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2000 update of American Society of Clinical Oncology colorectal cancer surveillance guidelines

scientific article published on 01 October 2000

2000 update of recommendations for the use of hematopoietic colony-stimulating factors: evidence-based, clinical practice guidelines. American Society of Clinical Oncology Growth Factors Expert Panel

scientific article published on 01 October 2000

2006 update of recommendations for the use of white blood cell growth factors: an evidence-based clinical practice guideline

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2011 Focused Update of 2009 American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Update on Chemotherapy for Stage IV Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer

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A High-Volume Specialist Palliative Care Unit and Team May Reduce In-Hospital End-of-Life Care Costs ⬇️

scientific article published on October 1, 2003

A Pilot Randomized Sham-Controlled Trial of MC5-A Scrambler Therapy in the Treatment of Chronic Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy (CIPN)

scientific article published on 03 February 2019

A Pilot Trial of Decision Aids to Give Truthful Prognostic and Treatment Information to Chemotherapy Patients with Advanced Cancer ⬇️

scientific article published on March 1, 2011

A Pilot Trial to Increase Hospice Enrollment in an Inner City, Academic Emergency Department.

scientific article published on 10 June 2016

A Singular Hope: How the Discussion Around Cancer Surgery Sometimes Fails.

scientific article published on 8 September 2016

A Standard Set of Value-Based Patient-Centered Outcomes for Breast Cancer: The International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM) Initiative.

scientific article published on 29 December 2016

A Way Forward on the Medically Appropriate Use of White Cell Growth Factors ⬇️

scientific article published on February 27, 2012

A case of inaccurate prognostication after the ARCTIC protocol.

scientific article published in June 2012

A pilot phase II trial of magnesium supplements to reduce menopausal hot flashes in breast cancer patients.

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A randomized trial of the effectiveness of topical "ABH Gel" (Ativan(®), Benadryl(®), Haldol(®)) vs. placebo in cancer patients with nausea

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A randomized, placebo controlled trial of oral zinc for chemotherapy-related taste and smell disorders.

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A systems model for adaptation to somatic distress among cancer survivors

scientific article published on 01 July 1999

A trial of Scrambler therapy in the treatment of cancer pain syndromes and chronic chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy

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AAPT Diagnostic Criteria for Chronic Cancer Pain Conditions ⬇️

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ABH gel is not absorbed from the skin of normal volunteers.

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AMEN in challenging conversations: bridging the gaps between faith, hope, and medicine.

scientific article published on 6 May 2014

Accelerated superfractionated radiotherapy for inflammatory breast carcinoma: complete response predicts outcome and allows for breast conservation.

scientific article published in May 1999

Adding hospice and palliative care services to the cancer center menu.

scientific article published in August 2003

Advancing palliative care in Kenya

scientific article published in January 2011

Allocating Cancer-Directed Expenditures: Tensions Between Prevention, Early Detection and Treatment is Unnecessary ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2011

American Society of Clinical Oncology Statement: A Conceptual Framework to Assess the Value of Cancer Treatment Options.

scientific article published on 22 June 2015

American Society of Clinical Oncology Statement: Toward Individualized Care for Patients With Advanced Cancer ⬇️

scientific article published on January 24, 2011

American Society of Clinical Oncology identifies five key opportunities to improve care and reduce costs: the top five list for oncology.

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American Society of Clinical Oncology provisional clinical opinion: the integration of palliative care into standard oncology care.

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Assessing the cost effectiveness of adjuvant therapies in early breast cancer using a decision analysis model.

scientific article published in January 1993

Assessment of optimal size and composition of the U.S. National Registry of hematopoietic stem cell donors.

scientific article published in July 2004

Barriers to effective palliative care for low-income patients in late stages of cancer: report of a study and strategies for defining and conquering the barriers.

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Breast Cancer Surveillance Guidelines ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2013

Breast cancer follow-up and management after primary treatment: American Society of Clinical Oncology clinical practice guideline update.

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Breast conservation therapy for early stage breast carcinoma with outstanding 10-year locoregional control rates: A case for aggressive therapy to the tumor bearing quadrant

scientific article published on 01 October 1993

Cancer Pain Management.

scientific article published in October 2015

Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 16-2011. A 67-year-old man with recurrent prostate cancer

Checkpoint Inhibitors in Lung Cancer Are Not Immune from Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

scientific article published on 01 November 2016

Chronic pain, patient-physician engagement, and family communication associated with drug-using HIV patients' discussing advanced care planning with their physicians.

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Clinic offering affordable radiation therapy to increase access to care for patients enrolled in hospice

scientific article published on 30 September 2014

Clinical and financial impact of a palliative care program at a small rural hospital.

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Combined chemoradiotherapy vs. radiotherapy alone for early stage squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus: a study of the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group

scientific article published on 01 September 1998

Comment on pegylated liposomal Doxorubicin plus docetaxel in metastatic breast cancer.

scientific article published on 25 January 2010

Comparison of pegfilgrastim prescribing practice to national guidelines at a university hospital outpatient oncology clinic

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Complementary and integrative medicine for older adults in palliative care.

scientific article published on 18 February 2015

Concrete options and ideas for increasing value in oncology care: the view from one trench

scientific article published in January 2010

Cost analysis of a prospective multi-site cohort study of palliative care consultation teams for adults with advanced cancer: Where do cost-savings come from?

scientific article published in February 2017

Cost and non-clinical outcomes of palliative care.

scientific article published on July 2009

Cost effectiveness of crizotinib for anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive, non-small-cell lung cancer: who is going to blink at the cost?

scientific article published on 24 February 2014

Cost-effectiveness of filgrastim and pegfilgrastim as primary prophylaxis against febrile neutropenia in lymphoma patients

scientific article published on 19 July 2013

Costs of care associated with non-small-cell lung cancer in a commercially insured cohort ⬇️

scientific article published on April 1, 1998

Decision analysis in non-small-cell lung cancer: not back to the drawing modeling board, back to the bedside

scientific article published on 01 March 1997

Defining treatment aims and end-points in older patients with cancer.

scientific article published on May 1995

Delivering maximum clinical benefit at an affordable price: engaging stakeholders in cancer care

scientific article published on 14 February 2014

Dexmedetomidine as an adjuvant analgesic for intractable cancer pain.

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Dexmedetomidine: exploring its potential role and dosing guideline for its use in intractable pain in the palliative care setting.

scientific article published on December 2010

Differences in initial treatment patterns and outcomes of lung cancer in the elderly.

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Difficult cases of pain and nonpain symptoms in intractable spinal infections: a case series.

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Do the large benefits justify the large costs of adjuvant breast cancer trastuzumab?

scientific article published on 01 February 2007

Doc, shouldn't we be getting some tests?

scientific article published on 01 June 2000

Early integration of palliative care into oncology: evidence, challenges and barriers

scientific article (publication date: July 2015)

Early specialty palliative care--translating data in oncology into practice

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Economic Evaluation of a Hospital-Based Palliative Care Program.

scientific article published on 18 April 2017

Economic analysis of the clinical uses of the colony-stimulating factors ⬇️

scientific article published on May 1, 1996

Economic evaluation of a randomized clinical trial comparing vinorelbine, vinorelbine plus cisplatin, and vindesine plus cisplatin for non-small-cell lung cancer.

scientific article published in September 1995

Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of autologous bone marrow transplantation in metastatic breast cancer. Estimates using decision analysis while awaiting clinical trial results

scientific article published on April 15, 1992

Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of cancer treatment: rational allocation of resources based on decision analysis.

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Efficacy does not necessarily translate to cost effectiveness: a case study in the challenges associated with 21st-century cancer drug pricing.

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End of life care for glioblastoma patients at a large academic cancer center.

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Epidural screening before intrathecal analgesia.

scientific article published in January 2008

Epoprostenol use for pulmonary arterial hypertension in the palliative care setting.

scientific article published on 6 March 2012

Ethical considerations in oncology: balancing the interests of patients, oncologists, and society.

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Ethics of rural health care.

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Evidence-based follow-up of lung cancer patients.

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Explaining marginal benefits to patients, when "marginal" means additional but not necessarily small.

scientific article published on December 2010

Exploring hereditary cancer among dying cancer patients--a cross-sectional study of hereditary risk and perceived awareness of DNA testing and banking.

scientific article published on 3 August 2010

Factors associated with adherence to chemotherapy guidelines in patients with non-small cell lung cancer ⬇️

scientific article published on August 3, 2011

Failure to accrue to a study of nebulized fentanyl for dyspnea: lessons learned.

scientific article published in September 2009

Fatal Loeffler's endocarditis due to hypereosinophilic syndrome.

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Feasibility of a palliative care intervention for cancer patients in Phase I clinical trials.

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Finasteride and Prostate Cancer: A Commentary ⬇️

scientific article published on June 20, 2012

Five things physicians and patients should question in hospice and palliative medicine.

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Genetic Screening and DNA Banking at the End of Life #206 ⬇️

scientific article published on May 1, 2011

Geriatrics and palliative care: all in the same family

scientific article published on 01 May 2015

Goals-of-care discussions.

scientific article published in July 2017

Guiding Patients Facing Decisions about “Futile” Chemotherapy ⬇️

scientific article published on September 24, 2011

High-Risk Palliative Care Patients' Knowledge and Attitudes about Hereditary Cancer Testing and DNA Banking

scientific article published on 4 December 2017

Homing in on the Social: Systems-level Influences on Overly Aggressive Treatments at the End of Life.

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Hospital and physician volume or specialization and outcomes in cancer treatment: importance in quality of cancer care.

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Hospital mortality rates: how is palliative care taken into account?

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How to Avoid Late Chemotherapy

scientific article published on 30 September 2016

Impact of a New Palliative Care Program on Health System Finances: An Analysis of the Palliative Care Program Inpatient Unit and Consultations at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions

scientific article published on 28 February 2017

Impact of histamine and histamine2 receptor antagonists on quality of life and antitumour responses: results of a pilot trial.

scientific article published in December 1997

Implementing Evidence-Based Palliative Care Programs and Policy for Cancer Patients: Epidemiologic and Policy Implications of the 2016 American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Update.

scientific article published on 2 May 2017

Improving the quality of cancer care: implications for palliative care

scientific article published on 18 February 2014

In Chemotherapy for Lung Cancer, Sometimes Less is More ⬇️

scientific article published on March 1, 2013

In reply to Raince and Bloom and Olson

scientific article published in February 2015

Influence of institutional culture and policies on do-not-resuscitate decision making at the end of life

scientific article published in May 2015

Integrating palliative care in oncology: the oncologist as a primary palliative care provider.

scientific article published on September 2013

Integration of Palliative Care Into Standard Oncology Care: ASCO Clinical Practice Guideline Update Summary.

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Integration of Palliative Care Into Standard Oncology Care: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Update.

scientific article published on 28 October 2016

Intrathoracic malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor in neurofibromatosis 1.

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Is it time for (survivorship care) plan B?

scientific article published on 31 October 2011

Living and dying in East Africa: implementing the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium curriculum in Tanzania

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Lumpectomy plus tamoxifen with or without irradiation in women 70 years of age or older with early breast cancer

scientific article published in September 2004

Magnesium supplements for menopausal hot flashes

scientific article published on 26 January 2009

Massive hydromorphone dose delivered subcutaneously instead of intrathecally: guidelines for prevention and management of opioid, local anesthetic, and clonidine overdose.

scientific article published in September 2004

Moral Distress Amongst American Physician Trainees Regarding Futile Treatments at the End of Life: A Qualitative Study

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NCCN Guidelines Insights: Palliative Care, Version 2.2017.

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North Central Cancer Treatment Group N10C2 (Alliance): a double-blind placebo-controlled study of magnesium supplements to reduce menopausal hot flashes.

scientific article published on June 2015

Obtaining Helpful Information From the Internet About Prognosis in Advanced Cancer

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Organ donation after cardiac death from withdrawal of life support in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

scientific article published on 07 December 2011

Oxybutynin vs Placebo for Hot Flashes in Women With or Without Breast Cancer: A Randomized, Double-Blind Clinical Trial (ACCRU SC-1603)

scientific article published on 21 October 2019

Palliative Care Teams' Cost-Saving Effect Is Larger For Cancer Patients With Higher Numbers Of Comorbidities.

scientific article published on January 2016

Palliative Care Units Are Really Cost Effective Compared With Usual Care

scientific article published on 15 September 2017

Palliative Care Version 1.2016

scientific article published on 01 January 2016

Palliative Care and Phase 1 Trials: Intervention to Improve Quality of Life and Provide Education

Palliative care programs: the challenges of growth

scientific article published on 01 September 2010

Palliative chemotherapy: when is it worth it and when is it not?

scientific article published on September 2010

Palliative communications: addressing chemotherapy in patients with advanced cancer

scientific article published on 01 April 2012

Palliative use of aminocaproic acid to control upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

scientific article published on August 2010

Patients and Physicians Can Discuss Costs of Cancer Treatment in the Clinic.

scientific article published on 26 May 2015

Patterns of care among patients receiving radiation therapy for bone metastases at a large academic institution

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Patterns of hospice use in patients dying from hematologic malignancies

scientific article published on 02 January 2014

Percutaneous liver biopsy in adult haemophiliacs with hepatitis C virus: safety of outpatient procedure and impact of human immunodeficiency virus coinfection on the spectrum of liver disease.

scientific article published on March 2007

Phase I versus palliative care: striking the right balance

scientific article published on 08 December 2008

Pilot evaluation of Scrambler therapy for the treatment of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy

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Pilot trial of a patient-specific cutaneous electrostimulation device (MC5-A Calmare®) for chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy.

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Practical guidelines for developing new palliative care services: resource management ⬇️

scientific article published on April 1, 2012

Preferences for professional versus informal care at end of life amongst African-American drug users with HIV/AIDS

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Preventive gynecologic surgery for BRCA1/2 carriers--information for decision-making

scientific article published on 01 October 2001

Promoting new approaches for cancer care in the Middle East.

scientific article published on October 2013

Promoting palliative care worldwide through international nursing education

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Prospective Cohort Study of Hospital Palliative Care Teams for Inpatients With Advanced Cancer: Earlier Consultation Is Associated With Larger Cost-Saving Effect

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Prospective Cohort Study of Hospitalized Adults With Advanced Cancer: Associations Between Complications, Comorbidity, and Utilization.

scientific article published in June 2017

Providing Pain and Palliative Care Education Internationally ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 July 2011

Radiation oncologists, mortality, and treatment choices.

scientific article published in November 2013

Randomized clinical trial of an implantable drug delivery system compared with comprehensive medical management for refractory cancer pain: impact on pain, drug-related toxicity, and survival

scientific article published on 01 October 2002

Randomized trial of long-term follow-up for early-stage breast cancer: a comparison of family physician versus specialist care

scientific article published on 17 January 2006

Re: Neutropenic events in community practices reduced by first and subsequent cycle pegfilgrastim use

scientific article published on 01 December 2007

Reasons why physicians do not have discussions about poor prognosis, why it matters, and what can be improved

scientific article published on 02 July 2012

Recommendations for the Use of White Blood Cell Growth Factors: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Update.

scientific article published in November 2015

Reply to C.G. Azzoli et al and C. Chouaid et al.

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SPIKE$: a six-step protocol for delivering bad news about the cost of medical care

scientific article published on 01 September 2008

Safe Use of Opioids to Manage Pain in Patients With Cirrhosis ⬇️

scientific article published on October 1, 2010

Scrambler Therapy for Chronic Pain

scientific article published on 01 October 2015

Scrambler Therapy for the management of chronic pain

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Scrambler therapy may relieve chronic neuropathic pain more effectively than guideline-based drug management: results of a pilot, randomized, controlled trial

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Should the elderly receive chemotherapy for node-negative breast cancer? A cost-effectiveness analysis examining total and active life-expectancy outcomes.

scientific article published in April 1993

Should women with node-negative breast cancer receive adjuvant chemotherapy?--Insights from a decision analysis model

scientific article published on January 1, 1992

Standard follow-up of colorectal cancer patients: finally, we can make practice guidelines based on evidence

scientific article published on 01 January 1998

Survival among non-small cell lung cancer patients with poor performance status after first line chemotherapy.

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Symptom assessment in elderly cancer patients receiving palliative care.

scientific article published on October 2013

Symptom management in the older adult: 2015 update

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Symptom-oriented follow-up of early breast cancer - as good as conventional control and sparing resources

scientific article published on 07 September 2007

Systemic Therapy for Stage IV Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Update

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Systemic Therapy for Stage IV Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Update.

scientific article published on 14 August 2017

Taking action on the volume-quality relationship: how long can we hide our heads in the colostomy bag?

scientific article published in May 2003

Talking with patients about dying

scientific article published on 01 October 2012

Teaching specialty cancer medicine in rural hospitals: The cancer outreach program as a model

scientific article published on January 1, 1991

Telling the Truth About Terminal Cancer ⬇️

scientific article published on June 3, 1998

The American Society of Clinical Oncology Recommended Breast Cancer Surveillance Guidelines can be done in a routine office visit

scientific article published on 01 September 2005

The American Society of Clinical Oncology program to improve end-of-life care.

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The Business Case for Palliative Care: Translating Research Into Program Development in the U.S.

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The TEAM Approach to Improving Oncology Outcomes by Incorporating Palliative Care in Practice

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The added value of claims for cancer surveillance: results of varying case definitions.

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The art of oncology: when the tumor is not the target. Tell it like it is.

scientific article published in October 2000

The association between physician reimbursement in the US and use of hematopoietic colony stimulating factors as adjunct therapy for older patients with acute myeloid leukemia: results from the 1997 American Society of Clinical Oncology survey. Heal

scientific article published on 01 November 1999

The efficacy and cost-effectiveness of adjuvant therapy of early breast cancer in premenopausal women

scientific article published on 01 April 1993

The growth of palliative care in the United States

scientific article published on January 2014

The optimal timing of autologous bone marrow transplantation in Hodgkin's disease patients after a chemotherapy relapse ⬇️

scientific article published on February 1, 1992

The role of chemotherapy at the end of life: "when is enough, enough?".

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The shortage of essential chemotherapy drugs in the United States.

scientific article published on 31 October 2011

The “Good Planning Panel” ⬇️

scientific article published on July 1, 2013

The “PSOST”: Providers' Signout for Scope of Treatment ⬇️

scientific article published on September 1, 2010

Trade-offs between survival and breast preservation for three initial treatments of ductal carcinoma-in-situ of the breast.

scientific article published in January 1996

Treatment of Déjerine-Roussy syndrome pain with scrambler therapy

scientific article published on 12 May 2020

Treatment of human immunodeficiency virus-related peripheral neuropathy with Scrambler Therapy: a case report

scientific article published on 21 June 2016

Trends in the Cost and Use of Targeted Cancer Therapies for the Privately Insured Nonelderly: 2001 to 2011.

scientific article published on 18 May 2015

Updating the American Society of Clinical Oncology Value Framework: Revisions and Reflections in Response to Comments Received.

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Use of an implantable drug delivery system for refractory chronic sickle cell pain

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Use of hematopoietic colony-stimulating factors: comparison of the 1994 and 1997 American Society of Clinical Oncology surveys regarding ASCO clinical practice guidelines. Health Services Research Committee of the American Society of Clinical Oncolo

scientific article published on 01 November 1999

Use of inpatient palliative care services in patients with metastatic incurable head and neck cancer.

scientific article published on 21 October 2014

Using Patient-Reported Outcomes to Describe the Patient Experience on Phase I Clinical Trials

scientific article published on 14 August 2020

Using a question prompt list as a communication aid in advanced cancer care.

scientific article published on 04 March 2014

Using claims‐based measures to predict performance status score in patients with lung cancer ⬇️

scientific article published on October 18, 2010

Variations Among Physicians in Hospice Referrals of Patients With Advanced Cancer

scientific article published on 21 February 2017

Why do patients choose chemotherapy near the end of life? A review of the perspective of those facing death from cancer.

scientific article published on July 2006

Wiser use of dose-dense adjuvant therapy in breast cancer

scientific article published on 06 February 2012

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