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| Heather OromSummaryAffiliation: University at Buffalo Country: USA Publications
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Personality predicts prostate cancer treatment decision-making difficulty and satisfactionHeather Orom
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institue, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
Psychooncology 18:290-9. 2009..This study investigated the roles of dispositional optimism and self-efficacy in PCa treatment decision-making difficulty and satisfaction...
Perceived cancer risk: why is it lower among nonwhites than whites?Heather Orom
The School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 19:746-54. 2010..We explored racial/ethnic differences in perceived cancer risk and determinants of these differences in a nationally representative sample of whites, blacks, Hispanics, and Asians...
Racial/ethnic differences in receipt of pelvic lymph node dissection among men with localized/regional prostate cancerMatthew H Hayn
Department of Urology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, USA
Cancer 117:4651-8. 2011..The current study was conducted to examine the association between race/ethnicity and the receipt of pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) among men with localized/regional PCa...
Patterns of information behavior and prostate cancer knowledge among African-American menLevi Ross
Office of Cancer Health Disparities Research, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA
J Cancer Educ 26:708-16. 2011..The findings emphasize the need to connect lower-income and lower-educated African-American men to physicians as a source of prostate cancer control information...
Multiple physician recommendations for prostate cancer treatment: a Pandora's box for patients?Willie Underwood
Department of Urology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York 14263, USA
Can J Urol 17:5346-54. 2010....
Psychological distress and smoking behavior: the nature of the relation differs by race/ethnicityMarc T Kiviniemi
Department of Community Health and Health Behavior, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, 314 Kimball Tower, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 13:113-9. 2011..We explored how the relation between psychological distress and smoking behavior differed as a function of race/ethnicity of respondents to a representative national survey...
Influence of clinical communication on patients' decision making on participation in clinical trialsTerrance L Albrecht
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, 4100 John R St, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
J Clin Oncol 26:2666-73. 2008..To investigate how communication among physicians, patients, and family/companions influences patients' decision making about participation in clinical trials...
Race/ethnicity, psychological distress, and fruit/vegetable consumption. The nature of the distress-behavior relation differs by race/ethnicityMarc T Kiviniemi
Department of Community Health and Health Behavior, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, 314 Kimball Tower, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
Appetite 56:737-40. 2011..We explored how the relation between psychological distress and fruit/vegetable consumption differed as a function of race/ethnicity...
Breast cancer racial disparities: unanswered questionsFoluso O Ademuyiwa
Department of Medicine, Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York 14263, USA
Cancer Res 71:640-4. 2011..In addition, we make research recommendations by discussing some of the remaining gaps in knowledge that may lead to further understanding of disparities and consequently improved outcomes for all women with breast cancer...
Family history of cancer: is it an accurate indicator of cancer risk in the immigrant population?Heather Orom
Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
Cancer 112:399-406. 2008..Patients' self-reports of family history of cancer influence physician cancer screening recommendations. Little is known about rates of reporting a family history of cancer in the immigrant population...
