Is cataract surgery cost-effective among older patients with a low predicted probability for improvement in reported visual functioning?Arash Naeim
Division of Hematology Oncology, UCLA Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90095 1687, USA
Med Care 44:982-9. 2006
..This study examines the cost-effectiveness of cataract surgery versus watchful waiting in a subgroup of patients who had less than a 30% predicted probability of reporting improvements in visual function after surgery...
- Evidence-based recommendations for cancer nausea and vomiting
Arash Naeim
David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
J Clin Oncol 26:3903-10. 2008
..The standards presented here for preventing and managing nausea and vomiting in cancer care should be incorporated into care pathways and should become the expectation rather than the exception...
- Oncologists' recommendations for adjuvant therapy in hormone receptor-positive breast cancer patients of varying age and health status
Arash Naeim
Division of Hematology Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Clin Breast Cancer 10:136-43. 2010
..The goal of the current study is to understand the effect of patient age and health status on oncologists' decision to recommend adjuvant treatment (endocrine therapy and chemotherapy) in older women with HR-positive breast cancer...
- Is adjuvant therapy for older patients with node (+) early breast cancer cost-effective?
Arash Naeim
Division of Hematology Oncology, UCLA Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Breast Cancer Res Treat 94:95-103. 2005
..Node (+) breast cancer represents over 40% of cases in older women and currently there is a debate whether adjuvant therapy for all older women is cost-effective...
- Quality measures for supportive cancer care: the Cancer Quality-ASSIST Project
Karl A Lorenz
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, 11301, Wilshire Boulevard, Code 111 G, Los Angeles, CA 90073, USA
J Pain Symptom Manage 37:943-64. 2009
..Research is needed to characterize adherence to recommended practices and to evaluate the use of these measures in quality improvement efforts...
- Quality indicators for the care of breast cancer in vulnerable elders
Arash Naeim
David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 55:S258-69. 2007
- Options for handling missing data in the Health Utilities Index Mark 3
Arash Naeim
Division of Hematology Oncology, UCLA Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1687, USA
Med Decis Making 25:186-98. 2005
..This situation creates a break in the scoring algorithm and leads to considerable amounts of missing data. The goal of this study is to develop strategies to deal with HUI3 scores for participants who have missing data...
- Health literacy, communication, and treatment decision-making in older cancer patients
Sunil Amalraj
UCLA Geriatric Oncology Training Program, University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine, Division of Hematology Oncology, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
Oncology (Williston Park) 23:369-75. 2009
..Future research should center on developing ways to identify and overcome health communication barriers to improve geriatric cancer care...
- Physiologic aspects of aging: impact on cancer management and decision making, part II
Mary Sehl
Division of Hematology-Oncology and Geriatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095-1687, USA
Cancer J 11:461-73. 2005
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- Perceived causes of disability added prognostic value beyond medical conditions and functional status
Arash Naeim
Division of Hematology Oncology, UCLA Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1687, USA
J Clin Epidemiol 60:79-85. 2007
..This study's objective was to determine the incremental benefit of respondent subjective attribution of functional decline beyond relying solely on disease burden in predicting survival...
- Do age and ethnicity predict breast cancer treatment received? A cross-sectional urban population based study. Breast cancer treatment: age and ethnicity
Arash Naeim
Division of Hematology Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1687, USA
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 59:234-42. 2006
..To evaluate the treatment patterns of women aged 55 years or older with newly diagnosed breast cancer and to examine the association between age and ethnicity/race on treatment selection...
- Evidence-based recommendations for information and care planning in cancer care
Anne Walling
David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
J Clin Oncol 26:3896-902. 2008
..The standards presented here for information and care planning in cancer care should be incorporated into care pathways and should become the expectation rather than the exception...
- Is adjuvant therapy for older patients with node (-) early breast cancer cost-effective?
Arash Naeim
Division of Hematology Oncology, UCLA Department of Medicine, 10945 Le Conte Avenue, Suite 2345, Box 951687, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1687, USA
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 53:81-9. 2005
..Node (-) breast cancer represents over 60% of cases in older women and currently there is a debate whether adjuvant therapy for these women is cost-effective...
- Physiologic aspects of aging: impact on cancer management and decision making, part I
Rishi Sawhney
Division of Hematology Oncology and Geriatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095 1687, USA
Cancer J 11:449-60. 2005
..Further research is necessary for the development of more specific evidence-based recommendations...
- Attribution of functional limitation to cancer decreases in the year following breast cancer diagnosis in older patients
Mary E Sehl
Divisions of Geriatrics and Hematology Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 71:62-9. 2009
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- Adjuvant treatment recommendations in older women with breast cancer: a survey of oncologists
Arti Hurria
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 61:255-60. 2007
..Previous studies demonstrate differing treatment patterns between older and younger patients with breast cancer. To explore the reasons for these disparities we conducted a survey of 28 oncologists specializing in breast cancer...
- Perspectives, preferences, care practices, and outcomes in late-stage cancer patients: connecting the dots
David B Reuben
J Clin Oncol 22:4869-71. 2004
