Documenting the Health Insurance Needs of Cancer Patients and Providing Scarce Resolutions
January 31, 2013 | Journal Article
HIAS can offer lasting insight into the meaning of health care reform implementation.
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Ladder to Leadership Fellow Builds Connections in a North Carolina Community
April 10, 2013 | Story
Christopher Wood turned to Ladder to Leadership for the skills he needed to move from patient care to management at a North Carolina cancer center.
Interventions to Improve Care Related to Colorectal Cancer Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities
August 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Researchers systematically reviewed the medical literature for interventions conducted within health care systems that have the potential to decrease racial and ethnic disparities in the care of colorectal cancer.
Laparoscopic Colectomy for the Treatment of Cancer Has Been Widely Adopted in the United States
May 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Laparoscopic resection of the colon is an effective alternative to open surgery in the treatment of colon cancer, but previous studies have estimated that laparoscopic techniques are used in only 10 percent of colon resections. This research was con ...
An RWJF Community Health Leader Remembers Her Award - One Year Later
October 17, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Chrysanne Grund reflects on her experience in the year since she was named an RWJF Community Health Leader.
South Carolina Nurse Works to Stop Cancer Before It Starts
October 17, 2012 | News Release
RWJF honors Debbie Chatman Bryant, DNP, RN, with a 2012 Community Health Leaders Award.
Nigerian Nurse Helps African Immigrants Battle Breast Cancer
October 17, 2012 | News Release
RWJF honors Ifeanyi Anne Nwabukwu, RN, BSN, with a 2012 Community Health Leaders Award.
Appropriate and Inappropriate Imaging Rates for Prostate Cancer Go Hand in Hand by Region, as if Set by Thermostat
April 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Policy-makers interested in containing health care costs are targeting regional variation in utilization, including the use of advanced imaging.
End-of-Life Care for Medicare Beneficiaries with Cancer is Highly Intensive Overall and Varies Widely
April 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Studies have shown that cancer care near the end of life is more aggressive than many patients prefer.
In a Survey, Marked Inconsistency in how Oncologists Judged Value of High-Cost Cancer Drugs in Relation to Gains in Survival
April 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Amid calls for physicians to become better stewards of the nation's health care resources, it is important to gain insight into how physicians think about the cost-effectiveness of new treatments.