Kekoa Taparra
Stanford University
5 Papers
10 Citations
Kekoa Taparra is an academic researcher from Stanford University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Odds ratio & Pacific islanders. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 5 publications. Previous affiliations of Kekoa Taparra include Gundersen Health System.
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Papers
Prostate Cancer Disparities in Risk Group at Presentation and Access to Treatment for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders: A Study With Disaggregated Ethnic Groups.
Bhav Jain,Bhav Jain,Kenrick Ng,Kenrick Ng,Patricia Mae G. Santos,Kekoa Taparra,Vinayak Muralidhar,Brandon A. Mahal,Neha Vapiwala,Quoc-Dien Trinh,Paul Nguyen,Paul Nguyen,Edward Christopher Dee,Edward Christopher Dee +13 more
TL;DR: This paper identified differences in localized prostate cancer (PCa) risk group at presentation and disparities in access to initial treatment for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (PEI) patients.
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Health care costs for adolescents and young adults with cancer: a Wisconsin community-based hospital study between 2005 and 2020.
Kekoa Taparra,Kekoa Taparra,Alec J. Fitzsimmons,Susan M. Frankki,Andrea De Wall,Fumiko Chino,Antoinette Peters +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors identified factors associated with high costs and survival, respectively, for adolescents and young adults (AYA) with cancer, identifying factors for high costs, and assessing how total health care costs may relate to survival.
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Radiation Oncology Residency Applicant Away Rotations, Interviews, and Rank Lists: A Comparison Between the 2020 Match and 2021 Match.
TL;DR: In-person away rotations were discouraged, interviews were virtual, and traditional factors used to rank programs were absent as mentioned in this paper, and half of applicants did not gain a sense of program culture during virtual interviews.
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Rates of Invasive Second Breast Cancer Among Women With Ductal Carcinoma In Situ in Hawai'i.
Kekoa Taparra,Jami Fukui,Jeffrey Killeen,Kenneth Sumida,Lenora W. M. Loo,Brenda Y. Hernandez +5 more
- 01 Oct 2021
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated risk factors associated with developing invasive ipsilateral SBC and invasive contralateral SBC (icSBC) among women with an initial diagnosis of DCIS who are from racial and ethnic minority populations.