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81. Effective Treatment of Leading Causes of Morbidity and Mortality | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/womenhealth/wm-eff.html
    September 01, 2015 - Cancer Deaths Cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year for all cancers, by sex, 2004-2012, and … Importance: In 2015, there will be an estimated 1,658,370 new cancer cases diagnosed and 589,430 cancer … AHRQ estimates that the direct medical costs (total of all health care expenditures) for cancer in the … Groups With Disparities: In 2012, overall, females had lower rates of cancer deaths per 100,000 … Females from all ethnic groups had lower rates of cancer deaths than males.

82. Final progress Report: Spaced Education to Optimize Prostate Cancer Screening (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/kerfoot-conlin-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - Final progress Report: Spaced Education to Optimize Prostate Cancer Screening Title Page Title of … Project: Spaced Education to Optimize Prostate Cancer Screening Principal Investigator and Team Members … Scope: Prostate cancer screening with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is frequently performed counter … Inappropriate testing was defined as use of PSA for prostate cancer screening in patients >76 or <40 … SE durably improves the prostate-cancer screening behaviors of clinicians and represents a promising

83. Training the Next Generation of Leaders in Clinical Preventive Services | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/prevention/chronic-care/decision/research-centers/rce_profile_carter.html
    August 01, 2014 - For this paper she focused on cancer over-diagnosis—the diagnosis and treatment of cancers that do not … She conducted a systematic review of how cancer over-diagnosis has been measured, compared the relative … and then determined which measure she thought was the most accurate and least biased way to look at cancer … Carter not only developed an expertise in the area of overuse of preventive services and cancer over-diagnosis

84. Infographic - New AHRQ Report Compares Early Stage Breast Cancer Radiotherapy Approaches (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/breast-cancer-radiotherapy.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - Infographic - New AHRQ Report Compares Early Stage Breast Cancer Radiotherapy Approaches This Is a … New AHRQ Report Compares Early Stage Breast Cancer Radiotherapy Approaches Ipsilateral Breast Recurrence … Overall Survival Cancer-Free Survival Outcomes Similar at 5 and 10 Years Whole Breast Irradiation … Effective Health Care Program Comparative Effectiveness Review #259: Partial Breast Irradiation for Breast Cancer

85. Kozower, Benjamin | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/funding/training-grants/grants/active/kawards/Kawdsumkozo.html
    October 01, 2014 - Institution: University of Virginia Grant Title: Mortality Assessment in Lung Cancer Resection … clinically useful statistical model for use in estimating patient specific survival following lung cancer … threshold value of hospital volume at which mortality risk is substantially increased following lung cancer … Kozower's long-term career goal is to improve the quality and delivery of lung cancer care.

86. 4.a-2 Screening Eligibility Assessment (SEA) Form  (incl. Spanish) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/crctoolkit/crctool4a2.html
    April 01, 2018 - Tracking and Improving Screening for Colorectal Cancer Intervention 4.a-2 Screening Eligibility Assessment … Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Tracking and Improving Screening for Colorectal Cancer … evaluating a new program for men and women who are 50-79 years of age and are eligible for colorectal cancer … I may not be eligible for colorectal cancer screening through this program because: (Check all that … ___I have previously been diagnosed as having colorectal cancer. ___ Other reason (Specify) _______

87. Women: Stay Healthy at 50 (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2014 - Women with a strong family history of certain cancers may benefit from genetic counselling and BRCA … Cervical Cancer. … Colon Cancer. If you are 75 or younger, get a screening test for colorectal cancer. … Lung Cancer. … Breast Cancer Drugs.

88. Supplemental Items for the CAHPS Cancer Care Survey: Access | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/cancer/suppl-access-items.html
    March 01, 2017 - Supplemental Items for the CAHPS Cancer Care Survey: Access Population version: Adult Download … these items: English ( Word [28 KB] ) Users of the CAHPS ® Cancer Care Survey are free to incorporate … These supplemental items can be inserted into any of the three versions of the Cancer Care Survey. … TREATMENT MODALITY] with the appropriate term: radiation therapy, drug therapy, or cancer surgery. … In the last 6 months, when you contacted this cancer center after regular office hours , how often

89. Building an Ambulatory Patient Safety Learning Laboratory for Diverse Populations (ASCENT) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/building-ambulatory-long-desc.html
    April 01, 2021 - An electronic registry for urology clinic staff to monitor men on active surveillance for prostate cancer … A health information technology platform that monitors patients with head and neck cancer to improve … Customized registry tool for tracking adherence to clinical guidelines for head and neck cancers: protocol … Customized registry tool for tracking adherence to clinical guidelines for head and neck cancers : protocol … Gaps in treatment and surveillance: head and neck cancer care in a safety-net hospita l.

90. Study Reveals Sharp Decline in Mothers’ Mental Health | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/960.html
    June 01, 2025 - received treatment for diabetes and 2.6 million people received treatment for breast and colorectal cancer … Breast Density Linked to Higher Cancer Risk . … Breast Density Linked to Higher Cancer Risk Women with dense breast tissue are more likely to develop … breast cancer, according to a recent study co-funded by AHRQ and published in the American Journal … Surgical second opinion for pancreatic cancer patients. Quinn PL, Nikahd M, Saiyed S, et al.

91. Development and Evaluation of Breast Cancer Prevention Communication Prototypes for the CUIDARSE Project (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/clinicians-providers/iadapt/lara.pdf
    December 19, 2014 - Development and Evaluation of Breast Cancer Prevention Communication Prototypes for the CUIDARSE Project … Dissemination of AHRQ Comparative Effectiveness Research Products Development and Evaluation of Breast Cancer … CUIDARSE Project Description Latinas are more likely to receive a late-stage diagnosis of breast cancer … project developed educational materials for low-literacy Spanish-speaking women at risk for breast cancer … Gains in breast cancer prevention-related knowledge and behaviors from baseline to post-intervention

92. 2019 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report Quality Trends (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2019qdr-core-measures-quality.pdf
    January 01, 2019 - Cancer Measures Among a total of 6 cancer measures, all measures improved over time. … Patients with colon cancer who received surgical resection of colon cancer that included at least … Diagnosis Colorectal cancer diagnosed at advanced stage (tumors diagnosed at regional or distant … Diagnosis Cervical cancer diagnosed at advanced stage (all invasive tumors) per 100,000 women age … tumor greater than 2 cm) per 100,000 women age 40 and over (NPCR_USCS) 95.6 per 100,000 women age

93. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/womenhealth/wm-ref.html
    September 01, 2015 - Patient Safety Person- and Family-Centered Care References Summary Tables American Cancer … Cancer Facts & Figures 2015. Atlanta: American Cancer Society; 2015. … Cancer screening test use—United States, 2013. MMWR 2015;64(17):464-8. … Cervical Cancer Screening. … http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Document/UpdateSummaryFinal/cervical-cancer-screening

94. A Model of Care Delivery to Reduce Falls in a Major Cancer Center (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Kline_32.pdf
    March 03, 2008 - A Model of Care Delivery to Reduce Falls in a Major Cancer Center A Model of Care Delivery to Reduce … Falls in a Major Cancer Center Nancy E. … Injuries sustained as result of patient falls in a cancer hospital are often severe, due to the nature … A case-control study was conducted within a major cancer center to determine risk factors for falls, … Author Affiliations Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.

95. Women: Stay Healthy at Any Age (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patients-consumers/prevention/lifestyle/healthy-women.pdf
    May 01, 2014 - Breast Cancer. Talk with your health care team about whether you need a mammogram. … Women with a strong family history of certain cancers may benefit from genetic counselling and BRCA … Colon Cancer. Between the ages of 50 and 75, get a screening test for colorectal cancer. … Lung Cancer. … Breast Cancer Drugs.

96. Chartbook on Hispanic Health Care: Slide Presentation—Part 2 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/hisph-slides-pt2.html
    May 01, 2018 - Evidence-based mass screening is recommended in specific populations for four cancers: breast, cervical … Hence, screenable cancers have been selected for inclusion in this chartbook. … Source: Commission on Cancer, American College of Surgeons and American Cancer Society, National Cancer … Source: Commission on Cancer, American College of Surgeons and American Cancer Society, National Cancer … rates were lower among Hispanics compared with Whites and were not changing over time for: All cancers

97. QDR 2014: Chartbook for Hispanic Health Care, Part 2 (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/2014nhqdr-hispanichealth-pt2.pdf
    July 01, 2015 - Evidence-based mass screening is recommended in specific populations for four cancers: breast, cervical … Hence, screenable cancers have been selected for inclusion in this chartbook. … rates were lower among Hispanics compared with Whites and were not changing over time for:  All cancers …  Lung cancer. … Cancer Screening Colon Cancer Treatment Other Cancer Care for Hispanics Cervical Cancer Screening

98. Final Topic Refinement Document - Therapeutic Options for Obesity in the Medicare Population (pdf file)
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    May 22, 2014 - Clinical outcomes ● Mortality ● Cancer mortality (any cause) ● Incidence of specific cancers: breast … , colorectal cancer, endometrial cancer, esophageal adenocarcinoma, gall bladder cancer, and renal … ● Incidence of specific cancers: breast, colorectal cancer, endometrial cancer, esophageal adenocarcinoma … , gall bladder cancer, and renal cell cancer ● Cardiovascular disease ● Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis … mortality (any cause) ● Incidence of specific cancers: breast, colorectal cancer, endometrial cancer

99. Chapter 2: Evidence of Disparities Among Ethnicity Groups (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/iomracereport/reldata2a.html
    May 01, 2018 - Rates of Cancer Mortality Data on differences in cancer mortality rates among Blacks at more granular … -born non-Hispanic Blacks for the types of cancer studied with the exception of prostate cancer. … The authors posit that differences in the Caribbean diet may be protective for certain types of cancers … Cancer and Cancer Screening among Asian Ethnicities Breast and cervical cancer screening rates are … A high incidence of more lethal cancers, particularly of lung cancer, is common in Eastern Europe ( Bray

100. Diagnostic Safety Centers of Excellence | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/diagnostic-excellence-grants/index.html
     February 01, 2025 - Diagnosis Diagnostic Center of Excellence is to prevent delays in cancer diagnosis. … and implement a program to identify and learn from patients with delays in diagnosis of four leading cancers … Engage and deeply learn from patients who have experienced delayed cancer diagnoses. … Emergency presentations predict worse outcomes among patients with pancreatic cancer. … Developing electronic clinical quality measures to assess the cancer diagnostic process.