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Jan 1, 2014
Explores the impact of physicians' propensity to discuss prognosis on advanced cancer patients' prognosis awareness.
Mar 1, 2013
Both practice environment and patient clinical and demographic characteristics are associated with cancer clinical trial enrollment; simultaneous intervention may be required when trying to increase enrollment rates.
Jan 1, 2013
In a Northern Italian population, the absolute risk of lung cancer among never smokers is higher in women than men but among smokers is lower in women than men. Lexpit regression is a novel approach to additive-multiplicative risk modeling that can contribute to clearer interpretation of population-based case–control studies.
Accurate information regarding race, ethnicity, and national origins is critical for identifying disparities in the cancer burden.
Jan 1, 2012
This study demonstrates that the CanCORS Consortium was successful in enrolling a demographically representative sample within the CanCORS regions.
Commentary
Apr 21, 2011
In terms of healthcare use and chronic health conditions, obesity is comparable to aging 20 years, with the health of a 30 year old resembling that of a 50 year old, writes Roland Sturm.
Jan 1, 2011
Nurses play a key role in educating cancer patients and their caregivers on how to effectively cope with and manage cancer. African American caregivers may benefit from interventions tailored to their specific caregiving experience.
A significant amount of clinical cancer care is delivered in the home by informal caregivers, such as family and friends, who often lack training and have limited resources.
Jan 1, 2010
U.S. patients' reports and ratings of cancer care differed significantly by race, language, and health status. Asian/Pacific Islanders, Chinese speakers, and those in worse health reported worse interpersonal care, such as poor communication.
Older patients receiving chemotherapy for advanced-stage, non-small-cell lung cancer had fewer pretherapy adverse events than younger patients and were less likely to receive platinum-based regimens. But they had more adverse events during chemotherapy.
Foreign-born cancer patients reported lower quality of care and were less likely to receive some cancer therapies than patients born in the U.S. Better coordination of care and communication regarding cancer treatments may lessen these disparities.
Lower rates of lobectomy (resection of early-stage non-small-cell lung carcinomas) among older patients do not seem to be explained by age-related biases among surgeons for otherwise healthy patients.
