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Johannes Uhlig, Michael Cecchini, Amar Sheth, Stacey Stein, Jill Lacy, and Hyun S. Kim
prevalence of microsatellite and KRAS status in stage IV CRC using a large-scale US national database and assessed their effect on outcomes of patients with CRC. Materials and Methods This study received approval from the Yale School of Medicine
Sumer K. Wallace, Jeff F. Lin, William A. Cliby, Gary S. Leiserowitz, Ana I. Tergas, and Robert E. Bristow
in patients with ovarian cancer Describe the impact on patient outcomes related to refusal of recommended chemotherapy in patients with ovarian cancer Background Ovarian cancer remains the deadliest gynecologic malignancy, with
Hinda Boutrid, Maryam Lustberg, Jeffrey Vandeusen, Sagar Sardesai, Daniel Stover, Robert Wesolowski, Mathew Cherian, Julie Stephens, Marilly Palettas, Evan Morgan, Mohmoud Kassem, Michael Berger, Craig A. Vargo, Bhuvaneswari Ramaswamy, and Nicole Williams
outcomes and treatment strategies of metastatic ILC. This retrospective study evaluates the overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) in the metastatic ILC population at a single institution, focusing on first line treatment received in the
Radhakrishnan Ramchandren, Stephen M. Ansell, Philippe Armand, Andreas Engert, Fiona Taylor, Kim Cocks, Clara Chen, Bryan Bennett, Alejandro Moreno-Koehler, Adam Roeder, Anne Sumbul, Mariana Sacchi, and David Cella
checkpoint inhibitor monoclonal antibody, demonstrated efficacy and clinically meaningful improvement in pt-reported outcomes (PROs) in pts with relapsed/refractory cHL in cohorts A, B, and C of CheckMate 205 (NCT02181738) (Armand et al, J Clin Oncol 2018
Anna M. Gibson and Claire Sutherby
Introduction: Chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia is a medical emergency. Delays in time to appropriate broad spectrum antibiotic therapy significantly increase morbidity and mortality. The purpose of this project is to improve outcomes in
Ali A. Mokdad, Amit G. Singal, Jorge A. Marrero, Hao Zhu, and Adam C. Yopp
for HCC remains below 20% in the United States. 2 Poor HCC outcomes are largely attributed to low rates of HCC surveillance and high rates of late stage diagnosis. 3 , 4 Accurate HCC staging is important for patient prognostication, treatment
Joseph A. Greer, Beverly Moy, Areej El-Jawahri, Vicki A. Jackson, Mihir Kamdar, Juliet Jacobsen, Charlotta Lindvall, Jennifer A. Shin, Simone Rinaldi, Heather A. Carlson, Angela Sousa, Emily R. Gallagher, Zhigang Li, Samantha Moran, Magaret Ruddy, Maya V. Anand, Julia E. Carp, and Jennifer S. Temel
/caregiver or oncologist. When these patients received PC, they did not follow the intervention protocol. Study Measures Documentation of EoL Care Preferences (Primary Outcome) To identify clinician documentation of EoL care discussions, we used
Praveen Adusumilli, Vidya Viswanath, and Raghunadha Rao Digumarthi
Introduction: Perception of pain and the need to treat it is highly variable, even amongst oncologists. Availability of pain specialists is an added advantage. This is an analysis of prescription patterns of pain medication and its outcome in
Claudia S.E.W. Schuurhuizen, Annemarie M.J. Braamse, Aartjan T.F. Beekman, Pim Cuijpers, Mecheline H.M. van der Linden, Adriaan W. Hoogendoorn, Hans Berkhof, Dirkje W. Sommeijer, Vera Lustig, Suzan Vrijaldenhoven, Haiko J. Bloemendal, Cees J. van Groeningen, Annette A. van Zweeden, Maurice J.D.L. van der Vorst, Ron Rietbroek, Cathrien S. Tromp-van Driel, Machteld N.W. Wymenga, Peter W. van der Linden, Aart Beeker, Marco B. Polee, Erdogan Batman, Maartje Los, Aart van Bochove, Jan A.C. Brakenhoff, Inge R.H.M. Konings, Henk M.W. Verheul, and Joost Dekker
interventions and social support for patients with diagnosed distress have been shown to be effective, 7 – 11 but so far no conclusive evidence shows that the combination of screening and subsequent treatment of distress actually improves patient outcomes
