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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

and symptom relief, another study of older adults with solid tumors starting chemotherapy suggested that older adults may value other outcomes instead of survival. 11 The role of patient preferences in NETs has not yet been studied. Clinical trials

gemcitabine-based chemotherapy, has significantly improved the outcome of patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer (MPC), increasing median overall survival (OS) to 8 to 12 months. 3 However, therapeutic options for MPC are still limited and the prognosis

survival. 10 – 14 Despite its importance for optimal outcomes, adherence to these medications varies widely, with rates ranging from as high as 100% to <50%. 15 – 18 A variety of patient-, clinician-, treatment-, and healthcare system–related factors are

increasingly recognized as key health professionals in survivorship care delivery, with preliminary evidence suggesting that nurse-led care is safe, acceptable, and feasible. 7 Specialized nurse practitioners have the potential to optimize patient outcomes by

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

pathologic outcomes were collected locally and merged after deidentification. OS was defined from date of tissue diagnosis to date of death, with censoring at the date of last follow-up for patients with no event. The date of final analysis for the cohort was

focused on receipt of locoregional treatment, compared with others with N0M0 disease, node-positive disease, or metastatic disease. We also studied survival outcomes among these various subgroups of patients and explored the possible survival benefit

-rituximab era, risk-stratified, response-based, multiagent chemotherapy included higher doses and additional cycles of chemotherapy for patients with higher-stage disease and resulted in cure rates ranging from 79% to 98% ( Table 1 ). Table 1. Outcomes for

measure relative risk of (1) cumulative 30-day mortality, (2) development of SSh, or (3) the combined outcome of cumulative 30-day mortality or development of SSh. Multivariate models were constructed to control for prespecified confounding variables