of cancer screening. Data sources/setting: 100% Medicare fee-for-service population data from 2001-2005 was developed as … multi-year breast (BC) and colorectal cancer (CRC) screening utilization rates in each county in the US. Study design: A … comprehensive set of supply and demand predictors are used in a multilevel model of county-level cancer screening utilization in the …

treating keratinocytic cancer (KC). The data from an epidemiological survey were linked to an administrative data set supplied …

Introduction: Persistent infections with human papillomavirus (HPV) are a necessary cause of cervical cancer and are … was used to compare a cervical cancer screening only strategy with a strategy of combining vaccination of females aged 12 …–17 years old and cervical cancer screening, based on the current recommendations in Germany. In addition, the impact of …

Background: Lung cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer deaths. Treatment goals are the relief of symptoms and … instruments applied in lung cancer patients under drug therapy. Methods: We conducted a systematic literature review at the … different measurement instruments were identified, including 5 generic, 5 cancer-specific, 4 lung cancer-specific and 3 symptom …

Background: Colorectal and breast cancers are the second most common causes of cancer deaths in the US. Population … cancer screening rates are suboptimal and many cancers are diagnosed at an advanced stage, which results in increased … well understood. We examine the associations between late-stage breast cancer (BC) and colorectal cancer (CRC) diagnoses …

No previous analysis has investigated the determinants of screening uptake for breast and cervical cancer screening for … conditions (Wooldridge-type estimator) and dependent variables were the participation of breast and cervical cancer screening in … dependency for the same and the other type of cancer screening examinations even after controlling for covariates and unobserved …

for lung cancer in a Chinese tertiary care hospital. Methods: This study identified 388 patients who received VATS … lobectomy using the ECHELON powered stapler (n = 296) or the ECHELON manual stapler (n = 92) for lung cancer in a Chinese … linear regression analyses identified that using the ECHELON powered stapler in VATS lobectomy for lung cancer was associated …

Background: This study was designed to estimate economic burden of lung cancer in Turkey from payer perspective based … small cell lung cancer to be €8772), for non-small-cell lung cancer to be €10,167. Total annual direct medical cost was €497 ….9 million, total annual indirect medical cost was €1.1 billion and total economic burden of lung cancer was €1.6 billion …

Background: Breast cancer (BC) is largely prevalent worldwide. HER2-positive BC account for roughly 20-25% of all BC …-effectiveness of adding pertuzumab in neoadjuvant treatment (NeoT) for HER2-positive breast cancer (BC). Methods: Two retrospective …