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Will Evidence on Prostate Cancer Screening Shape Clinical Practice?

June 6, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post

With my colleagues at Johns Hopkins University, I fielded a survey to shed some light on what PCPs thought about the recommendations. In the setting of changing recommendations, we wanted to understand whether PCPs believed the recommendations were ...

RWJF Scholar Finds High Level of Inappropriate Imaging for Prostate Patients

April 10, 2012 | Story

Geographic analysis holds warning for policy-makers about unintended consequences of efforts to reduce inappropriate testing.

Nurse Leader Helps Lead Battle against Breast Cancer in African American Women

September 29, 2011 | Story

As a young girl, RWJF Fellow Janice Phillips bore painful witness to the scourge of breast cancer; now she's a renowned leader of the campaign to end it.

Comparison Between 155 Cases of Robotic vs. 150 Cases of Open Surgical Staging for Endometrial Cancer

February 1, 2012 | Journal Article

Robotic-assisted staging beneficial in minimally invasive surgery.

Open Versus Laparoscopic Liver Resection

February 1, 2012 | Journal Article

Laparoscopic liver resection may extend beyond the initial postoperative period, with few readmissions.

In the Business of Giving Hope

January 10, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post

HCB: Speaking of your patients, you write in the book about some of them. Can you share how they’ve impacted you? Quinones-Hinojosa: I always focus on the things I can learn from my patients. How can I give them hope and how can I talk about brain s ...

Kids Kicking Cancer

January 1, 2012 | Toolkit

The mission of Kids Kicking Cancer is to ease the pain of very sick children while empowering them to heal physically, spiritually and emotionally. Their goal is to create a replicable template for to children's hospitals and communities throughout the world linking children with support from caring, well trained and motivated professionals and volunteers.

Community Health Leader Honored for Creating a Valuable Resource for Rural Cancer Patients

July 20, 2011 | Story

Following her own struggle to access care in an underserved area, Sara O'Donnell helped design a program that's becoming a model for enhancing rural health care.

Harold Amos Scholar Advances Science on Prostate Cancer

July 18, 2011 | Story

Working with an international team, Levi Garraway's use of whole genome sequencing affords deeper understanding of disease, opens new avenues of inquiry and points way to better diagnoses and treatments.

RWJF Alum's Breast Cancer Speech is Heard Around the World

April 25, 2011 | Story

Lecture by Clinical Scholar alumna about a new breast cancer screening tool goes viral.

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