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North Carolina Medical Journal
Original Research
Health Care Utilization From Chemotherapy-Related Adverse Events Among Low-Income Breast Cancer Patients: Effect of Enrollment in a Medical Home Program
Ravi K. GoyalStephanie B. WheelerRacquel E. KohlerKristen H. LichChing-Ching LinKatherine Reeder-HayesAnne-Marie MeyerDeborah K. Mayer
BACKGROUND Chemotherapy-related health care utilization by breast cancer patients can be expensive for payers and patients. This study evaluated the patient-centered medical home program Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC)...
Original Research
Effects of Distance to Care and Rural or Urban Residence on Receipt of Radiation Therapy Among North Carolina Medicare Enrollees With Breast Cancer
Stephanie B. WheelerTzy-Mey KuoDanielle DurhamBrian FrizzelleKatherine Reeder-HayesAnne-Marie Meyer
BACKGROUND Distance to onco...
Policy Forum: Introduction
Speeding the Dissemination and Implementation of Evidence-Based Interventions for Cancer Control and Prevention
Jennifer LeemanStephanie Jilcott-PittsAllison Myers
Despite the growing menu of evidence-based interventions to prevent and control cancer, such interventions continue to be underused in practice. This commentary describes interactive approaches to speeding the dissemination and...
Policy Forum: Introduction
Big Data for Population-Based Cancer Research: The Integrated Cancer Information and Surveillance System
Anne-Marie MeyerAndrew F. OlshanLaura GreenAdrian MeyerStephanie B. WheelerEthan BaschWilliam R. Carpenter
The Integrated Cancer Information and Surveillance System (ICISS) facilitates population-based cancer research by developing extensive information technology systems that can link and manage large data sets. Taking an interdisciplinary “team...
Policy Forum: Introduction
The Ethics of Clinical Trials for Cancer Therapy
Lynn J. HowieJeffrey M. Peppercorn
Cancer clinical trials are ...