiority Trial of Telephone versus In-Person Genetic Counseling for Hereditary Breast-Ovarian Cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 32, 618-626.
  18. Castrejón I, Yazici Y, Samuels J, Luta G, Pincus, T. (2014) Discordance of global estimates by patients versus their physicians in usual care of many rheumatic diseases is associated with 5 MDHAQ scores not found on the HAQ. Arthritis Care and Research, 66, 934-942.
  19. Stanton CA, Highland KB, Tercyak KP, Luta G, Niaura RS. (2014) Authoritative Parenting and Cigarette Smoking among Multiethnic Preadolescents: The Mediating Role of Anti-Tobacco Parenting Strategies. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 39, 109-119.
  20. Potosky AL, Haque R, Cassidy-Bushrow A, Ulcickas Yood M, Jiang M, Tsai H-T, Luta G, Keating N, Smith M, Van Den Eeden S. (2014) Effectiveness of Primary Androgen Deprivation Therapy for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 32, 1324-1330.
  21. Mandelblatt JS, Stern RA, Luta G, McGuckin ME, Clapp JD, Hurria A, Jacobsen PB, Faul LA, Isaacs C, Denduluri N, Gavett B, Traina TA, Johnson P, Silliman RA, Turner RS, Howard D, Van Meter JW, Saykin A, Ahles T. (2014) Cognitive Impairments in Older Breast Cancer Patients Prior to Systemic Therapy: Is There an Interaction between Cancer and Comorbidity? Journal of Clinical Oncology, 32, 1909-1918.
  22. Mays D, Gilman SE, Rende R, Luta G, Tercyak KP, Niaura RS. (2014) Parental smoking exposure and adolescent smoking trajectories. Pediatrics, 133, 983-991.
  23. Mays D, Gilman SE, Rende R, Luta G, Tercyak KP, Niaura RS. (2014) Influences of Tobacco Advertising Exposure and Conduct Problems on Smoking Behaviors among Adolescent Males and Females. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 16, 855-863.
  24. Mays D, Demarco TA, Luta G, Peshkin BN, Patenaude AF, Schneider KA, Garber JE, Tercyak KP. (2014) Distress and the Parenting Dynamic among BRCA1/2 Tested Mothers and Their Partners. Health Psychology, 33, 765-773.
  25. Sheppard VB, Faul LA, Luta G, Clapp J, Yung RL, Wang JH, Kimmick G, Isaacs C, Tallarico M, Barry W, Pitcher B, Hudis C, Winer E, Cohen H, Muss H, Hurria A, Mandelblatt JS. (2014) Frailty and Adherence to Adjuvant Hormonal Therapy in Older Women with Breast Cancer: Cancer and Leukemia Group B Protocol #369901. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 32, 2318-2327.
  26. Faul LA, Luta G, Clapp J, Isaacs C, Sheppard V, Wang J, Yung R, Tallarico M, Barry WT, Winer E, Hudis C, Cohen HJ, Muss HB, Mandelblatt JS. (2014) Associations between Survivorship Care Plans, Experiences of Survivorship Care, and Functioning in Older Breast Cancer Survivors: CALGB/Alliance 369901. Journal of Cancer Survivorship: Research and Practice, 8, 627-637.
  27. Davis KM, Kelly SP, Luta G, Tomko C, Miller AB, Taylor KL. (2014) The Association of Long -term Treatment-related Side Effects with Cancer-specific and General Quality of Life among Prostate Cancer Survivors. Urology, 84, 300-306.
  28. Tomko CA, Davis KM, Ludin S, Kelly S, Stern A, Luta G, Taylor KL. (2014) Decisional Outcomes Following Use of an Interactive Web-based Decision Aid for Prostate Cancer Screening. Translational Behavioral Medicine, doi: 10.1007/s13142-014-0301-0.
  29. Wogu AF, Loffredo CA, Bebu I, Luta G. (2014) Mediation analysis of gestational age, congenital heart defects, and infant birth-weight. BMC Research Notes, 7:926.
  30. Pearson JL, Stanton CA, Cha S, Niaura RS, Luta G, Graham AL. (2014) E-cigarettes and smoking cessation: Insights and cautions from a secondary analysis of data from a study of online treatment-seeking smokers. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, doi:10.1093/ntr/ntu269.
  31. Butrick M, Kelly S, Peshkin BN, Luta G, Nusbaum R, Hooker GW, Graves K, Feeley L, Isaacs C, Valdimarsdottir HB, Jandorf L, DeMarco T, Wood M, McKinnon W, Garber J, McCormick SR, Schwartz MD. (2014) Disparities in uptake of BRCA1/2 genetic testing in a randomized trial of telephone counseling. Genetics in Medicine, doi:10.1038/gim.2014.125.
  32. Mays D, Turner MM, Zhao X, Evans WD, Luta G, Tercyak KP. (2014) Framing Pictorial Cigarette Warning Labels to Motivate Young Smokers to Quit. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, doi:10.1093/ntr/ntu164.
  33. Zhang C, Kallakury BV, Ross JS, Mewani RR, Sheehan CE, Sakabe I, Luta G, Kumar D, Yadavalli S, Starr J, Sreenath TL, Srivastava S, Pollard HB, Eidelman O, Srivastava M,  Kasid UN. (2013) The significance of TNFAIP8 in prostate cancer response to radiation and docetaxel and disease recurrence. International Journal of Cancer, 133, 31-42.
  34. Luta G, Ford MB, Bondy M, Shields PG, Stamey JD. (2013) Bayesian sensitivity analysis methods to evaluate bias due to misclassification and missing data using informative priors and external validation data. Cancer Epidemiology, 37, 121-126.
  35. Kaur P, Rizk N, Ibrahim S, Luo Y, Younes N, Perry B, Dennis K, Zirie M, Luta G, Cheema AK. (2013) Quantitative metabolomic and lipidomic profiling reveals aberrant amino acid metabolism in type 2 diabetes. Molecular BioSystems, 9, 307-317.
  36. Williams RM, Davis KM, Luta G, Red SN, Dorfman CS, Schwartz MD, Lyn ch J, Ahaghotu C, Taylor KL. (2013)Fostering Informed Decisions: Impact of a Decision Aid Among Men Registered to Undergo Mass Screening for Prostate Cancer in a Randomized Controlled Trial. Patient Education and Counseling, 91, 329-336.
  37. Bebu I, Dragalin V, Luta G. (2013) Confidence Intervals for Confirmatory Adaptive Two -Stage Designs with Treatment Selection, Biometrical Journal, 55, 294-309.
  38. Aghaeepour N, Finak G, the FlowCAP Consortium, the DREAM Consortium, Brinkman R, Gottardo R, Scheuermann RH. (2013) Critical assessment of automated flow cytometry data analysis techniques, Nature Methods, 10, 228-238.
  39. Sheppard VB, Wang JH, Eng-Wong J, Martin SH, Hurtado-de-Mendoza A, Luta G. (2013) Promoting mammography adherence in underserved women: The telephone coaching adherence study. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 35, 35-42.
  40. Sheppard VB, Isaacs C, Luta G, Willey SC, Boisvert M, Harper FW, Smith K, Horton S, Liu MC, Jennings Y, Hirpa F, Snead F, Mandelblatt JS. (2013) Narrowing racial gaps in breast cancer chemotherapy initiation: the role of the patient-provider relationship. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 139, 207-216.
  41. Loffredo CA, Luta G, Wallington S, Makgoeng SB, Selsky C, Mandelblatt JS, Adams -Campbell LL; the Region 1 Bio-specimen Management of Cancer Health Disparities Program. (2013) Knowledge and Willingness to Provide Research Biospecimens among Foreign-Born Latinos Using Safety-Net Clinics. Journal of Community Health, 38, 652-659.
  42. Taylor KL, Williams RM, Davis KM, Luta G, Penek S, Barry SA,  Kelly SP, Tomko CA, Schwartz MD, Krist AH, Woolf SH, Fishman MB, Cole C, Miller E. (2013) Decision Making in Prostate Cancer Screening: A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Two Decision Aids versus Usual Care. JAMA Internal Medicine, 173, 1704-1712.
  43. Valeinis J, Vucane S, Luta G. (2013) Confidence intervals for the mean based on exponential type inequalities and empirical likelihood. ISRN Biomathematics, 765752.
  44. Mandelblatt JS, Makgoeng SB, Luta G, Hurria A, Kimmick G, Isaacs C, Tallarico M, Barry WT, Pitcher B, Winer EP, Hudis C, Cohen HJ, Muss HB. (2013) A planned, prospective comparison of short-term quality of life outcomes among older breast cancer patients treated with standard chemotherapy in a randomized clinical trial vs. an observational study: CALGB #49907 and #369901. Journal of Geriatric Oncology, 4, 353-361.
  45. Fogel P, Hawkins DM, Beecher C, Luta G, Young SS. (2013) A Tale of Two Matrix Factorizations. The American Statistician, 67, 207-218.
  46. Wang JH, Schwartz MD, Luta G, Maxwell A, Mandelblatt JS. (2012) Intervention Tailoring for Chinese American Women: Comparing the Effects of Two Videos on Knowledge, Attitudes, and Intentions to Obtain a Mammogram.Health Education Research, doi: 10.1093/her/cys007 2012 Jun;27(3):523-36. Epub 2012 Feb 10.
  47. Mueller NT, Noone AM, Luta G, Wallington SF, Huerta EE, Mandelblatt JS. Information channels associated with awareness of human papillomavirus infections and vaccination among Latino immigrants from safety net clinics. J Immigr Minor Health, 14(1):183-8. 2012.
  48. Mays D, Luta G, Walker LR, Tercyak KP. (2012) Exposure to peers who smoke moderates the association between sports participation and smoking behaviors among racial/ethnic minority adolescents, Addictive Behaviors. 2012 Oct;37(10):1114-21. Epub 2012 May 31.
  49. Selsky C, Kreling B, Luta G, Makgoeng SB, Gomez-Duarte J, Barbo AGA, Mandelblatt JS. Latin American Cancer Research Coalition (2012) Hospice Knowledge and Intentions among Latinos using Safety-Net Clinics, Journal of Palliative Medicine; 2012.
  50. Taylor KL, Luta G, Miller AB, Church TR, Kelly SP, Muenz LR, Davis KM, Dawson DL, Edmond SN, Reding D, Mabie JE, Riley TL. (2012) Long-Term Disease-Specific Functioning Among Prostate Cancer Survivors and Non-Cancer Controls in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial (PLCO), Journal of Clinical Oncology 2012 Jun 25.
  51. Mandelblatt JS, Faul LA, Luta G, Makgoeng SB, Isaacs C, Taylor K, Sheppard VB, Tallarico M, Barry WT, Cohen HJ. (2012) Patient and Physician Decision Styles and Breast Cancer Chemotherapy Use in Older Women: Cancer and Leukemia Group B Protocol #369901, Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2012 Jul 20;30(21):2609-14. Epub 2012 May 21.
  52. Luta, G. (2011). On extensions of K-means clustering for automated gating of flow cytometry data. Cytometry: Part A, 79A, 3-5.
  53. Graves, K.D., Peshkin, B.N., Luta, G., Tuong, W., & Schwartz, M.D. (2011). Interest in genetic testing for modest changes in breast cancer risk: Implications for SNP testing. Public Health Genomics, 14, 178-89.
  54. Mandelblatt, J.S., Luta, G., Kwan, M.L., Makgoeng, S.B., Ergas, I.J., Roh, J.M., Sternfeld, B., Adams-Campbell, L.L., & Kushi, L.H. (2011). Associations of physical activity with quality of life and functional ability in breast cancer patients during active adjuvant treatment: The pathways study. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 129, 521-9.
  55. Wallington, S.F., Luta, G., Noone, A.M., Caicedo, L., Lopez-Class, M., Sheppard, V., Spencer, C. & Mandelblatt, J. (2011). Assessing the awareness of and willingness to participate in cancer clinical trials among immigrant Latinos. Journal of Community Health (in press).
  56. Graves, K.D., Peshkin, B.N., Luta, G., Tuong, W., & Schwartz, M.D. (2011). Interest in genetic testing for modest changes in breast cancer risk: Implications for SNP testing, public health genomics. Public Health Genomics, 14(3), 178-89.
  57. Bebu, I., Luta, G., & Dragalin, V. (2010, December). Likelihood inference for a two-stage design with treatment selection. Biom J, 52(6), 811-22. doi: 10.1002/bimj.200900170.
  58. Naumann, U., Luta, G., & Wand, M.P. (2010). The curvHDR method for gating flow cytometry samples. BMC Bioinformatics, 11, 44. doi:10.1186/1471-2105-11-44.
  59. Graves, K.D., Wenzel, L., Schwartz, M.D., Luta, G., Wileyto, P., Narod, S., Peshkin, B.N., Marcus, A., Cella, D., Emsbo, S.P., Barnes, D., & Halbert, C.H. (2010, March 3). Randomized controlled trial of a psychosocial telephone counseling intervention in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2010, 19(3), 648-54. doi:10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-09-0548.
  60. Liu, J., Chen, Y.Q., Maisog, J.M., & Luta, G. (2010). A new point containment test algorithm based on preprocessing and determining triangles. Computer-Aided Design, 42(12), 1143-1150. doi: 10.1016/j.cad.2010.08.002
  61. Mandelblatt, J.S., Sheppard, V.B., Hurria, A., Kimmick, G., Isaacs, C., Taylor, K.L., Kornblith, A.B., Noone, A.M., Luta, G., Tallarico, M., Barry, W.T., Hunegs, L., Zon, R., Naughton, M., Winer, E., Hudis, C., Edge, S.B., Cohen, H.J., & Muss, H. (2010). Breast cancer adjuvant chemotherapy decisions in older women: the role of patient preference and interactions with physicians. J Clin Oncol., 28(19), 3146-53. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2009.24.3295.
  62. Murphy, L.B., Helmick, C.G., Schwartz, T.A., Renner, J.B., Tudor, G., Koch, G.G., Dragomir, A.D., Kalsbeek, W.D., Luta, G., & Jordan, J.M. (2010). One in four people may develop symptomatic hip osteoarthritis in his or her lifetime. Osteoarthritis Cartilage, 18(11), 1372-9.
  63. Pincus T, Swearingen CJ, Luta G, Sokka T. (2009) Efficacy of Prednisone 1-4 mg/day in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Randomised, Double-blind, Placebo controlled Withdrawal Clinical Trial, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 68, 1715-1720.
  64. O’Neill, S.C., Peshkin, B.N., Luta, G., Abraham, A., Walker, L.R., & Tercyak, K.P. (2009). Primary care providers’ willingness to recommend BRCA1/2 testing to adolescents. Familial Cancer, 9, 43-50. doi:10.1007/s10689-009-9243-y.
  65. O’Neil, S.C., Luta, G., Peshkin, B.N., Abraham, S., Walker, L.R., & Tercyak, K.P. (2009). Adolescent medical providers’ willingness to recommend genetic susceptibility testing for nicotine addiction and lung cancer risk to adolescents. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 34(6), 617-26. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsn086.
  66. Gottardo, R., Brinkman, R.R., Luta, G., & Wand, M.P. (2009). Recent bioinformatics advances in the analysis of high throughput flow cytometry data. Advances in Bioinformatics 2009. doi:10.1155/2009/461763.
  67. Jordan, J.M., Helmick, C.G., Renner, J.B., Luta, G., Dragomir, A.D., Woodard, J., Fang, F., Schwartz, T.A., Nelson, A.E., Abbate, L.M., Callahan, L.F., Kalsbeek, W.D., & Hochberg, M.C. (2009). Prevalence of hip symptoms and radiographic and symptomatic hip osteoarthritis in African-Americans and Caucasians: The Johnston county osteoarthritis project. The Journal of Rheumatology, 36(4), 809-15. doi:10.3899/jrheum.080677.
  68. Zhang, L., Dmitrienko, A., & Luta, G. (2008). Sample size calculations in thorough QT studies. Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics, 18(3), 468-82. doi: 10.1080/10543400801993002.
  69. Graves, K.D., Huerta, E., Cullen, J., Kaufman, E., Sheppard, V., Luta, G., Isaacs, C., Schwartz, M.D., & Mandelblatt, J. (2008). Perceived risk of breast cancer among Latinas attending community clinics: Risk comprehension and relationship with mammography adherence. Cancer Causes & Control, 19(10), 1373-382. doi: 10.1007/s10552-008-9209-7.