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Do Variations in Provider Discussions Explain Socioeconomic Disparities in Postmastectomy Breast Reconstruction?
Finds some disparities in the likelihood of postmastectomy reconstruction based on age, race, and radiation once reconstruction was discussed. Efforts to increase and improve discussions about reconstruction may decrease disparities.
Apr 1, 2008
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Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Stage III Colon Cancer: Do Physicians Agree About the Importance of Patient Age and Comorbidity?
The authors surveyed cancer physicians to understand how patients' age and comorbidity influence adjuvant chemotherapy recommendations and whether physician or practice characteristics also affect these recommendations.
Jan 1, 2008
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American Society of Clinical Oncology/National Comprehensive Cancer Network Quality Measures
Representatives from the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network collaborated to create three breast cancer and four colorectal cancer measures suitable for national performance measurement.
Jan 1, 2008
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Financial Incentives for Quality in Breast Cancer Care
Most breast cancer care providers in Los Angeles County outside of staff- or group-model HMOs are not subject to explicit financial incentives based on quality-of-care measures. New approaches are needed to direct incentives toward these specialists.
Jan 1, 2008
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Symptom Management After Breast Cancer Treatment: Is It Influenced By Patient Characteristics?
Studies how symptoms for women with incident breast cancer are addressed by physicians and how management varies with patient characteristics. Black and Spanish-speaking Hispanic women were significantly more likely to report an unmet need.
Jan 1, 2008
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Symptoms After Breast Cancer Treatment: Are They Influenced by Patient Characteristics?
This study examines the burden of symptoms by treatment type and patient characteristics in a population-based sample of newly diagnosed breast cancer patients.
Jan 1, 2008
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Age and Gender Differences in Medicare Expenditures and Service Utilization at the End of Life for Lung Cancer Decedents
Gender disparities in expenditures are generally small at the end of life for lung cancer decedents. The bigger observed differences are by age. Higher expenditures for women on social-supportive services may reflect fewer informal supports.
Jan 1, 2008
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Sexual Function Reported By Japanese and American Men
The authors performed a cross-cultural comparison of sexual function and bother in men with localized prostate cancer in the United States and Japan.
Jan 1, 2008
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Category III Chronic Prostatitis/chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: Insights from the National Institutes of Health Chronic Prostatitis Collaborative Research Network Studies
Shares insights from the landmark National Institutes of Health-funded Chronic Prostatitis Collaborative Research Network studies, which have improved management of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome.
Jan 1, 2008
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Psychosocial Variables Affect the Quality of Life of Men Diagnosed with Chronic Prostatitis/chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome
These data can be used to develop specific cognitive-behavioural programmes for men with CP/CPPS who are refractory to standard medical therapy.
Jan 1, 2008
Journal Article
Diffusion of Surgical Innovation Among Patients with Kidney Cancer
Despite potential benefits to patients with kidney cancer, the adoption of partial nephrectomy and laparoscopy has been gradual and asymmetric. The surgery provided often depends more on a surgeon's practice style than on patient characteristics.
Jan 1, 2008
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Racial Disparities in Access to Care for Men in a Public Assistance Program for Prostate Cancer
California's IMPACT program provides all its enrollees with health insurance and social service resources. The authors hypothesized that racial/ethnic disparities in access to care might be attenuated among men served by this program. Their objective was to evaluate racial/ethnic differences in health services utilization and patient-reported health care outcomes among disadvantaged men in a prostate cancer public-assistance program, and to identify modifiable factors that might explain persistent disparities in this health care setting.
Jan 1, 2008
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The Effect of Erectile Function on the Use of Phosphodiesterase-5 Inhibitors After Radical Prostatectomy in Japanese and U.S. Men
Japanese men were much less likely to use phosphodiesterase-5 (PDE-5) inhibitors than were U.S. men after radical prostatectomy, despite reporting worse sexual function scores. Cultural differences in patterns of PDE-5 inhibitor use were evident.
Jan 1, 2008
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Sexual Function Following Radical Prostatectomy: A Prospective Longitudinal Study of Cultural Differences Between Japanese and American Men
Demonstrates that Japanese and American men experience different patterns of recovery of their sexual function and bother after radical prostatectomy (RP). American men were more likely to regain baseline sexual function by 24 months after surgery.
Jan 1, 2008
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Urinary Quality of Life After Prostatectomy or Radiation for Localized Prostate Cancer: A Prospective Longitudinal Cross-Cultural Study Between Japanese and U.S. Men
Finds differing recovery patterns for urinary dysfunction and associated distress during the first two years after radical prostatectomy or external beam radiation therapy for Japanese and U.S. men with localized prostate cancer.
Jan 1, 2008
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Health-related Information Needs in a Large and Diverse Sample of Adult Cancer Survivors: Implications for Cancer Care
Most cancer survivors needed more information about maintaining good health outcomes. Younger and nonwhite survivors had more information needs. More information needs were associated with worse perceived mental and physical health.
Jan 1, 2008
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Cultural Values and Secondary Prevention of Breast Cancer in African American Women
This study adds to the evidence that cultural constructs are associated with secondary prevention of breast cancer.
Jan 1, 2008
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An Exploration of Urban and Rural Differences in Lung Cancer Survival Among Medicare Beneficiaries
Ways in which the assistance and resources provided by Edison as well as accountability mechanisms have translated into principal and teacher actions.
Jan 1, 2008
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Pretreatment Predictors of Death from Other Causes in Men with Prostate Cancer
Most men diagnosed with prostate cancer will die of other causes. Accurate stratification by risk of other cause mortality may reduce needless treatment. Future studies should consider stratifying patients by or at least reporting these variables.
Jan 1, 2008
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Quality of Life in Men with Locally Advanced Adenocarcinoma of the Prostate: An Exploratory Analysis Using Data from the CaPSURE Database
The authors present longitudinal quality of life outcomes in a national observational cohort of men with locally advanced prostate adenocarcinoma.
Jan 1, 2008

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RAND Topic:
Cancer

Topic Synonyms:
Carcinoma;
Neoplasms;
Oncology;
Sarcoma

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