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| Thomas D DenbergSummaryAffiliation: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Country: USA Publications
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Community-based preferences for stool cards versus colonoscopy in colorectal cancer screeningAnn C DeBourcy
Department of Medicine, University of Colorado at Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:169-74. 2008..Professional organizations advocate use of shared decision making in screening test discussions, but strategies to facilitate informed choice in CRC screening have not been well elucidated...
The influence of patient race and social vulnerability on urologist treatment recommendations in localized prostate carcinomaThomas D Denberg
General Internal Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, USA
Med Care 44:1137-41. 2006..Such disparities involve barriers to health care, comorbid illnesses, tumor characteristics, and patient preferences. It is unclear whether differences in urologist treatment recommendations also might play a role...- Effect of a mailed brochure on appointment-keeping for screening colonoscopy: a randomized trialThomas D Denberg
University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80262, USA
Ann Intern Med 145:895-900. 2006..Often, primary care physicians lack sufficient time to educate patients and address their potential misconceptions and fears about this procedure... - Self-reported volume of radical prostatectomies among urologists in the USAThomas D Denberg
General Internal Medicine, Denver Health Center, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, USA
BJU Int 99:339-43. 2007.... - A patient recall program to enhance decisions about prostate cancer screening: a feasibility studyThomas D Denberg
Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
BMC Fam Pract 10:75. 2009..We evaluated a patient recall intervention to mitigate these challenges... - Patient acceptance of a novel preventive care delivery systemThomas D Denberg
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, USA
Prev Med 44:543-6. 2007..To determine patient acceptance of a preventive care model employing outreach by non-physician experts outside of clinic visits... - Patient treatment preferences in localized prostate carcinoma: The influence of emotion, misconception, and anecdoteThomas D Denberg
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and Colorado Health Outcomes Program, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colardo 80262, USA
Cancer 107:620-30. 2006..Thus, treatment should reflect trade-offs between the probability of curing disease and the desire to avoid treatment-associated side effects. Factors that actually influence patient treatment preferences are poorly understood... - Predictors of nonadherence to screening colonoscopyThomas D Denberg
Department of Medicine, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences, Denver, Colo 80262, USA
J Gen Intern Med 20:989-95. 2005.... - Women's misconceptions about cancer screening: implications for informed decision-makingThomas D Denberg
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, B 180, Denver, CO 80262, USA
Patient Educ Couns 57:280-5. 2005..Effective communication depends, first, on clinicians and patients sharing an accurate understanding of background concepts such as "prevention," "screening," and "cancer.".. - Marriage and ethnicity predict treatment in localized prostate carcinomaThomas D Denberg
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80262, USA
Cancer 103:1819-25. 2005..Sociocultural factors may also have influences on patient and urologist treatment choices... - Cardiovascular disease competes with breast cancer as the leading cause of death for older females diagnosed with breast cancer: a retrospective cohort studyJennifer L Patnaik
Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, 80045, USA
Breast Cancer Res 13:R64. 2011..This study was undertaken to assess factors that are related to breast cancer mortality versus mortality from other causes and to describe the leading causes of death among older women diagnosed with breast cancer... - Improving patient care through health-promotion outreachThomas D Denberg
Department of Medicine, University of Colorado at Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
J Ambul Care Manage 31:76-87. 2008.... - Reducing clinical inertia in hypertension treatment: a pragmatic randomized controlled trialAmy G Huebschmann
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Academic Office 1, 12631 East 17th Avenue, Mailstop B180, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 14:322-9. 2012..71 for systolic and diastolic BP, respectively). Future primary care-focused interventions might benefit from the use of specific medication titration protocols, treatment adherence support, and more sustained patient follow-up visits... 
An outreach intervention increases bone densitometry testing in older womenThomas D Denberg
Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Auora, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 57:341-7. 2009....- Colonoscopy completion in a large safety net health care systemElina S Kazarian
Department of Medicine, University of Colorado at Denver School of Medicine and Health Science Center, Denver, Colorado 80262, USA
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 6:438-42. 2008..It is important to understand this phenomenon to improve low rates of colorectal cancer screening in vulnerable populations and to ensure that patients with signs and symptoms complete medically indicated colonoscopic evaluations... - A patient outreach program between visits improves diabetes care: a pilot studyThomas D Denberg
Division of General Internal Medicine, B180, 12631 East 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
Int J Qual Health Care 21:130-6. 2009..We evaluated this intervention in terms of operational feasibility, provider and patient acceptance and effects on process of care measures... - Trends and predictors of aggressive therapy for clinical locally advanced prostate carcinomaThomas D Denberg
University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA
BJU Int 98:335-40. 2006..5 times more common than RP. Clinical trials are needed to rigorously assess the effects of different local treatment strategies on clinical outcomes in men with cT3 prostate carcinoma... - The influence of comorbidities on overall survival among older women diagnosed with breast cancerJennifer L Patnaik
Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 103:1101-11. 2011..However, less is known about associations between specific comorbid conditions on the survival of breast cancer patients... - Clinical outcomes associated with attempts to educate patients about lower endoscopy: a narrative reviewJohn M Coombes
Five Irongate Center, Gastroenterology Associates of Northern New York, P C, Glens Falls, NY 12801, USA
J Community Health 33:149-57. 2008..Professional societies have an important role to play in endorsing educational strategies and in clarifying and assessing the adequacy of patient knowledge... - Re: racial/ethnic disparities in the treatment of localized/regional prostate cancerThomas D Denberg
J Urol 172:1547-8; author reply 1548. 2004 - Screening for osteoporosis in men: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of PhysiciansAmir Qaseem
American College of Physicians and University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106, USA
Ann Intern Med 148:680-4. 2008..RECOMMENDATION 3: The American College of Physicians recommends further research to evaluate osteoporosis screening tests in men...
Research Grants
- Disparities in prostate cancer decision-making and QOLThomas Denberg; Fiscal Year: 2003..Knowledge gained will also lead to interventions for patients and clinicians to improve the decision-making process. ..