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Incidence and Outcomes of Chemotherapy and Radiation in Morbidly Obese Patients with Locally Advanced Lung and Esophageal Cancers: A Single-Institution Experience
Patel, Krishna , Stephens, Elisabeth K., Jatoi, Aminah , Miller, Robert C.
Cancer Control | August 30, 2017 | Volume: 21 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 63-66
Ostomies in rectal cancer patients: what is their psychosocial impact?
Kenderian, Saad S. , Stephens, Elisabeth K., Jatoi, Aminah , Kenderian, Saad Sirop
European Journal of Cancer Care | October 12, 2013 | Volume: 23 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 328-332
Hospice in End-of-Life Patients With Cancer
Breitkopf, Carmen Radecki , Stephens, Elisabeth K., Jatoi, Aminah
American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine® | May 10, 2013 | Volume: 31 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 392-395
This study assessed the patterns of nonhospice health care utilization among 207 deceased cancer patients and focused on outcomes after cancer treatment was stopped. A total of 117 (57%) were enrolled in hospice. The mean cumulative number of emergency department visits, hospitalizations, or other noncancer clinic visits (standard deviation) among those enrolled and not enrolled in hospice was 1.8 (± 1.8) and 3.11 (± 3.0), respectively ( P < .0001). Among hospice enrollees, the mean cumulative visits (standard deviation) was 1.29 (± 1.7) and 0.5 (± 1.0) before and after enrollment, respectively ( P < .0001). For patients who eventually enrolled, the rates of nonhospice health care visits (visits per week) yielded a trend to suggest a decline ( P = .054). Hospice was associated with a drop in nonhospice-related health care utilization, thus suggesting it provides timely medical interventions and favorable continuity of care.