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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/frequency-diagnostic-errors-outpatient-care-estimations-three-large-observational-studies
April 09, 2013 - to review unusual patterns of return visits in primary care and one study included consecutive lung cancer … Electronic trigger-based intervention to reduce delays in diagnostic evaluation for cancer … January 19, 2012
Electronic health record-based triggers to detect potential delays in cancer … Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality
April 26, 2023
Missed diagnosis of cancer … errors and logistical breakdowns contributing to missed and delayed diagnoses of breast and colorectal cancers
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/artificial-intelligence-supported-screen-reading-versus-standard-double-reading-mammography
March 27, 2019 - March 27, 2019
Breast cancer missed at screening; hindsight or mistakes? … September 4, 2024
Breast cancer missed at screening; hindsight or mistakes? … May 31, 2023
Racial disparities in diagnostic delay among women with breast cancer. … December 23, 2020
Missed breast cancer: effects of subconscious bias and lesion … March 4, 2020
International evaluation of an AI system for breast cancer screening.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/three-scans-are-better-two-follow-automatic-method-finding-missed-and-misidentified-lesions
August 17, 2022 - Cancer is among the " Big Three " types of diagnosis most vulnerable to misdiagnosis. … positives and false negatives by reading three or more consecutive radiological scans of patients with cancer … July 31, 2023
Breast cancer missed at screening; hindsight or mistakes? … June 21, 2023
Racial disparities in diagnostic delay among women with breast cancer. … October 20, 2010
Characteristics and predictors of missed opportunities in lung cancer
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/new-us-health-crisis-looms-patients-without-covid-19-delay-care
July 29, 2020 - This article discusses the impact of delay on patients with cancer or cardiac conditions and that the … June 9, 2021
A crisis of undiagnosed cancers is emerging in the pandemic’s second year … June 3, 2020
Dramatic drop in cancer diagnoses amid COVID pandemic is cause for concern
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pathologists-perspectives-disclosing-harmful-pathology-error
January 22, 2020 - From the Same Author(s)
Communicating with patients about diagnostic errors in breast cancer … May 18, 2022
Providers' perceptions of communication breakdowns in cancer care. … More than words: patients' views on apology and disclosure when things go wrong in cancer … March 11, 2013
Toward patient-centered cancer care: patient perceptions of problematic … March 19, 2018
Breast cancer screening in Denmark: a cohort study of tumor size and overdiagnosis
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/high-performance-teamwork-training-and-systems-redesign-outpatient-oncology
November 16, 2022 - : how are non-specific symptom pathways for cancer investigation organised, and what are the implications … March 12, 2025
Encouraging patients to speak up about problems in cancer care. … November 18, 2016
Providers' perceptions of communication breakdowns in cancer care. … July 28, 2014
Toward patient-centered cancer care: patient perceptions of problematic … May 29, 2012
Safety hazards in cancer care: findings using three different methods.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/errors-and-nonadherence-pediatric-oral-chemotherapy-use
April 08, 2020 - health system interventions could help mitigate errors and nonadherence in pediatric patients with cancer … July 29, 2015
Medication errors in the home: a multisite study of children with cancer … April 16, 2014
Chemotherapy medication errors in a pediatric cancer treatment center: … June 25, 2013
Medication errors in the home: a multisite study of children with cancer … May 15, 2013
Medication errors among adults and children with cancer in the outpatient
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/it-not-fault-health-care-team-it-way-system-works-mixed-methods-quality-improvement-study
March 24, 2019 - it is the way the system works": a mixed-methods quality improvement study of patients with advanced cancer … it is the way the system works”: a mixed-methods quality improvement study of patients with advanced cancer … In this study, patients with advanced cancer and their caregivers reported lower quality of care, lower … November 13, 2024
Recovery from COVID-19-related disruptions in cancer detection. … August 3, 2022
Cancer diagnoses delayed among prisoners in Washington state.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.72_slideshow.ppt
September 01, 2004 - He explained that the prognosis was likely very poor, as he suspected malignancy. … Cancer of the thyroid gland. In: Harrison LB, Sessions RB, Hong KW, eds. … Head and neck cancer. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2004.
11. … Cancer screening in elderly patients: a framework for individualized decision making. … High frequency of cancer in cold thyroid nodules occurring at young age.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/involvement-patients-cancer-patient-safety-qualitative-study-current-practices-potentials-and
September 27, 2017 - Study
Involvement of patients with cancer in patient safety: a qualitative study … Involvement of patients with cancer in patient safety: a qualitative study of current practices, potentials … This qualitative study, conducted at a cancer center in Denmark, examined the perspectives of patients … February 20, 2019
Safety hazards in cancer care: findings using three different methods … The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Experience
May 1, 2005
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/25-year-summary-us-malpractice-claims-diagnostic-errors-1986-2010-analysis-national
July 17, 2019 - misdiagnosis-related harms in malpractice claims: the "Big Three": vascular events, infections, and cancers … diagnostic errors and serious misdiagnosis-related harms for major vascular events, infections, and cancers … Safety Innovations
Ambulatory Safety Nets to Reduce Missed and Delayed Diagnoses of Cancer … September 7, 2022
Missed diagnosis of cancer in primary care: insights from malpractice
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/oncologist-perceptions-racial-disparity-racial-anxiety-and-unconscious-bias-clinical
October 19, 2022 - May 8, 2024
What causes delays in diagnosing blood cancers? … Prolonged diagnostic intervals as marker of missed diagnostic opportunities in bladder and kidney cancer … December 23, 2020
Nurses' perceptions of open disclosure processes in cancer care: a … errors and logistical breakdowns contributing to missed and delayed diagnoses of breast and colorectal cancers
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/my-life-was-upended-35-years-cancer-diagnosis-doctor-just-told-me-i-was-misdiagnosed
April 11, 2018 - Newspaper/Magazine Article
My life was upended for 35 years by a cancer diagnosis … Citation Text:
My life was upended for 35 years by a cancer diagnosis. … This news story chronicles the experience of a patient misdiagnosed with a brain tumor. … Cite
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My life was upended for 35 years by a cancer … August 17, 2022
Skin cancer is a risk no matter the skin tone.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49458/psn-pdf
September 01, 2004 - He
told the family the prognosis was likely very poor, as he suspected malignancy. … and non-cancer-related) to guide cancer treatment decisions in
elderly patients.(14) For example, a … Accuracy of predictions of survival in later stages of cancer. … Cancer of the thyroid gland. In: Harrison LB, Sessions RB, Hong KW, eds. … High frequency of cancer in cold thyroid nodules occurring at
young age.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2022-02/final_cme_reviewed_spotlight_loss_of_trust_and_a_missed_diagnosis_02.14.20221_-_clean_-_revised.pdf
January 01, 2022 - or major risk factors for
cancer, and severe progressive motor deficits … ).
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• Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths … Red flags to screen for malignancy and fracture in patients with low back pain: systematic
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Recommendation Statement.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/abnormal-volunteer-results
July 18, 2016 - After seeking further evaluation, she was diagnosed with uterine cancer and started on chemotherapy. … human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) status, and—as described in this scenario—finding a life-threatening malignancy … Returning to this case of an asymptomatic tumor discovered on MRI, one could argue that such a finding … Cancer. 2006;106:1421-1424. [go to PubMed]
5. Knoppers BM, Joly Y, Simard J, Durocher F. … Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2007;48:441-446. [go to PubMed]
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-errors-involving-oral-chemotherapy
January 06, 2017 - Cancer. 2010;116(10):2455-2464. doi:10.1002/cncr.25027. … Cancer . 2010; 116 (10) :2455-2464 .
View more articles from the same authors. … However, an increasing number of cancer patients are prescribed oral chemotherapy, and a prior study … found that most cancer centers lack formal safety protocols for these medications. … Cancer. 2010;116(10):2455-2464. doi:10.1002/cncr.25027.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/866901/psn-pdf
October 09, 2024 - Reader bias in breast cancer screening related to cancer
prevalence and artificial intelligence decision … Reader bias in breast cancer screening related to cancer prevalence
and artificial intelligence decision … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/reader-bias-breast-cancer-screening-related-cancer-prevalence-and-artificial … The prevalence of cancer in the sample was higher than in the general population (1:1 cancer to
healthy … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/reader-bias-breast-cancer-screening-related-cancer-prevalence-and-artificial-intelligence
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/national-survey-effect-oncology-drug-shortages-cancer-care
April 22, 2015 - Study
National survey on the effect of oncology drug shortages on cancer care. … National survey on the effect of oncology drug shortages on cancer care. … This survey of US oncology pharmacists reveals that cancer drug shortages were common during the first … National survey on the effect of oncology drug shortages on cancer care. … July 5, 2023
Cancer drug shortages are creating dire circumstances for some patients.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/when-less-better-physicians-are-afraid-not-intervene
July 29, 2020 - This commentary and related perspective illustrate how unneeded treatment for breast cancer represents … October 25, 2017
Farewell to a cancer that never was. … June 7, 2016
Improving Diagnosis: Teenage Cancer Trust Report on Improving the Diagnostic … Experience of Young People With Cancer. … January 2, 2013
Confronting medical errors in oncology and disclosing them to cancer