Mei-Chin Hsieh, PhD, MSPH

Assistant Professor - Research

Assistant Director, Louisiana Tumor Registry

2020 Gravier Street, 3rd Floor
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: 504-568-5850
Fax: 504-568-5800

mhsieh@lsuhsc.edu

Degrees

BS Medical Technology - June 1987
China Medical University, School of Medical Technology, Taiwan

MSPH, Biostatistics - August 1998
Tulane University, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

PhD, Biostatistics - May 2016
Tulane University, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
 

Committees & Administrative Responsibilities

NAACCR IRB Committee, 2017 - present

North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR) Research Application Review Workgroup, Member, 2015 - present

CONCORD Working Group Member - CONCORD is a global program for world-wide surveillance of cancer survival, led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. 2013 - present

ACS/CDC/NCI-SEER Collaborative Staging Data Elements Review Work Group, 2012

Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Multiple Primary and Histology Rules Task Force, June 2010 –2011

North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR), Data Assessment Workgroup, Co-Chair, December 2009 - present

North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR), Collaborative Research Work Group, Asian/Pacific Islander identification Panel Member, 2003 - 2009

North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR), Latino Research Work Group Member, 2003 – 2005

Selected Publications

Wu EL, Riley CA, Hsieh M-C, Marino MJ, Wu X-C, McCoul ED. Chronic sinonasal tract inflammation as a precursor to nasopharyngeal carcinoma and sinonasal malignancy in the United States. Accepted by International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology on March 28, 2017.

Freeman MB, Pollack LA, Rees JR, Johnson CJ, Rousseau DL, Hsieh M-C. Capture and Coding of Industry and Occupation Measures: Findings from 8 National Program of Cancer Registries States. Accepted in American Journal of Industrial Medicine on May 14, 2017

Li X-R, Kruchko C, Wu X-C, Hsieh M-C; Andrews PA, Huang B, Qiao B, Wohler B. Are benign and borderline brain tumors underreported? Journal of Registry Management. 2016; 43 (4):187-194.

Rico A, Pollack LA, Thompson TD, Hsieh M-C, Wu X-C, Karlitz JJ, West DW, Rainey JM, Chen VW. KRAS testing and first-line treatment among patients diagnosed with metastatic colorectal cancer using population data from ten National Program of Cancer Registries in the United States. J Cancer Res Ther. 2016, 5(2):7-13. http://dx.doi.org/10.14312/2052-4994.2017-2.

Karlitz JJ, Sherrill MR, DiGiacomo DV, Hsieh M-C, Schmidt B, Wu X-C, Chen VW. Factors associated with the performance of  extended colonic resection vs. segmental resection in early-onset colorectal cancer: a population-based study. Clin Transl Gastroenterol. 2016 Apr 14;7: e163. doi:10.1038/ctg.2016.17.

Hsieh MC, Thompson T, Wu XC, Styles TS, O’Flarity MB, Morris C, Chen VW. The effect of comorbidity on the use of adjuvant chemotherapy and type of regimen for curatively resected stage III colon cancer patients. Cancer Medicine. 2016; 5(5): 871-880. doi: 10.1002/cam4.632. PMID: 26773804.

Karlitz JJ, Hsieh MC, Liu Y, Blanton C, Schmidt B, Jessup JM, Wu XC, Chen VW. Population-based Lynch Syndrome Screening by Microsatellite Instability in Patients ≤ 50: Prevalence, Testing Determinants and Result Availability Prior to Colon Surgery. Am J Gastroenterol. 2015 Jul;110(7):948-55. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2014.417. PMID: 25601013.

Chen VW,  Eheman CR, Johnson CJ,; Hernandez MN,  Rousseau D, Styles TS, West DW, Hsieh MC, Hakenewerth AM, Celaya MO, Rycroft RK, Wike JM, Pearson M, Brockhouse J, Mulvihill LG, Zhang KB. Enhancing Cancer Registry Data for Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) Project: Overview and Methodology. Journal of Registry Management. 2014; 41(3):103-112. PMID:25419602.

Altekruse S, Dickie L, Wu X-C, Hsieh M-C,  Wu M, Lee R,  Delacroix Jr. S. Clinical and Prognostic Factors for Renal Parenchymal, Pelvis, and Ureter Cancers in SEER Registries: Collaborative Stage Data Collection System, Version 2. Cancer. 2014; 120(Issue Supplement S23): 3826-3835. doi: 10.1002/cncr.29051.

Chen VW,  Hsieh M-C,  Charlton ME,  Ruiz BA, Karlitz J, Altekruse S,  Ries LA, Jessup JM. Analysis of Stage and Clinical/Prognostic Factors for Colon and Rectal Cancer from SEER Registries: AJCC and Collaborative Stage Data Collection System. Cancer, 2014; 120(Issue Supplement S23):3793-3806 doi: 10.1002/cncr.29056. PMID: 25412391, PMCID: PMC4239669.

Chen V W, Ruiz BA, Hsieh M-C, Wu X-C, Ries LA, Lewis DR. Analysis of Stage and Clinical/Prognostic Factors for Lung Cancer from SEER Registries: AJCC Staging and Collaborative Stage Data Collection System. Cancer. 2014; 120(Issue Supplement S23): 3781-3792. doi: 10.1002/cncr.29045. PMID: 25412390, PMCID: PMC4239667.

Hsieh MC, Chiu YW, Velasco C, Wu XC, O’Flarity MB, Chen VW. Impact of Race/Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status on Adjuvant Chemotherapy Use among Elderly Patients with Stage III Colon Cancer. Journal of Registry Management. 2013; 40(4): 180-187. PMID: 24625772.

Hsieh MC, Wu XC, Andrews PA, Chen VW. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Incidence and Trends of Soft Tissue Sarcoma among Adolescents and Young Adults in the United States, 1995-2008. Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology. 2013;2(3): 89-94. doi:10.1089/jayao.2012.0031.F

Fan Y, Yu Q, Wu X, Hsieh MC. Data Quality Evaluation Using MART Guided Generalized Linear Mixed Model - With Application to Evaluate the SEER Cancer Staging Data. Journal of Data Analysis & Operations Research, 2013; 1(1): 17-24.

Hsieh MC, Yu Q, Wu XC, Wohler B, Fan Y, Qiao B, Jemal A, Ajani UA. Evaluating Factors Associated with Unknown SEER Summary Stage 2000 Derived from Collaborative Stage at Central Registry level. Journal of Registry Management. 2012;39(3): 101-106.

Hsieh MC, Velasco C, Wu XC, Pareti LA, Andrews PA, Chen VW. Influence of Socioeconomic Status and Hospital Type on Disparities of Lymph Node Evaluation in Colon Cancer Patients. Cancer. 2012;118(6): 1675-1683.

Hsieh MC, Pareti LA, Chen VW. Using NAPIIA to Improve the Accuracy of Asian Race Codes in Registry Data. Journal of Registry Management. 2011;38(4): 190-195.

Schymura MJ, Khan AR, German RR, Hsieh MC, Cress RD, Finch JL, Fulton JP, Shen T, Stuckart E. (2010) Factors associated with initial treatment and survival for clinically localized prostate cancer: results from the CDC-NPCR Patterns of Care Study (PoC1). BMC Cancer. 10(1): p. 152. doi:10.1186/1471-2407-10-152

Boscoe FP, Schymura MJ, Hsieh MC, Williams, MA, Henry KA, Issues with the Coding of Pacific Islander in Central Cancer Registries. Journal of Registry Management. 2008;35(2):47-51.

Wu XC, Chen VW, Andrews PA, Chen L, Ahmend MN, Schmidit BA, Hsieh MC, Fontham ETH, Initial Treatment Patterns for Clinically Localized prostate Cancer and Factors Associated with the Treatment in Louisiana,J LA Med Soc. 2005;157(4):188-194.

Wu XC, Chen VW, Andrews PA, Chen L, Hsieh MC, Fontham ETH, Treatment Patterns for Stage III Colon Cancer and Factors Related to Receipt of Postoperative Chemotherapy in Louisiana,J LA Med Soc. 2004:156(5):255-261.

Wu XC, Chen VW, Ruiz B, Andrews PA, Hsieh MC, Schmidt BA,  Correa CN, Fontham ETH. Patterns of Treatment for Ductal Carcinoma In Situ of the Breast in Louisiana, 1988-1999,J LA Med Soc, 2003; 155(2):206-213.

Chen VW, Schmidt BA, Wu XC, Correa CN, Andrews PA, Hsieh MC, Ahmed MN. Childhood Cancer in Louisiana, 1988-1996.J LA Med Soc. 2002; 154(2): 91-99.

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