Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program Archives - Page 21 of 27

Stephanie Wheeler, PhD, MPH, and colleagues found that women with advanced breast cancer experience significant financial hardships associated with having the disease.

A study led by UNC Lineberger's Stephanie Wheeler, PhD, investigated the extent and severity of negative financial effects of cancer among women with breast cancer that has spread in the body. The preliminary results were presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s Quality Care Symposium, held Sept. 28-29 in Phoenix.

Stephanie Wheeler, PhD, MPH, has published a study that found adherence to breast cancer medications may play a role in the disparity of outcomes between white and black women.

A study led by UNC Lineberger’s Stephanie Wheeler, PhD, found that black women were more likely than white women to report not taking endocrine therapy for breast cancer as prescribed, which could help explain why hormone-receptor positive breast cancer mortality is higher among black women.

Three innovative and complementary research projects, done in partnership with UNC at Chapel Hill, Stanford University and Washington University in St. Louis, will examine the role of the tobacco retail environment in promoting tobacco use and causing tobacco-related illnesses.

UNC Lineberger's Justin Trogdon, PhD, and Ronald C. Chen, MD, MPH.

Researchers led by UNC Lineberger's Ronald C. Chen, MD, MPH, and Justin Trogdon, PhD, examined the costs associated with screening for prostate cancer, including treatment, for three years after diagnosis. They estimated that for men diagnosed in each of 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007, the total cost for treating and screening for each group would be $1.2 billion for three years after diagnosis.

UNC Lineberger researchers led by Daniel Reuland, MD, MPH, report in JAMA Internal Medicine that their analysis of audio-recorded office visit discussions between doctors and patients found the quality of the conversation about lung cancer screening was “poor” and discussion of the potential harms of screening was “virtually nonexistent.”

UNC Lineberger's Alison Brenner, PhD, MPH, (left) and Stephanie Wheeler, PhD, MPH, and their colleagues examined the impact of targeted outreach to more than 2,100 people insured by Medicaid who were not up-to-date with colorectal cancer screening.

Researchers with UNC Lineberger’s Carolina Cancer Screening Initiative, in collaboration with the Mecklenburg County Health Department in Charlotte, examined the impact of targeted outreach to more than 2,100 people insured by Medicaid who were not up-to-date with colorectal cancer screening.

UNC Lineberger’s Noel Brewer, PhD, professor of health behavior at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, is investigating and developing strategies to improve HPV vaccination rates.

The directors of the 70 National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers, including UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, say a national effort is needed to improve the rate of HPV vaccination and screening in the United States.

UNC Lineberger's Hanna Sanoff, MD, MPH, wrote in an editorial that there currently is no evidence to support imaging more often than every year following surgical resection of early stage colorectal cancer.

In an editorial published in JAMA, UNC Lineberger's Hanna Sanoff, MD, MPH, evaluated two studies that investigated whether higher-intensity testing for non-metastatic colorectal cancer is more effective.

UNC Lineberger's Seth Noar, PhD, and Jacob Rohde surveyed teens to understand their knowledge and beliefs about e-cigarettes.

UNC Lineberger's Seth Noar, PhD, and colleagues found that the majority of teenagers they surveyed knew about many of the health risks of e-cigarettes, but it had no influence on whether they had used e-cigarettes. However, they determined beliefs about addiction were a key discriminating factor among those who had and had not used e-cigarettes.

Stephanie Wheeler, PhD, MPH, has published a study that found having breast cancer placed a significantly greater financial strain on black women than white women.

UNC Lineberger's Stephanie Wheeler, PhD, and colleagues report in the Journal of Clinical Oncology that a survey of women who were diagnosed with breast cancer in North Carolina between 2008 and 2013 found that two years after a diagnosis, 58 percent of black women reported a negative financial impact of cancer, compared with 39 percent of white women.

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Metastatic breast cancer patients report high level of financial impact

Black women more likely to report not taking breast cancer medication as prescribed

NIH awards $11.6M grant to support study of retail tobacco policies across the U.S.

Prostate cancer care for older men estimated to cost Medicare $1.2B

Doctor-patient discussions neglect potential harms of lung cancer screening, study finds

By sending tests in the mail, researchers boost colorectal cancer screening

UNC Lineberger among national leaders endorsing goal of eliminating HPV-related cancers in the US

Commentary: Current evidence does not support call for more frequent colorectal cancer screening

Knowledge of e-cigarette health risk doesn’t deter teen use, survey shows

Breast cancer places greater financial burden on black women