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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837203/psn-pdf
May 25, 2022 - Engaging with ethnic minority consumers to improve
safety in cancer services: a national stakeholder … Engaging with ethnic minority consumers to improve safety in
cancer services: a national stakeholder … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/engaging-ethnic-minority-consumers-improve-safety-cancer-services-national … This qualitative
study explored ethnic minority stakeholder perspectives about patient engagement in cancer … Focus
groups consisting of participants from consumer and health organizations involved in cancer care
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72525/psn-pdf
December 02, 2020 - Breast cancer treatment delays by socioeconomic and
health care access latent classes in Black and White … Breast cancer treatment delays by socioeconomic and health
care access latent classes in Black and White … Cancer. 2020;126(22):4957-4966.
doi:10.1002/cncr.33121. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/breast-cancer-treatment-delays-socioeconomic-and-health-care-access-latent … contribution of time to
treatment and treatment duration on racial and ethnic disparities in breast cancer
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/851886/psn-pdf
August 02, 2023 - Hospitalization due to adverse drug events in older adults
with cancer: a retrospective analysis. … Hospitalization due to adverse drug events in older adults with
cancer: a retrospective analysis. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospitalization-due-adverse-drug-events-older-adults-cancer-retrospective … -
analysis
Older adults with cancer are typically prescribed multiple medications (i.e., polypharmacy … In this study, the medical records of older adults (those at
least 70 years old) receiving cancer care
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/841141/psn-pdf
December 07, 2022 - Urgent referrals from primary care to dermatology for
lesions suspicious for skin cancer: patterns, … Urgent referrals from primary care to dermatology for lesions
suspicious for skin cancer: patterns, … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/urgent-referrals-primary-care-dermatology-lesions-suspicious-skin-cancer … This retrospective analysis examined differences in timely versus delayed referrals for urgent skin
cancer … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-delays-2-week-wait-cancer-referral-pathway-during-covid-19-pandemic-cancer-survival-uk
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/851453/psn-pdf
July 19, 2023 - and potential drug-drug
interactions with adverse treatment outcomes in older
adults with advanced cancer … drug
interactions with adverse treatment outcomes in older adults with advanced cancer. … Cancer.
2023;129(7):1096-1104. doi:10.1002/cncr.34642. … This secondary analysis of a national study of older adults with advanced
cancer sought to identify … associations between polypharmacy (eight or more medications), PIMs, and PDIs
with adverse cancer treatment
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60535/psn-pdf
May 27, 2020 - Dramatic drop in cancer diagnoses amid COVID pandemic
is cause for concern, doctors say. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/dramatic-drop-cancer-diagnoses-amid-covid-pandemic-cause-concern-
doctors-say … The COVID-19 pandemic has reduced patient use of primary, preventive, chronic and cancer care. … This
article discusses how reductions in cancer diagnosis may represent a worrying trend that has the … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/dramatic-drop-cancer-diagnoses-amid-covid-pandemic-cause-concern-doctors-say
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73894/psn-pdf
February 22, 2022 - Achieving Excellence in Cancer Diagnosis: Proceedings
of a Workshop—in Brief. …
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/achieving-excellence-cancer-diagnosis
Diagnostic errors remain … This
workshop reviewed the evidence base examining challenges in cancer diagnosis, discussed suggestions … for improvement in the field, and looked toward a safer future for cancer patients. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/multidisciplinary-approach-gi-cancer-results-change-diagnosis-and-management-patients
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/845637/psn-pdf
March 08, 2023 - Using Failure Mode, Effect and Criticality Analysis to
improve safety in the cancer treatment prescription … Using Failure Mode, Effect and Criticality Analysis to improve safety in
the cancer treatment prescription … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/using-failure-mode-effect-and-criticality-analysis-improve-safety-cancer … residents calculated a Risk Priority
Number (RPN), or criticality, for each possible failure mode in cancer … Each phase of the cancer treatment process had at least one critical step identified, and
actions were
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837807/psn-pdf
August 10, 2022 - with urgent referral guidelines in patients
presenting with any of six ‘alarm’ features of possible
cancer … with urgent referral guidelines in patients
presenting with any of six ‘alarm’ features of possible cancer … This retrospective
study linking data reflecting primary and secondary care as well as cancer registry … Findings revealed that a significant number of these patients developed cancer within
one year. … -19-pandemic-cancer-survival-uk
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50821/psn-pdf
January 22, 2020 - Communicating with patients about diagnostic errors in
breast cancer care: providers' attitudes, experiences … Communicating with patients about diagnostic errors in breast
cancer care: Providers’ attitudes, experiences … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/communicating-patients-about-diagnostic-errors-breast-cancer-care-providers … -
attitudes
This study held focus groups with breast cancer providers to better understand attitudes … Participants identified challenges related specifically to breast cancer as well as
challenges stemming
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60253/psn-pdf
April 22, 2020 - Clinical and economic impact of medication reconciliation
in cancer patients: a systematic review. … Clinical and economic impact of medication reconciliation in
cancer patients: a systematic review. … Support Care Cancer. 2020;28(8):3557-3569. doi:10.1007/s00520-
020-05400-5. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clinical-and-economic-impact-medication-reconciliation-cancer-patients- … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clinical-and-economic-impact-medication-reconciliation-cancer-patients-systematic-review
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837791/psn-pdf
August 05, 2022 - in cancer diagnosis. … While early diagnosis is important, a review of lung cancer
screening by the US Preventive Services … women with breast cancer is 42% higher than
that of White women with breast cancer. … high as the rate among White women with breast cancer. … diagnostic errors and serious misdiagnosis-related
harms for major vascular events, infections, and cancers
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837677/psn-pdf
July 13, 2022 - Multiple Failures in Test Results Follow-up for a Patient
Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer at the Hampton … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/multiple-failures-test-results-follow-patient-diagnosed-prostate-cancer- … hampton-va-medical
Cancer test communication failures can contribute to physical, emotional, and financial … examines missed opportunities made by multiple clinicians involved in the care of a patient with
prostate cancer … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/multiple-failures-test-results-follow-patient-diagnosed-prostate-cancer-hampton-va-medical
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47706/psn-pdf
June 14, 2019 - Pharmaceutical interventions to improve safety of
chemotherapy-treated cancer patients: a cross-sectional … Pharmaceutical interventions to improve safety of
chemotherapy-treated cancer patients: A cross-sectional … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pharmaceutical-interventions-improve-safety-chemotherapy-treated-cancer- … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pharmaceutical-interventions-improve-safety-chemotherapy-treated-cancer-patients-cross … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pharmaceutical-interventions-improve-safety-chemotherapy-treated-cancer-patients-cross
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/841483/psn-pdf
December 14, 2022 - What do patients and their carers do to support the safety
of cancer treatment and care? … What do patients and their carers do to support the safety of
cancer treatment and care? … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/what-do-patients-and-their-carers-do-support-safety-cancer-treatment-and … review explored
the qualitive research regarding how patients and caregivers engage in safety during cancer … patient-engagement-and-safety
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/encouraging-patients-speak-about-problems-cancer-care
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/846709/psn-pdf
March 29, 2023 - The safety and acceptability of using telehealth for follow-
up of patients following cancer surgery … The safety and acceptability of using telehealth for follow-up of patients
following cancer surgery: … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safety-and-acceptability-using-telehealth-follow-patients-following-cancer … including 11 studies (3,336 patients) explored the impact of
virtual follow-up appointments after cancer … The authors concluded that virtual visits following
cancer surgery had similar safety to in-person visits
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/oncologic-errors-diagnostic-radiology-10-year-analysis-based-medical-malpractice-claims
September 27, 2017 - Prior research found that cancer, infections, and vascular events (the “ big three ”) account for nearly … September 27, 2017
Racial disparities in diagnostic delay among women with breast cancer … June 24, 2020
International evaluation of an AI system for breast cancer screening. … of using the same vs different order for second readings of screening mammograms on rates of breast cancer … July 10, 2017
Overdiagnosis in low-dose computed tomography screening for lung cancer
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46556/psn-pdf
November 01, 2017 - This news article reports on the
prevalence of overtreatment among patients with cancer, how it can … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/overuse-patient-safety-problem
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/breast-cancer-screening-denmark-cohort-study-tumor-size-and-overdiagnosis
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/discrepancies-between-clinical-diagnoses-and-autopsy-findings-critically-ill-children
January 12, 2022 - errors analysis to evaluate the impact of a chemotherapy compounding workflow management system on cancer … December 18, 2017
Breast cancer screening in Denmark: a cohort study of tumor size and … November 3, 2012
Undiagnosed breast cancer at MR imaging: analysis of causes.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/infusional-chemotherapy-and-medication-errors-tertiary-care-pediatric-cancer-unit-resource
October 29, 2012 - Study
Infusional chemotherapy and medication errors in a tertiary care pediatric cancer … Infusional chemotherapy and medication errors in a tertiary care pediatric cancer unit in a resource-limited … November 1, 2016
The impact of drug shortages on children with cancer—the example of … 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