primaries. However, screening may be suboptimal among the uninsured. Our objective was to identify and document the screening rates and adherence to ACS guidelines in our local uninsured community. Methods: Demographic data, cancer history and associated
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Katherine Robinson, Amber Todd, Abu-Sayeef Mirza, Madeline Macdonald, Noura Ayoubi, Rahul Mhaskar, Richard Roetzheim, Laurie Woodard, and Smitha Pabbathi
Jorge Cortes, Clara Chen, Michael Mauro, Neela Kumar, Catherine Davis, and Stuart L. Goldberg
and 450‒800 mg BID. European pts were more likely to start on a dose >400 mg BID than US pts (P<.0001). Pts at academic centers were more likely to start on >400 mg BID than those treated at community practices (P<.0029). Among the pts starting NIL at
Kimberly Byrwa-Neff, Wendi Waugh, and Rhondalyn Bomkamp
Background: Southern Ohio Medical Center (SOMC) is a community hospital in Portsmouth, Ohio. Review of data pertaining to breast care delivery demonstrated opportunities for improvement. Analysis of the cadence of care processes across departments
James McCanney, Katy Winckworth-Prejsnar, Alyssa A. Schatz, Elizabeth A. Nardi, Andrea J. Dwyer, Christopher Lieu, Yelak Biru, and Robert W. Carlson
Executive Summary Advances in early detection and improved treatment during the past 30 years has led to a new issue in the oncology landscape: the unmet needs of the cancer survivor community. As of January 2017, there were >16.8 million
Jimmie C. Holland, Barbara Andersen, William S. Breitbart, Bruce Compas, Moreen M. Dudley, Stewart Fleishman, Caryl D. Fulcher, Donna B. Greenberg, Carl B. Greiner, Rev. George F. Handzo, Laura Hoofring, Paul B. Jacobsen, Sara J. Knight, Kate Learson, Michael H. Levy, Matthew J. Loscalzo, Sharon Manne, Randi McAllister-Black, Michelle B. Riba, Kristin Roper, Alan D. Valentine, Lynne I. Wagner, and Michael A. Zevon
and lack of knowledge of community resources. The need is particularly acute in community oncology practices that have few to no psychosocial resources, and cancer care is often provided in short visits. 4 For many centuries, patients were not told
Stephen R. Grant, Benjamin D. Smith, Lauren E. Colbert, Qunyh-Nhu Nguyen, James B. Yu, Steven H. Lin, and Aileen B. Chen
). Results A total of 42,685 courses met the criteria for inclusion, of which 60.2% were compliant according to NQF 1822. Compliance by patient and tumor characteristics is shown in Table 1 . Compliance at academic facilities was higher than at community
Robert A. Smith
specificity and sensitivity of screening mammography [see comments] . J Natl Cancer Inst 1996 ; 88 : 643 – 649 . 53 Linver MN Paster SB Rosenberg RD . Improvement in mammography interpretation skills in a community radiology practice after
Razelle Kurzrock, A. Dimitrios Colevas, Anthony Olszanski, Wallace Akerley, Carlos L. Arteaga, William E. Carson III, Jeffrey W. Clark, John F. DiPersio, David S. Ettinger, Robert J. Morgan Jr, Lee S. Schwartzberg, Alan P. Venook, Christopher D. Gocke, Jonathan Tait, and F. Marc Stewart
the basis of disease, NCCN believes it is important to understand how such testing is being performed and used at NCCN Member Institutions and their community affiliates. In order to do so, the NCCN Oncology Research Program's (ORP) Investigator
Betsy Rolland and Jordan Eschler
increasing survivorship, NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers (CCCs) will be called on to take the lead for community providers and to act as sources of information for survivors, their caregivers, and clinicians as they navigate the next phase of care
Elizabeth A. Rohan, Beth Slotman, Amy DeGroff, Kerry Grace Morrissey, Jennifer Murillo, and Paul Schroy
increasing patient completion of cancer screening and reducing disparities among the medically underserved. 9 – 17 Generally, patient navigators (herein referred to as “navigators”) are either nonclinical members of the community or healthcare professionals
