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Showing posts with label outcomes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label outcomes. Show all posts
Saturday, April 14, 2012

abstract: Laparoscopic and laparotomic staging in stage I epithelial ovarian cancer: a comparison of feasibility and safety - oncologic safety

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Laparoscopic and laparotomic staging in stage I epithelial ovarian cancer: a comparison of feasibility and safety : Abstract The aim of...
Tuesday, April 03, 2012

media: (U.S.) Higher-Spending Hospitals Have Fewer Deaths for Emergency Patients

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Blogger's Note : a similar report from Canada was posted recently  (eg. higher spending hospitals) Higher-Spending Hospitals Have Fewe...
Tuesday, March 20, 2012

REPOST: open access: Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy or Primary Surgery in Stage IIIC or IV Ovarian Cancer — NEJM (multi-national study)

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Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy or Primary Surgery in Stage IIIC or IV Ovarian Cancer — NEJM Original Article Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy or Pri...
Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Editorial: The Relationship Between Cost and Quality, No Free Lunch - March 14, 2012 — JAMA + link to original article

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The Relationship Between Cost and Quality, March 14, 2012, Joynt and Jha 307 (10): 1082 — JAMA   Editorial: The Relationship Between Cost a...

YouTube: Interview with Dr Stukel, Author of Hospital Spending Intensity and Patient Outcomes

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Also, planning a comparison study with London School of Economics and Havard

open access: Association of Hospital Spending Intensity With Mortality and Readmission Rates in Ontario (Canada) Hospitals, March 14, 2012 — JAMA

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 Blogger's Note: universal healthcare system, this study included colorectal cancer patients, comparisons between Canadian/U.S. systems...
Thursday, March 01, 2012

open access: Goal-Oriented Patient Care — An Alternative Health Outcomes Paradigm — NEJM

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"Ultimately, good medicine is about doing right for the patient. For patients with multiple chronic diseases, severe disability, or li...
Thursday, February 09, 2012

abstract: Does public disclosure of quality indicators influence hospitals' inclination to enhance results? (using Oesophageal resection as the example)

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CONCLUSION: Our results support the assumption that low-volume hospitals are inclined to adjust their numbers when, because outcomes a...
Sunday, January 29, 2012

open access: paper/Editorial - Improvements in survival of gynaecological cancer in the Anglia region of England: are these an effect of centralisation of care and use of multidisciplinary management?

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Blogger's Note:  search blog for additional information on centralization of ovarian cancer surgery (eg. Norway...)  .....................

abstract: Quality of laparoscopic radical hysterectomy in developing countries: A comparison of surgical and oncologic outcomes between a comprehensive cancer center in the United States and a cancer center in Colombia.

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CONCLUSIONS: Surgical and oncologic outcomes of laparoscopic radical hysterectomy were not worse at a cancer center in a developing coun...
Friday, January 27, 2012

abstract: Long-Term Clinical Outcome of Patients With Recurrent Epithelial Ovarian Carcinoma: Is it the Same for Each Histological Type?

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Abstract Objectives: This study was conducted to estimate the long-term clinical outcome of patients with recurrent ovarian carcinoma ...
Sunday, January 22, 2012

ASCO 2011 abstract: A North American population-based outcome for early-stage ovarian clear cell (stages 1-11) carcinoma (OCCC). - ASCO 2011 (including w/wo irradiation)

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Abstract: Background: OCCC is regarded as having a poor outcome and being relatively treatment resistant. Recent Japanese data inste...
Saturday, January 21, 2012

abstract: Natural history and outcome of mucinous carcinoma of the ovary (women dx'd 1988 to 2007)

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Blogger's Note : this conclusion therefore begs an obvious question OBJECTIVE: We performed a population-based analysis to compare...
Saturday, January 07, 2012

open access: Letter: Survival Is Not a Good Outcome for Randomized Trials With Effective Subsequent Therapies

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Link to Letter  REFERENCES (original article) ↵ ...
Monday, August 15, 2011

Platinum Sensitivity–Related Germline Polymorphism Discovered via a Cell-Based Approach and Analysis of Its Association with Outcome in Ovarian Cancer Patients

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Conclusion: This study shows the potential of cell-based, genome-wide approaches to identify germline predictors of treatment outcome ...
Friday, August 12, 2011

Editorial: Slow Progress in Cancer Care Disparities: HIPAA, PPACA, and CHEWBACCA… But We're Still not There! - the Oncologist

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Note: full access may require registration/fee Several factors ( Table 1 ) appear to contribute to these differences in cancer outco...
Friday, July 22, 2011

Predictive Factors in Relapsed Ovarian Cancer for Complete Tumor Resection

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" Results: Overall, 177 consecutive patients (pts) were analyzed. The median age at first diagnosis was 55 years (range, 23-83 years)...
Sunday, April 24, 2011

abstract: Health Outcomes After Stopping Conjugated Equine Estrogens Among Postmenopausal Women With Prior Hysterectomy — JAMA

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Health Outcomes After Stopping Conjugated Equine Estrogens Among Postmenopausal Women With Prior Hysterectomy A Randomized Controlled Tri...
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Health-related quality of life and cancer clinical trials — Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology

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"...Health-related quality of life has become a more accurate predictor of survival than some other clinical parameters, such as perfo...
Sunday, February 20, 2011

Platinum-based adjuvant chemotherapy on moderate - and high-risk stage I and II epithelian ovarian cancer patients. Long-term single institution exper

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Background Although the optimal management of women with FIGO stages I and I I epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is still controversial, p...