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Background
The impact of COVID‐19 on cancer care during the first 6 months of the pandemic has been significant. The National Navigation Roundtable Workforce Development Task Group conducted a national survey to highlight the role of patient navigators (PNs).
Methods
An anonymous online survey captured how cancer care navigation changed during 2 phases: 1) March 13 to May 31, 2020; and 2) June...
BACKGROUND
A nationwide survey was conducted to examine differences between clinical and nonclinical oncology navigators in their service provision, engagement in the cancer care continuum, personal characteristics, and program characteristics.
METHODS
Using convenience sampling, 527 oncology navigators participated and completed an online survey. Descriptive statistics, χ2 statistics, and t tests...
Background
Cancer survivors receive more long‐term opioid therapy (LTOT) than people without cancer, but the safety of LTOT prescribing is unknown.
Methods
Opioid‐naive adults aged ≥66 years who had been diagnosed in 2008‐2015 with breast, lung, head and neck, or colorectal cancer were identified with data from Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results cancer registries linked with Medicare claims...
Background
Second or later primary cancers account for approximately 20% of incident cases in the United States. Currently, cause‐specific survival (CSS) analyses exclude these cancers because the cause of death (COD) classification algorithm was available only for first cancers. The authors added rules for later cancers to the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results cause‐specific death classification...
Background
During the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, US unemployment rates rose to historic highs, and they remain nearly double those of prepandemic levels. Employers are the most common source of health insurance among nonelderly adults. Thus, job loss may lead to a loss of health insurance and reduce access to cancer screening. This study examined associations between unemployment, health...
Background
This study evaluated the association between preexisting stress‐related diagnoses and mortality in a Danish population–based cancer cohort.
Methods
This study included Danish patients with cancer diagnosed in 1995‐2011 who had a stress‐related diagnosis before their cancer diagnosis. Cancer patients without a prior stress‐related diagnosis were matched 5:1 to the stress disorder cohort...
Background
Health outcomes of children in families affected by cancer are poorly understood. The authors assessed the risk of hospitalization in children who have a sibling with cancer.
Methods
This was a longitudinal cohort study in which 1600 children who had a sibling with cancer were matched to 32,000 children who had unaffected siblings in Quebec, Canada, from 2006 to 2020. The exposure of...
Background
Acupuncture is frequently used to treat the side effects of cancer treatment, but the safety of this intervention remains uncertain. The current meta‐analysis was conducted to assess the safety of acupuncture in oncological patients.
Methods
The PubMed, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and Scopus databases were searched from their inception to August 7, 2020. Randomized...
Background
Young adults and other working‐age adults with cancer are at risk for cancer‐related financial toxicity (FT), including material hardships, depletion of coping resources, and psychological burden. This study compares FT domains in young adults (18‐39 years old) (YAs), other working‐age adults (40‐64 years old), and older adults (≥65 years old) receiving cancer care.
Methods
A total of...
Background
Cancer patients often prefer to die at home, a location associated with better quality of death (QoD). Several studies demonstrate disparities in end‐of‐life care among immigrant populations in the United States. This study aimed to evaluate how immigrant status affects location and quality of death among patients with advanced cancer in the United States.
Methods
Data were derived from...
Background
The risk of peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC)‐related complications in patients hospitalized with solid tumors remains unclear. Existing studies are limited by single‐center, outpatient designs and include heterogenous patients.
Methods
A retrospective cohort study was designed and included adult patients with solid organ cancers who were admitted to a general medicine ward...
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