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Assistant Policy Researcher, RAND; Ph.D. Student, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Journal Article
Basic research is urgently needed to address measurement in populations with impaired self-report.
Jan 1, 2006
The knowledge scale developed in this study holds promise for measuring the effects of professional education on prostate cancer screening.
Comorbidity is one of many factors that may affect health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in men with prostate cancer.
Interventions for risk-factor modification, screening, and treatment have the potential to reduce CRC mortality by almost 50% by the Year 2020.
A focused analysis of differences and similarities between the models is presented.
The MISCAN-Fadia model was used to analyze the impact of screening and adjuvant treatment on U.S. breast cancer mortality between 1975 and 2000.
In this study, the authors assessed the results of the Dutch breast cancer screening programme for women aged 70-75.
Information and understanding are needed so that men with prostate cancer can effectively manage and cope with their disease.
To evaluate the evidence of the supplements vitamin C and vitamin E for treatment and prevention of cancer.
Postprostatectomy salvage radiotherapy may improve PSA progression-free survival, but little is known about its effect on quality of life.
Further research is needed to establish the effects of this strategy on symptoms and survival, as well as patient satisfaction and true costs.
Spirituality is interdependent with the biological, psychological, and interpersonal aspects of life.
Patterns of care after primary prostate cancer therapy continue to vary regionally.
A 66-year-old man with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and benign prostatic hyperplasia presented for evaluation of an elevated PSA level of 6.2 ng/ml.
Colorectal cancer is the second most common cancer type among new cancer diagnoses in the United States.
Improvement in the quality of care for men with prostate cancer may be achieved not by treating more patients but by treating them more discerningly.
Cause-specific mortality rates among men with prostate cancer that suggest early diagnosis and treatment for localized tumors may improve survival.
Research Brief
By examining the medical files of 9,672 women treated between 1990 and 2001, a newly released study by RAND researchers sought to confirm whether obese women are in fact systematically undertreated for breast cancer.
Nov 25, 2005
Systematic undertreatment of breast cancer in overweight and obese women may contribute to the poorer prognosis in these women.
Jun 1, 2005
This paper forecasts the consequences of scientific progress in cancer for total Medicare spending between 2005 and 2030.
Jan 1, 2005
