Urothelial cancers of the urinary tract consist of tumors of tumor of the bladder and of the renal pelvis and ureters (upper tracts). Bladder cancer is far more common than upper tract cancers.
Kidney cancer, the third most common urologic malignancy and the seventh most common cancer overall, was diagnosed in an estimated 35,000 Americans in 2005, and nearly 13,000 died from it.
This research brief describes the development and testing of a prototypical cancer-care quality monitoring system, the National Initiative for Cancer Care Quality (NICCQ), for breast cancer and colorectal cancer.
Uses a literature search to identify quality measures for palliative cancer care and the evidence to support their use in pain, dyspnea, depression, and advance care planning, and to ascertain research gaps.
