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Association Between Physician Specialty and Uptake of New Medical Technologies: HPV Tests in Florida Medicaid

Uptake of new cervical cancer screening protocols can occur quickly among traditionally underserved groups and may be aided by early adoption by specialists.

Nov 1, 2010
Journal Article

Quality of Care for Breast Cancer for Uninsured Women in California Under the Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention Treatment Act

This evaluation study found that the Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention Treatment Program provides access to high-quality care for insured women with breast cancer; however, many are treated at an advanced stage, which is associated with worse outcomes.

Jul 20, 2010
Journal Article

Alliance of Support for Low-Income Latino Men with Prostate Cancer: God, Doctor and Self

Indigent Latino men with prostate cancer draw strength from their faith that helps them to cope with their disease.

Jul 13, 2010
Journal Article

Responsiveness of the University of California-Los Angeles Prostate Cancer Index

This study found that a tool for measuring health in men with prostate cancer--the UCLA Prostate Cancer Index-was responsive to changes in patients' health-related quality of life.

Jun 1, 2010
News Release

Colon Cancer Treatment Often Is Less Aggressive Than Recommended by Research

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.

Mar 16, 2010
Journal Article

The Potential Impact of Comparative Effectiveness Research on U.S. Health Care Expenditures

Comparative effectiveness research (CER) has the potential to slow health care spending growth by focusing resources on health interventions that provide the most value.

Mar 1, 2010
Journal Article

Obesity and Angiolymphatic Invasion in Primary Breast Cancer

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between obesity and the presence of angiolymphatic invasion as well as other features of invasive breast cancer, including stage at presentation, estrogen receptor (ER) status, triple-negative phenotype, and tumor grade.

Mar 1, 2010
Journal Article

An Economic Evaluation of the War on Cancer

For decades, the US public and private sectors have committed substantial resources towards cancer research, but the societal payoff has not been well-understood.

Jan 1, 2010
Journal Article

Effects of Direct-To-Consumer Advertising and Clinical Guidelines on Appropriate Use of Human Papillomavirus DNA Tests

Direct to consumer advertising was associated with increased overall use of a cervical cancer-screening test; clinical guidelines were associated with increased appropriate use.

Jan 1, 2010
Journal Article

Patients' Experiences with Care for Lung Cancer and Colorectal Cancer: Findings from the Cancer Care Outcomes Research and Surveillance Consortium

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.

Jan 1, 2010
Journal Article

How Medicare's Payment Cuts for Cancer Chemotherapy Drugs Changed Patterns of Treatment

The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act reduced payment for certain chemotherapy drugs. The changes increased the likelihood that lung cancer patients received chemotherapy, but physicians switched to other high margin drugs.

Jan 1, 2010
Journal Article

Colon Cancer Treatment Often Is Less Aggressive Than Recommended by Research

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.

Jan 1, 2010
Journal Article

Adverse Events Among the Elderly Receiving Chemotherapy for Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer

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.

Jan 1, 2010
Journal Article

Physician Factors Associated with Discussions About End-of-Life Care

Most physicians report they would not discuss end-of-life options with terminally ill patients who are feeling well, instead waiting for symptoms or until there are no more treatments to offer.

Jan 1, 2010
Journal Article

Quality of Cancer Care Among Foreign-Born and US-born Patients with Lung or Colorectal Cancer

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.

Jan 1, 2010
Journal Article

Use of Interpreters By Physicians Treating Limited English Proficient Women with Breast Cancer: Results from the Provider Survey of the Los Angeles Women's Health Study

Physicians in solo practice and single-specialty medical groups were less likely than HMO physicians to report using trained medical interpreters or telephone interpreter services to communicate with breast cancer patients with limited English proficiency.

Jan 1, 2010
Journal Article

Variations in Surgeon Treatment Recommendations for Lobectomy in Early-Stage Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer by Patient Age and Comorbidity

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.

Jan 1, 2010
Journal Article

Use of Radical Cystectomy for Patients with Invasive Bladder Cancer

Radical cystectomy is the best treatment for patients with invasive bladder cancer.

Jan 1, 2010
Journal Article

Usual Care Psychotherapy for Depression in a Large Managed Behavioral Health Organization

Many depressed patients are receiving recommended psychotherapy but better tools are needed to monitor and improve the quality of usual psychotherapeutic care.

Jan 1, 2010
Journal Article

Cancer Patients' Roles in Treatment Decisions: Do Characteristics of the Decision Influence Roles?

Better strategies for shared decision making between physicians and patients may be needed when there is no evidence to support benefit of a treatment or when patients have terminal illnesses that cannot be cured.

Jan 1, 2010

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RAND Topic:
Cancer

Topic Synonyms:
Carcinoma;
Neoplasms;
Oncology;
Sarcoma

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