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341. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - Staff-Generated PICO Population(s): Cancer patients completing primary treatment, including adults … models of care Outcome(s): Benefits: earlier detection and treatment of recurrence or new primary cancers … Harms: Earlier initiation of treatment for cancer progression that does not increase survival (thereby … )  A cancer survivor refers to an individual who has been diagnosed with cancer from their diagnosis … Uncertainty exists on how to best provide care to cancer survivors, and many models of survivorship

342. Local Therapies for Unresectable Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Spine Systematic Review Aug 20, 2024 Treatment of Stage I-III Squamous Cell Anal Cancer … and Harms Systematic Review Jan 31, 2023 Partial Breast Irradiation for Breast Cancer … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/liver-cancer-therapy/research  

343. Radiation Therapy for Bone Metastases | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     August 01, 2022 - Nature and Burden of Bone Metastases Spine and non-spine bone metastases are common in advanced cancers … depending on histology) with median survival of 25, 27, 6 months and 3 to 7 months, respectively, for these cancers … of metastases) Patients <18 years old Asymptomatic patients Patients with primary bone tumors … KQ1: ("bone metastases"[Title/Abstract] OR "bone neoplasms/radiotherapy"[MeSH Terms]) AND ("external … OR "radiotherapy, computer assisted"[MeSH Terms]) AND (("bone metastases"[Title/Abstract] OR "bone neoplasms

344. Achieving Health Equity in Preventive Services | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2021 - calls and prompts for colorectal cancer; and reminders with lay health workers for breast cancer. … To summarize research on achieving health equity in 10 preventive services for cancer, cardiovascular … with reminders involving lay health workers; and cervical cancer with outreach and health education. … , prompts, and community engagement; and lung cancer with patient navigation. … lay health workers encouraging breast cancer screening.

345. Core-Needle Biopsy for Breast Abnormalities | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Approximately 290,000 new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed each year in the United States, and more … than 230,000 of these cases are invasive breast cancer. … About 20 percent of these biopsies yield a diagnosis of breast cancer. … [evidence medium] The underestimation probability of invasive cancer in core-needle biopsies read … In such cases of core-needle biopsy-diagnosed malignancy, the core-needle biopsy results are considered

346. A Framework for Assessing Quality Indicators for Cancer Care at the End-of-Life | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2019 - National Cancer Institute and other Federal agencies initiated the Cancer Care Quality Measurement Project … The framework focuses on the "end-of-life" stage in the National Cancer Institute’s cancer continuum … For certain cancer populations, "seriously ill" or other terms such as "living with advanced cancer" … Quality of cancer care measures’ project symptom management/end-of-life cancer technical panel. 2006. … Quality measures for supportive cancer care: The cancer quality-ASSIST (Assessing Symptoms Side Effects

347. Web-based Cancer Communication and Decision-Making Systems: Connecting Patients, Caregivers and Clinicians for Improved Health Outcomes (Session IV) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 01, 2019 - In this capacity, she provides psychological assessment and psychotherapy to cancer patients and their … Funded by the National Cancer Institute, the Center is investigating how communications technologies, … specifically Web-based cancer communication and support tools, can improve the heatlh-care experiences … of cancer patients and their family members. … Willis worked in the Office of Advocacy Relations at the National Cancer Institute, where she planned

348. What is the comparative effectiveness of imaging techniques for the assessment of response to treatment in metastatic breast cancer? | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2017 - Women (as well as men) receiving treatment for metastatic breast cancer. … Subgroups can be stratified according to origin of cancer and type of treatment. … (check all that apply) EHC Priority Conditions (updated in 2008) Cancer Functional limitations … Breast cancer represents a significant disease burden because of its relatively high prevalence. 5-year … Breast cancer carries a lifetime risk of 12.15 percent, the highest of any cancer category identified

349. Gene Expression Profiling for Predicting Outcomes in Stage II Colon Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Gene Expression Profiling for Predicting Outcomes in Stage II Colon Cancer … Abstract Background While adjuvant chemotherapy is recommended in patients with stage III colon cancer … predicting outcomes, including benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy, in patients with stage II colon cancer … Project Timeline Gene Expression Profiling for Predicting Outcomes in Stage II Colon Cancer Mar … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/colon-cancer-gene-profiling/technical-brief

350. Lung Diseases | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 05, 2012 - lungs, such as asthma , COPD , infections like influenza , pneumonia and tuberculosis , lung cancer … Archived February 22, 2012 Local Therapies for the Treatment of Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer … and Endobronchial Obstruction Due to Advanced Lung Tumors Systematic Review Archived … December 20, 2011 Comparative Effectiveness of Initial Chemotherapy for Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

351. Disposition of Comments Report for Core Needle and Open Surgical Biopsy for Diagnosis of Breast Lesions: An Update to the 2009 Report (pdf file)
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     September 10, 2014 - If every malignancy-containing core biopsy is correctly diagnosed as malignancy, then there is a zero … If individual cases reveal no residual tumor in the surgical specimen, this simply means the malignancy … Displacement of tumor cells (or benign cells) due to core biopsy and occasional mechanical transport … Question we use the term “studies of dissemination or displacement”, to capture both studies of new tumor … , however both DCIS and invasive breast cancers are recommended for treatment, which subsequently affects

352. Disposition of Comments_Technical Brief No. 43: Measuring Healthcare Organization Characteristics in Cancer Care Delivery Research (pdf file)
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     June 20, 2023 - Measuring Healthcare Organization Characteristics in Cancer Care Delivery Research. … organizational factors in non-cancer care research. … “Myriad of cancer care contexts” refers to other aspects or multiple aspects of cancer care, examples … care delivery and enhance cancer care and outcomes?’ … Stratification of findings based on the cancer care continuum is not justified.

353. Breast-Biopsy-Update Executive (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2014 - on core needle biopsy were assumed to be correct, whether or not a tumor was observed upon surgical … The original version of this review also classified all diagnoses of malignancy on core needle biopsy … In such cases of core needle diagnoses of malignancy, we considered the core needle results to be true … included in the ECRI report stated that open surgical biopsy may miss one to two percent of breast cancers … The clinical significance of these findings is unclear; tumor development on the biopsy needle track

354. Multigene Panels in Prostate Cancer Risk Assessment | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Home Evidence Reports Multigene Panels in Prostate Cancer … SHARE: Multigene Panels in Prostate Cancer … All had poor discriminative ability for predicting risk of prostate cancer and/or distinguishing between … Project Timeline Multigene Panels in Prostate Cancer Risk Assessment Nov 22, 2011 … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/prostate-cancer-risk-assessment-genes/research

355. Local Hepatic Therapies for Metastases to the Liver From Unresectable Colorectal Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Local Hepatic Therapies for Metastases to the Liver From Unresectable Colorectal Cancer … Local Hepatic Therapies for Metastases to the Liver From Unresectable Colorectal Cancer … and harms of various local hepatic therapies for metastases to the liver from unresectable colorectal cancer … Project Timeline Local Hepatic Therapies for Metastases to the Liver From Unresectable Colorectal Cancer … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/colorectal-cancer-liver-metastases-therapies/research

356. Stem-Cell-Children Executive (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2012 - , and high-risk relapsed Wilm’s tumor. … In malignant diseases, it exploits a graft-versus-tumor effect. … Cancer Biol Ther. 2008 Oct;7(10):1533-9. 8. Eiser C. … Practitioner review: long-term consequences of childhood cancer. … Long-term cause- specific mortality among survivors of childhood cancer.

357. Disposition of Comments: Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 232_Interventions for Breathlessness in Patients With Advanced Cancer (pdf file)
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     November 19, 2020 - The rationale for only including patients with advanced cancer instead of only patients with cancer … However, no cancer-specific outcomes were presented. … Cancer. 2020;28(1):87- 98. 2. … Advanced cancer was our charge from ASCO. … Our protocol was to include studies if more than half were cancer patients or if cancer outcomes were

358. Smoking | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 09, 2016 - Cigarette smoking causes 87 percent of lung cancer deaths. … It is also responsible for many other cancers and health problems. … NIH: National Cancer Institute Source https://medlineplus.gov/smoking.html Products … Decision Aid Archived March 9, 2016 Is Lung Cancer Screening Right for Me?

359. Technical Brief: Multidisciplinary Pain Programs for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Evidence Reports Technical Brief: Multidisciplinary Pain Programs for Chronic Non-Cancer … Technical Brief: Multidisciplinary Pain Programs for Chronic Non-Cancer … estimates that 9 percent of the United States adult population suffers from moderate to severe, non-cancer … pain: What chronic pain populations (excluding patients with cancer) were included in studies of … "pain clinic".tw. 19 or 20 or 21 18 or 22 exp Neoplasms/ cancer.tw. 24 or 25 23 not 26

360. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     March 10, 2010 - What you are trying to convey is that there are more noninvasive cancers with ral, but it appears to … cancers according to both your Figure 6 and to the 2005 BCPT paper in JNCI (RR=0.68; 95% CI = 0.45 … The meta-analysis did not show a statistically significant decrease in noninvasive cancers, but the … www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published Online: March 10, 2010 Section Comment Response hundreds and those are early cancers … breast cancer.