Catherine D. Cooksley, Dr.P.H

Principal Statistical Analyst

Degree

• Doctor of Public Health, The University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston TX, 1997

Areas of Interest

• Health services research
• Retrieval and analysis of data from the Oncology Health Services Research Databank as well as other large local, state, national, and international databases (some of which are included in the Databank), including:
  • THCIC (Texas Health Care Information Collection)
  • SEER (Surveillance Epidemiology End Results) public use files
  • SEERStat
  • SEER-linked Medicare database of bladder cancer patients
  • MEPS (Medical Expenditure Panel Survey)
  • HCUP (Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project)
  • BRFSS (Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey)
  • CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)
  • Globocan (World Health Organization's cancer database)

Publications

Cooksley CD, Avritscher EBC, Grossman HB, Sabichi AL, DInney CP, Pettaway C, Elting LS. Clinical model of the cost of bladder cancer in the elderly. Urology 2008; 71(3):519-525.

Elting LS, Shih YCT, Stiff PJ, Bensinger W, Cantor SB, Cooksley CD, Speilberger R, Emmanoulides C. Economic impact of palifermin on the costs of hospitalization for autologous hematopoietic stem-cell transplant: Analysis of phase III trial results. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation 2007; 13(7):806-813.

Elting LS, Cooksley CD, Chambers MS, Garden AS. Risk, outcomes, and costs of radiation-induced oral mucositis among patients with head and neck malignancies. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics 2007; 68(4):1110-1120.

Avritscher E, Cooksley C, Geraci J, Bekele B, Cantor S, Rolston K, Elting L. Cost-effectiveness of influenza vaccination in working-age cancer patients. Cancer 2007 109(11):2357-2364.

Cardenas-Turanzas M, Cooksley C, Pettaway CA, Sabichi A, Grossman HB, Elting L. Comparative outcomes of bladder cancer. Obstetrics and Gynecology 2006; 108(1):169-175.

Avritscher EB, Cooksley CD, Grossman HB, Sabichi AL, Hamblin L, Dinney CP, Elting LS. Clinical model of lifetime cost of treating bladder cancer and associated complications. Urology 2006; 68(3):549-553.

Elting LS, Cooksley C, Bekele BN, Frumovitz M, Avritscher EB, Sun C, Bodurka DC. Generalizability of cancer clinical trial results: Prognostic differences between participants and nonparticipants. Cancer 2006; 106(11):2452-2458.

Jones JA, Avritscher EB, Cooksley CD, Michelet M, Bekele BN, Elting LS. Epidemiology of treatment-associated mucosal injury after treatment with newer regimens for lymphoma, breast, lung, or colorectal cancer. Supportive Care in Cancer 2006; 14(6):505-515. 

Mathew P, Elting L, Cooksley C, Owen S, Lin J. Cancer in an incarcerated population. Cancer 2005; 104(10):2197-2204.

Elting LS, Pettaway C, Bekele BN, Grossman HB, Cooksley C, Avritscher EB, Saldin K, Dinney CP. Correlation between annual volume of cystectomy, professional staffing, and outcomes: A statewide, population-based study. Cancer 2005; 104(5):975-984.

Cooksley CD, Avritscher EB, Bekele BN, Rolston KV, Geraci JM, Elting LS. Epidemiology and outcomes of serious influenza-related infections in the cancer population. Cancer 2005; 104(3):618-628.

Hachem RY, Kontoyiannis DP, Boktour MR, Afif C, Cooksley C, Bodey GP, Chatzinikolaou I, Perego C, Kantarjian HM, Raad II. Aspergillus terreus: An emerging amphotericin B-resistant opportunistic mold in patients with hematologic malignancies. Cancer 2004; 101(7):1594-1600.

Elting LS, Escalante CP, Cooksley C, Avritscher EB, Kurtin D, Hamblin L, Khosla SG, Rivera E. Outcomes and cost of deep venous thrombosis among patients with cancer. Archives of Internal Medicine 2004; 164(15):1653-1661.

Elting L, Cooksley CD, Murakami Y, Avritscher EBS. Public health use of inpatient discharge data: A case study of reducing burdens of acute respiratory diseases in Texas with a targeted immunization program. TPHA Journal 2004; 56:3-9.

Rubenstein EB, Peterson DE, Schubert M, Keefe D, McGuire D, Epstein J, Elting LS, Fox PC, Cooksley C, Sonis ST; Mucositis Study Section of the Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer; International Society for Oral Oncology. Clinical practice guidelines for the prevention and treatment of cancer therapy-induced oral and gastrointestinal mucositis. Cancer 2004; 100(9 Supple):2026-2046.

Elting LS, Cooksley C, Chambers M, Cantor SB, Manzullo E, Rubenstein EB. The burdens of cancer therapy. Clinical and economic outcomes of chemotherapy-induced mucositis. Cancer 2003; 98(7):1531-1539.

Ford MB, Sigurdson AJ, Petrulis ES, Ng CS, Kemp B, Cooksley C, McNeese M, Selwyn BJ, Spitz MR, Bondy ML. Effects of smoking and radiotherapy on lung carcinoma in breast carcinoma survivors. Cancer 2003; 98(7):1457-1464.

Ellerhorst JA, Cooksley CD, Grimm EA. Autoimmunity and hypothyroidism in patients with uveal melanoma. Melanoma Research 2001; 11:633-637.

Shureiqi I, Cooksley CD, Morris J, Soliman AS, Levin B, Lippman SM. Effect of age on risk of second primary colorectal cancer. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2001; 93(16):1264-1266.

Khuri F, Lotan R, Kemp B, Lippman S, Hong W, Feng L, Lee J, Cooksley C, Walsh G, Lee JS, Hong W. RAR-beta is a prognostic indicator in stage I non-small-cell lung cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology 2000; 18(15):2798-2804. 

Liu NS, Spitz MR, Kemp BL, Cooksley CD, Fossella FV, Lee JS, Hong WK, Khuri FR. Adenocarcinoma of the lung in young patients: The MD Anderson experience. Cancer 2000; 88(8):1837-1841.

Cooksley CD, Hwang LY, Waller DK, Ford CE. HIV-related malignancies: Community-based study using linkage of cancer registry and HIV registry data. International Journal of STD & AIDS 1999; 10:795-802.

Perkins P, Cooksley CD, Singletary E, Cox JD. Differences in breast cancer treatment and survival between older and younger women. The Breast Journal 1999; 5(3):156-161.

Vassilopoulou-Sellin R, Palmer L, Taylor S, Cooksley C. Incidence of breast carcinoma in women with thyroid carcinoma. Cancer 1998; 85(3):696-705.

Libshitz HI, Harprett KP, Elting LS, Cooksley CD. Tuberculosis in cancer patients. Thoracic Imaging 1997; 12(1):41-46.

Langford LA, Cooksley CD, DeMonte F. Comparison of MIB-1 (Ki-67) antigenaud BUdR proliferation indices in meningiomas. Human Pathology 1996; 27(4):350-354.

Perkins P, Cooksley CD, Cox JD. Breast cancer: Is ethnicity an independent prognostic factor for survival? Cancer 1996; 78(6):1241-1247.

Invited Articles

Elting LS, Avritscher EBC, Cooksley CD, Cardenas M, Garden A, Chambers M. Psychosocial and economic impact of cancer. Dental Clinics of North America 2008; 52(1):231-252.

Avritscher EB, Cooksley CD, Elting LS. Scope and epidemiology of cancer therapy-induced oral and gastrointestinal mucositis. Seminars in Oncology Nursing 2004; 20(1):3-10 (review).

Cooksley CD, Hwang LY, Ford CE. HIV and cancer: Community-based analysis of trends and registry linkage. Journal of Registry Management 2001; 28(2):82-88.

Cooksley CD, Phelps AF. AIDS case projections through 1995. Harris County Disease Control Update, 1990.

Updated October 7, 2008