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Costs and benefits of different strategies to screen for cervical cancer in less-developed countriesJeanne S Mandelblatt
Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, and the Outcomes Core and Cancer Control Program, Lombardi Cancer Center, Washington, DC 20007, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 94:1469-83. 2002..We compared the costs and benefits of different strategies and their effectiveness in saving lives in a less-developed country...- Is HIV infection a cofactor for cervical squamous cell neoplasia?J S Mandelblatt
Department of Medicine, Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20007, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 8:97-106. 1999..These speculations are biologically plausible. Additional data from large, well designed studies are needed to confirm these hypotheses... - Effectiveness of interventions designed to increase mammography use: a meta-analysis of provider-targeted strategiesJ S Mandelblatt
Department of Medicine, Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20007, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 8:759-67. 1999..All interventions targeted at physicians were effective in increasing screening rates. Decisions to use a particular approach will depend on resources, expertise, feasibility, and cost effectiveness... - Proposed agenda for the measurement of quality-of-care outcomes in oncology practiceJ S Mandelblatt
Department of Medicine, Institute of Health Care Research and Policy and Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA
J Clin Oncol 17:2614-22. 1999..Ultimately, improved quality of care should translate into morbidity and mortality reductions... - Measuring and predicting surgeons' practice styles for breast cancer treatment in older womenJ S Mandelblatt
Department of Oncology, Lombardi Cancer Center, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC 20007, USA
Med Care 39:228-42. 2001..Few measures exist to assess physicians' practice style, and there are few data on physicians' practice styles and patterns of care... - Serendipity in diagnostic imaging: magnetic resonance imaging of the breastW F Lawrence
Cancer Clinical and Economic Outcomes Core, Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20007, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 90:1792-800. 1998..To understand better whether or not biopsy procedures should be performed to evaluate serendipitous lesions, we estimated the breast cancer risk for women with this type of lesion... 
Constructs of burden of illness in older patients with breast cancer: a comparison of measurement methodsJ S Mandelblatt
Department of Oncology, Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20007, USA
Health Serv Res 36:1085-107. 2001..Future work is needed to develop and validate measures of burden of illness that are feasible, comprehensive, and relevant for diverse clinical and health services objectives...- A qualitative study of factors affecting chemotherapy use in older women with breast cancer: barriers, promoters, and implications for interventionBarbara Kreling
Cancer Control Program, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20007, USA
Psychooncology 15:1065-76. 2006..Interventions should be developed and tested to enhance communication that is sensitive to older women's culture, family structure, illness experiences, preferences, and expectations... - An exploratory instrumental variable analysis of the outcomes of localized breast cancer treatments in a medicare populationJack Hadley
The Urban Institute, Washington, DC 20037, USA
Health Econ 12:171-86. 2003..In this particular analysis, the OLS estimates appear to be preferable because of the instability of the IV estimates... - Breast cancer treatment in older women: does getting what you want improve your long-term body image and mental health?Melissa I Figueiredo
Department of Oncology, Cancer Control Program, Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, 2233 Wisconsin Ave, Ste 317, Washington, DC 20007, USA
J Clin Oncol 22:4002-9. 2004.... - Toward optimal screening strategies for older women. Costs, benefits, and harms of breast cancer screening by age, biology, and health statusJeanne S Mandelblatt
Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Washington, DC, USA
J Gen Intern Med 20:487-96. 2005..Optimal ages of breast cancer screening cessation remain uncertain... - Communication between older women and physicians: preliminary implications for satisfaction and intention to have mammographyWenchi Liang
Department of Oncology, Division of Health Behaviors and Outcomes, Georgetown University Medical Center and Cancer Control Program, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Washington, DC, USA
Patient Educ Couns 64:387-92. 2006..To explore the associations between physician communication styles and their older patients' intentions to get mammography and satisfaction with physician communication... - Development and evaluation of a culturally tailored educational video: changing breast cancer-related behaviors in Chinese womenJudy H Wang
Cancer Control Program, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20007, USA
Health Educ Behav 35:806-20. 2008..This video might have the potential to increase adherence to mammography screening in Chinese women... - Developing and validating a measure of Chinese cultural views of health and cancer- Wenchi Liang
Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
Health Educ Behav 35:361-75. 2008..Chinese cultural views consist of at least seven domains and may influence older women's breast, cervical, and CRC screening... - The influence of culture and cancer worry on colon cancer screening among older Chinese-American womenJudy Huei Yu Wang
Cancer Control Program, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
Ethn Dis 16:404-11. 2006..This study investigated the hypothesis that adherence to colon cancer screening guidelines among Chinese women was associated with Eastern cultural views and anxiety about developing colon cancer... 
Economic evaluation alongside a clinical trial of psycho-educational interventions to improve adjustment to survivorship among patients with breast cancerJeanne S Mandelblatt
Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, 3300 Whitehaven Ave, Suite 4400, Washington, DC 20007, USA
J Clin Oncol 26:1684-90. 2008..There is little economic research on psychosocial interventions. We aimed to collect data alongside a randomized trial to compare the costs and benefits of three psycho-educational strategies to improve transition to cancer survivorship...- Disparities in cervical cancer screening between Asian American and Non-Hispanic white womenJudy H Wang
Department of Oncology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, and Cancer Control Program, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20007, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:1968-73. 2008..This study examined whether ethnic differences in the use of Pap screening were associated with differences in cultural views, controlling for demographic and access factors... - Effects of mammography screening under different screening schedules: model estimates of potential benefits and harmsJeanne S Mandelblatt
Georgetown University Medical Center and Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Washington, DC, USA
Ann Intern Med 151:738-47. 2009..Despite trials of mammography and widespread use, optimal screening policy is controversial... - Are health-care relationships important for mammography adherence in Latinas?Vanessa B Sheppard
Cancer Control Program, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:2024-30. 2008.... - Language use and the receipt of cancer screening recommendations by immigrant Chinese American womenWenchi Liang
Cancer Control Program, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 18:201-7. 2009..The objective of this study was to determine if the rate at which physicians recommend cancer screening to older Chinese American women differs according to the language used during visits... - Development of decision-support intervention for Black women with breast cancerVanessa B Sheppard
Cancer Control Program, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20007, USA
Psychooncology 19:62-70. 2010.... - Knowledge, cultural, and attitudinal barriers to mammography screening among nonadherent immigrant Chinese women: ever versus never screened statusJudy H Wang
Department of Oncology and Cancer Control Program, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia 20007, USA
Cancer 115:4828-38. 2009..This study examined the collective impact of knowledge, cultural views, and health beliefs on intentions to obtain mammography among Chinese women who had not had a mammogram in the previous year... - How do older Chinese women view health and cancer screening? Results from focus groups and implications for interventionsWenchi Liang
Ethn Health 9:283-304. 2004..To qualitatively assess Chinese American women's views of health and illness and the potential influences of culture and language on cancer screening behavior... - Predictors of long-term outcomes in older breast cancer survivors: perceptions versus patterns of careJeanne S Mandelblatt
Department of Oncology, Cancer Control Program, Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA
J Clin Oncol 21:855-63. 2003..There are few data on sequelae of breast cancer treatments in older women. We evaluated posttreatment quality of life and satisfaction in a national population... - Sequelae of axillary lymph node dissection in older women with stage 1 and 2 breast carcinomaJeanne S Mandelblatt
Department of Oncology, Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20007, USA
Cancer 95:2445-54. 2002..There are few data on the long-term sequelae of axillary dissection among older breast carcinoma patients. We describe the impact of axillary dissection in a cohort of older women... - Acceptability of diagnostic tests for breast cancerWenchi Liang
Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20007, USA
Breast Cancer Res Treat 79:199-206. 2003..To assess the acceptability of new non-invasive breast cancer diagnostic tests intended to triage women in need of biopsy... - Patterns of care in early-stage breast cancer survivors in the first year after cessation of active treatmentJeanne S Mandelblatt
Department of Oncology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cancer Control Program, Washington, DC 20057, USA
J Clin Oncol 24:77-84. 2006..Patterns of health care use have not been well described for breast cancer survivors. The purpose of this study was to describe the health service use in a survivor cohort... - Benefits and costs of using HPV testing to screen for cervical cancerJeanne S Mandelblatt
Lombardi Cancer Center, 2233 Wisconsin Ave NW, Suite 317, Washington, DC 20007
JAMA 287:2372-81. 2002..Despite quality assurance standards, Papanicolaou (Pap) test characteristics remain less than optimal... - Communication between physicians and older women with localized breast cancer: implications for treatment and patient satisfactionWenchi Liang
Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20007, USA
J Clin Oncol 20:1008-16. 2002.... - Variations in breast carcinoma treatment in older medicare beneficiaries: is it black or whiteJeanne S Mandelblatt
Department of Oncology, Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
Cancer 95:1401-14. 2002..To evaluate associations between race and breast carcinoma treatment... - Short-term impact of cancer prevention and screening activities on quality of lifeJennifer Cullen
Department of Oncology, Georgetown University, 2233 Wisconsin Ave NW, Suite 440, Washington, DC, USA
J Clin Oncol 22:943-52. 2004..The objective of this article is to systematically review existing research on short-term effects of prevention, genetic counseling and testing, and screening activities on quality of life... - Benefits and costs of interventions to improve breast cancer outcomes in African American womenJeanne S Mandelblatt
Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, and Cancer Control Program, Lombardi Cancer Center, Washington, DC 20007, USA
J Clin Oncol 22:2554-66. 2004..Our objective was to evaluate whether costs of increasing rates of screening or application of intensive treatment will be off-set by survival benefits for African American women... - Cultural views, language ability, and mammography use in Chinese American womenWenchi Liang
Cancer Control Program, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D C, USA
Health Educ Behav 36:1012-25. 2009..English ability was positively associated with mammography adherence. The authors' results imply that culturally sensitive and language-appropriate educational interventions are likely to improve mammography adherence in this population... - Breast cancer adjuvant chemotherapy decisions in older women: the role of patient preference and interactions with physiciansJeanne S Mandelblatt
Georgetown University School of Medicine and Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Washington, DC, USA
J Clin Oncol 28:3146-53. 2010..Breast cancer chemotherapy decisions in patients > or = 65 years old (older) are complex because of comorbidity, toxicity, and limited data on patient preference. We examined relationships between preferences and chemotherapy use... - Medicare breast surgery fees and treatment received by older women with localized breast cancerJack Hadley
The Urban Institute, Washington, DC 20037, USA
Health Serv Res 38:553-73. 2003..This suggests that the earlier study was not severely affected by ecological bias or other data limitations inherent in Medicare claims data... - 'The worst thing about hospice is that they talk about death': contrasting hospice decisions and experience among immigrant Central and South American Latinos with US-born White, non-Latino cancer caregiversBarbara Kreling
Department of Oncology, Cancer Control Program, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
Palliat Med 24:427-34. 2010..Future research is needed to extend these preliminary results; such results may be useful for designing interventions to improve end of life care and caregiving in Latinos... - The quality of medical care at the end-of-life in the USA: existing barriers and examples of process and outcome measuresK Robin Yabroff
Cancer Control Program, Department of Human Oncology, Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
Palliat Med 18:202-16. 2004..Cancer is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the USA and despite many recent advances in detection and treatment, over half a million cancer patients in this country will die from their disease each year... - Cost of genetic counseling and testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2 breast cancer susceptibility mutationsW F Lawrence
Cancer Clinical and Economic Outcomes Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20007, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 10:475-81. 2001..The cost of detecting a mutation within a population of women is highly dependent on the prevalence of the mutation in the population... - Patient navigation: state of the art or is it science?Kristen J Wells
Department of Health Outcomes and Behavior, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida 33612, USA
Cancer 113:1999-2010. 2008..Although cancer-related patient navigation interventions are being adopted increasingly across the United States and Canada, further research will be necessary to evaluate their efficacy and cost-effectiveness in improving cancer care... - Geographic disparities in cervical cancer mortality: what are the roles of risk factor prevalence, screening, and use of recommended treatment?K Robin Yabroff
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7344, USA
J Rural Health 21:149-57. 2005.... - Effect of screening and adjuvant therapy on mortality from breast cancerDonald A Berry
Department of Biostatistics and Applied Mathematics, M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
N Engl J Med 353:1784-92. 2005..We used modeling techniques to assess the relative and absolute contributions of screening mammography and adjuvant treatment to the reduction in breast-cancer mortality in the United States from 1975 to 2000... - Realizing the promise of breast cancer screening: clinical follow-up after abnormal screening among Black womenJon F Kerner
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892 0001, USA
Prev Med 37:92-101. 2003.... - Cost-effectiveness analysis based on the atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance/low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion Triage Study (ALTS)Shalini L Kulasingam
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 98:92-100. 2006..We conducted a cost-effectiveness analysis of the ALTS trial to determine whether HPV DNA testing is a cost-effective alternative to immediate colposcopy or conservative management with up to three cytology examinations... - Decision science and cervical cancerScott B Cantor
Section of Health Services Research, Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Cancer 98:2003-8. 2003..The ultimate objective of using decision-analytic and cost-effectiveness models is to identify ways to improve women's health at an economically reasonable cost... - Patient and provider characteristics that affect the use of axillary dissection in older women with stage I-II breast carcinomaStephen B Edge
Department of Surgery, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, USA
Cancer 94:2534-41. 2002..These findings suggest that simple, age-based considerations are important but are not the sole determinants of variations in treatment... - Economic evaluation of breast cancer treatment: considering the value of patient choiceDaniel Polsky
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 6021, USA
J Clin Oncol 21:1139-46. 2003..To use 5 years of primary data to compare the incremental cost-effectiveness of breast conservation and radiation versus mastectomy with the restriction of choice to a single therapy versus providing a choice of either therapy... - On the road to improving the quality of breast cancer care: a distance still to travelJeanne S Mandelblatt
Med Care 46:759-61. 2008