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Karen M. Kuntz is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions in oncology and related subfields such as pathology and forensic medicine, surgery, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and economics and econometrics. The core area of their work centers on colorectal cancer, covering diverse aspects from screening to treatment.

The main topics of Karen M. Kuntz's research encompass:

  • Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments
  • Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies
  • Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments

Their recent published papers include:

  • "Colorectal Cancer Screening," 2021, JAMA
  • "Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Colorectal Cancer Screening With a Blood Test That Meets the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Coverage Decision," 2024, Gastroenterology
  • "Estimating Population-Based Recurrence Rates of Colorectal Cancer over Time in the United States," 2020, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • "Characteristics of a cost-effective blood test for colorectal cancer screening," 2024, JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
  • "Informing Medication Discontinuation Decisions among Older Adults with Relapsing-Onset Multiple Sclerosis," 2020, Drugs & Aging

Karen M. Kuntz frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Fernando Alarid-Escudero
  • Amy B. Knudsen
  • Carolyn M. Rutter
  • Ann G. Zauber
  • Iris Lansdorp-Vogelaar

Their work is regularly published in various scientific venues, with the most common being:

  • Gastroenterology
  • Value in Health
  • Medical Decision Making
  • JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention

Best Publications

  • Recommendations for Conduct, Methodological Practices, and Reporting of Cost-effectiveness Analyses: Second Panel on Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine

    Gillian D. Sanders;Peter J. Neumann;Anirban Basu;Dan W. Brock

  • Modeling good research practices--overview: a report of the ISPOR-SMDM Modeling Good Research Practices Task Force-1.

    J. Jaime Caro;Andrew H. Briggs;Uwe Siebert;Karen M. Kuntz

  • State-transition modeling: a report of the ISPOR-SMDM Modeling Good Research Practices Task Force--3.

    Uwe Siebert;Uwe Siebert;Oguzhan Alagoz;Ahmed M. Bayoumi;Beate Jahn

  • Meta-analysis: Diagnostic Accuracy of Anti–Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide Antibody and Rheumatoid Factor for Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Kunihiro Nishimura;Daisuke Sugiyama;Yoshinori Kogata;Goh Tsuji

  • Cost-effectiveness of screening for colorectal cancer in the general population.

    A. Lindsay Frazier;Graham A. Colditz;Charles S. Fuchs;Karen M. Kuntz

  • Exercise echocardiography or exercise SPECT imaging? A meta-analysis of diagnostic test performance.

    Kirsten E. Fleischmann;M. G. Myriam Hunink;Karen M. Kuntz;Pamela S. Douglas

  • Evaluating Test Strategies for Colorectal Cancer Screening: A Decision Analysis for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

    Ann G. Zauber;Iris Lansdorp-Vogelaar;Amy B. Knudsen;Janneke Wilschut

  • Mutations in progranulin are a major cause of ubiquitin-positive frontotemporal lobar degeneration

    Jennifer Gass;Ashley Cannon;Ian R. Mackenzie;Bradley Boeve

  • Decision analysis - Effects of prophylactic mastectomy and oophorectomy on life expectancy among women with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations

    Deborah Schrag;Karen M. Kuntz;Judy E. Garber;Jane C. Weeks

  • Novel mutations in TARDBP (TDP-43) in patients with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

    Nicola J. Rutherford;Yong-Jie Zhang;Matt Baker;Jennifer M Gass

  • The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of screening for anal squamous intraepithelial lesions in homosexual and bisexual HIV-positive men.

    Sue J. Goldie;Karen M. Kuntz;Milton C. Weinstein;Kenneth A. Freedberg

  • Estimation of Benefits, Burden, and Harms of Colorectal Cancer Screening Strategies: Modeling Study for the US Preventive Services Task Force

    Amy B. Knudsen;Ann G. Zauber;Carolyn M. Rutter;Steffie K. Naber

  • Effect of Verification Bias on Screening for Prostate Cancer by Measurement of Prostate-Specific Antigen

    Rinaa S. Punglia;Anthony V. D'Amico;William J. Catalona;William J. Catalona;Kimberly A. Roehl

  • Characterization of frontotemporal dementia and/or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis associated with the GGGGCC repeat expansion in C9ORF72

    Bradley F. Boeve;Kevin B. Boylan;Neill R. Graff-Radford;Mariely DeJesus-Hernandez

  • Plasma progranulin levels predict progranulin mutation status in frontotemporal dementia patients and asymptomatic family members.

    NiCole Finch;Matt Baker;Richard Crook;Katie Swanson

  • Post-lumbar puncture headaches: experience in 501 consecutive procedures.

    K. M. Kuntz;Emre Kokmen;J. C. Stevens;P. Miller

  • FEV1 is associated with risk of asthma attacks in a pediatric population

    Anne L. Fuhlbrigge;Barrett T. Kitch;A.David Paltiel;Karen M. Kuntz

  • Cost effectiveness of aspirin, clopidogrel, or both for secondary prevention of coronary heart disease.

    Jean Michel Gaspoz;Pamela G. Coxson;Paula A. Goldman;Lawrence W. Williams

  • HER-2 Testing and Trastuzumab Therapy for Metastatic Breast Cancer: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

    Elena B. Elkin;Milton C. Weinstein;Eric P. Winer;Karen M. Kuntz

  • Dynamic Transmission Modeling: A Report of the ISPOR-SMDM Modeling Good Research Practices Task Force-5

    Richard Pitman;David Fisman;Gregory S. Zaric;Maarten Postma

Frequent Co-Authors

Ann G. Zauber
Ann G. Zauber Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Milton C. Weinstein
Milton C. Weinstein Harvard University
Bradley F. Boeve
Bradley F. Boeve Mayo Clinic
Jane C. Weeks
Jane C. Weeks Harvard University
Sue J. Goldie
Sue J. Goldie Harvard University
Carolyn M. Rutter
Carolyn M. Rutter RAND Corporation
Peter J. Neumann
Peter J. Neumann University of Bern
M. G. Myriam Hunink
M. G. Myriam Hunink Erasmus University Rotterdam
Anne L. Fuhlbrigge
Anne L. Fuhlbrigge University of Colorado Denver
Rosa Rademakers
Rosa Rademakers University of Antwerp

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