2013-05-16T09:40:14Z Copyright (c) 2013, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/cancer.html http://www.rand.org/randeurope/research/projects/uch-macmillan-evaluation.html Aug 10, 2012 Aug 10, 2012

Because cancer patients often receive poorly organised and fragmented care, University College Hospital Trust and Macmillan Cancer Support have established a new cancer centre. RAND Europe is evaluating the centre's efforts and developing a sustainable quality improvement environment across the partnership.

http://www.rand.org/blog/2012/10/understanding-the-roots-of-dramatic-black-white-cancer.html Oct 22, 2012 Oct 22, 2012

The burden of cancer is not experienced equally across the population: Nationwide, black Americans have higher rates of death from cancer than white Americans, and nowhere has this disparity been more apparent than in the nation's capital, writes Rebecca Anhang Price.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2011/04/21/PSR.html Apr 21, 2011 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.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2006/01/24.html Jan 24, 2006 Jan 24, 2006

RAND news release: RAND Study Finds No Link Between Consuming Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Lower Incidence of Cancer

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2006/01/31/index1.html Jan 31, 2006 Jan 31, 2006

RAND news release: Detailed Results Released From First-Ever National Study on Cancer Care Quality in the United States

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2006/05/02.html May 2, 2006 May 2, 2006

May 2, 2006 News Release: Study Finds Middle-Aged Americans Less Healthy Than English Counterparts.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2008/03/18.html Mar 18, 2008 Mar 18, 2008

Although advances in genomic medicine for common adult chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and cancer hold promise for improved prevention, diagnosis and treatment, health professionals and the public are not prepared to effectively integrate these new tools into practice.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2010/03/16/index1.html Mar 16, 2010 Mar 16, 2010

New results from a major initiative on the quality of cancer care in the U.S. have found that patients with a common type of colon cancer—especially older patients—often are not treated as aggressively with chemotherapy as research shows is necessary to improve survival.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2011/04/19/index1.html Apr 19, 2011 Apr 19, 2011

Breast implants appear to be associated with a rare form of lymphoma, but there is not yet evidence to show that the cancer is caused by implants or to suggest an underlying mechanism for how the disease might develop.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2012/10/22.html Oct 22, 2012 Oct 22, 2012

Across the United States in 2009, overall cancer incidence was 4 percent higher among blacks than among whites. The disparity was more striking in Washington, D.C., where the overall cancer incidence among black residents was 54 percent higher than the incidence among white residents.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/commercial_books/CB406.html Feb 1, 2007 Feb 1, 2007

<p>Details how the factors that drove clinical use of high-dose chemotherapy with autologous bone marrow transplantation (HDC/ABMT)-patient demand, physician enthusiasm, media reporting, litigation, and administrative mandates-converged to propel the procedure forward despite a lack of proven clinical effectiveness. A concluding section addresses the significance of the story for our health care system.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/CF254.html Mar 26, 2009 Mar 26, 2009

The RAND Summer Institute consists of conferences addressing critical issues facing our aging population. Select sessions from the 15th Annual RAND Summer Institute, held July 7-10, 2008 in Santa Monica, California, are available for online viewing.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/corporate_pubs/CP22-2011-04.html Apr 29, 2011 Apr 29, 2011

Stories discuss gays in the military, police recruitment, home health care, breast cancer, health insurance exchanges, alternative fuels, refinery taxes, alcohol prices, outer space debris, mental illness, diplomatic trends, and health care costs.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19780201.html Jan 1, 1978 Jan 1, 1978

<p>This study relates the cytologic types of the classification of malignant lymphoma of Lukes and Collins to the results of immunologic surface marker studies as part of a systematic multiparameter study of 299 cases of non-Hodgkin lymphomas.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19790001.html Jan 1, 1979 Jan 1, 1979

<p>A pilot study of 103 patients of similar nodal status (13+) followed for up to 10 years was undertaken to determine whether data already in the patient's record at the time of pathologic examination and derived from the patient's history as well as from clinical, surgical and pathologic examination could supplement nodal status in predicting disease recurrence.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19940702.html Jan 1, 1994 Jan 1, 1994

<p>Presents population-based survey results of screening for breast cancer in 1988 and 1990 in three socioeconomically diverse Los Angeles communities.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19941103.html Jan 1, 1994 Jan 1, 1994

<p>Describes an attempt to develop a cancer prevention program within an inner city health center in West Oakland, California.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19960015.html Jan 1, 1996 Jan 1, 1996

<p>This study was conducted to determine whether selected risk factors influence the breast carcinoma screening rates of Medicare-insured older women (i.e., age 65 years or older).</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19960040.html Jan 1, 1996 Jan 1, 1996

<p>Examines bedside charting of pain levels in hospitalized patients with cancer to see if it yields an improvement in pain control in cancer patients.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19960060.html Jan 1, 1996 Jan 1, 1996

<p>Screening mammography is particularly effective in detecting breast cancer in elderly women, but women ages 65 and over tend to underutilize it.</p>