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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/rtc-design-principles_research.pdf
January 01, 2009 - tumor foci in women with a
diagnosis of early breast cancer on mammography and ultrasonography planned … comparisons are needed to assess the efficacy of
converting from BCS to mastectomy in women with additional tumor … mastectomy provides the same relative effects for patients detected by either
test, the number of tumor … needle biopsy to detect false positive
MRI results, some women with a positive MRI finding of multiple tumor … Results of conservative surgery
and radiation therapy for multiple
synchronous cancers of one breast
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/prostate-cancer-risk-assessment-genes_disposition-comments.pdf
July 03, 2012 - Disposition of Comments Report for Multigene Panels in Prostate Cancer Risk Assessment
Source: http … Research Review Disposition of Comments Report
Research Review Title: Multigene Panels in Prostate Cancer … Multigene Panels in Prostate Cancer Risk Assessment. … A summary of the genetics of prostate
cancer as well as of its heritability would have been welcome, … part of the introduction has been re-
organized, to make information on genetics of
prostate cancer
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/liver-cancer-therapy/research
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/cancer-survivor-care-transition/research-protocol
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/erythropoiesis-stimulating-agents-utilization_research.pdf
February 01, 2011 - cancer but no KD codes); (2) cancer
and intermittent KD (beneficiaries with cancer and occasional KD … diag-
noses); (3) cancer and predialysis (beneficiaries with cancer and non-
dialysis KD); and (4) cancer … The
cancer and intermittent KD group grew from
5 percent to 9 percent, and the cancer only
group … only
Cancer & intermittent KD
Cancer & predialysis
Cancer & dialysis
Figure 3: Size of the ESA user … only
Cancer & intermittent KD
Cancer & predialysis
Cancer & dialysis
Implementation
of Cancer NCD
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/horizon-scan_research-2015.pdf
January 01, 2015 - Bach points out that a given drug used for treating many cancers can offer a
markedly different health … Advanced ER+
breast cancer constitutes about 75% of all diagnosed breast cancers; therefore in 2014, … or Treatment –
Refractory Non-Hodgkin’s
Lymphomas
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) comprises a set of malignancies … HER2-positive cancer makes up approximately 20% to 25% of all diagnosed
breast cancers, which means … in the United States each year, with about
1.8 million of these cancers being BCCs.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0488_12-27-2011.pdf
January 01, 2011 - Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps
Primary diagnosis and staging of pancreatic cancer … Staff-Generated PICO
Population(s): People (primarily adults) at high risk for pancreatic cancer ( … Which imaging test or test that can “see” some functions of a cancer (e.g., blood flow,
consumption … )
Definitive cure of pancreatic cancer is more likely with early diagnosis. … There currently exists no standard procedure for the diagnosis and staging
of pancreatic cancer.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/breast-biopsy-update_consumer.pdf
May 01, 2016 - A biopsy tells if the lump is breast cancer. … It also does not cover
treatments for breast cancer.
1
Finding Breast Cancer
Breast cancer can … It looks for changes in breast tissue that may be cancer. … In a few cases, a biopsy can miss breast cancer. … � If cancer is found, the report will tell you the kind of cancer you
have.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/prostate-cancer-antigen-3-gene/research
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/colorectal-cancer-liver-metastases-therapies/research
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/colon-cancer-gene-profiling/technical-brief
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/prostate-cancer-risk-assessment-genes/research
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cancer-end-of-life-measures-framework_research.pdf
April 01, 2010 - the National Cancer Institute and other Federal agencies initiated the Cancer Care
Quality Measurement … 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
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cancer-quality-indicator-framework_research.pdf
April 01, 2010 - the National Cancer Institute and other Federal agencies initiated the Cancer Care
Quality Measurement … 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
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/people-with-disabilities-protocol.pdf
January 16, 2024 - with disabilities,
especially screening for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers.8-11 Studies have … , cervical cancer,
colorectal cancer, depression, HIV infection, hypertension, intimate
partner violence … Associations Between Disability and Breast
or Cervical Cancers, Accounting for
Screening Disparities … * or carcinoma* or adenocarcinoma* or malignan* or tumor* or tumour* or neoplas* or
polyp*)) or colonoscop … Women aged 50 to 74 years
Cervical Cancer Women aged 21 to 65 years
Colorectal Cancer Adults aged
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/hypofractionated-radiation-therapy-draft-appendix-d3.xlsx
January 01, 2025 - Draft - Primary Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer: Appendix D3 Tables … Intervention Arm Group Control Arm Group Outcome domain Outcome domain comment Overall survival Prostate cancer-specific … survival Prostate cancer-specific survival comment Survival outcomes Survival outcomes comment Frequency … specific survival Prostate cancer related deaths NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Categorical … specific survival NR NR Other (please specify) Deaths caused by prostate cancer NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/web-based_willis_respondent.pdf
January 01, 2009 - www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/index.cfm)
Slide
1:
Response
to:
Web-‐Based
Cancer … Willis,
MA
Director
of
Survivorship
Programs
National
Coalition
for
Cancer … voice
for
providing
systematic
solutions
to
improve
the
quality
of
cancer … maintain
programs
focused
on
improving
shared-‐decision
making
across
the
cancer …
• Cancer
care
as
a
broken
system
Slide
4:
Self-‐Advocacy:
Reframing
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/breast-abnormalities-tests-update_surveillance.pdf
September 01, 2012 - Gokalp and Topal
24
);
however, only one enrolled
patient (out of 43 total) was
found to have a malignancy … COVERED:
MEDLINE ON OVID – 1/1/2010-8/27/2012
LANGUAGE:
English
SEARCH STRATEGY:
exp Breast neoplasms … / or exp breast diseases/ or exp breast cancer/ or breast carcinoma/ or ((breast or
mammary) and (cancer … $ or neoplasm$ or carcinoma$ or tumor$ or tumour$ or lump$ or lesion$)).mp. … (Gokalp and Topal
24
);
however, only one enrolled patient (out of
43 total) was found to have a malignancy
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/disparities-quality-improvement_executive.pdf
August 01, 2012 - :
– Colorectal cancer (including screening)
– Breast cancer (including screening)
• Cardiovascular … QI strategies on health care disparities in
cancer screening, including one examining breast cancer … These settings were appropriate
for cancer screening interventions, as the bulk of cancer
screening … No long-term outcomes or clinical outcomes,
such as diagnosis of malignancies, were reported. … Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2007
Oct;16(10):2058-64. PMID: 17932353.
16.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/hypofractionated-radiation-therapy-draft-appendix-e.xlsx
July 09, 2025 - Draft - Primary Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer: Appendix E Table
Table