International Journal of Cancer Care and Delivery

Original Research

Obesity as a Predictive Factor among Patients with Lung Cancer and Cutaneous Melanoma Treated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors and EGFR Inhibitors

Phillip Pifer, Lori Hazlehurst, Konstantinos Sdrimas, Sabina Nduaguba

Original Research

Initial experience in implementing an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) in Nepal – A necessary step to sustainable change in patient-centered care

Anish K. Shah, Sanjay Hinduja, Subodh Mallik, Hannah A. DeBerg, David M. Aboulafia

Original Research

Access to National Cancer Institute-Designated Cancer Centers Among Native American Cancer Patients

Haoran Li, Xiaohui Liu, Georges Gebrael, Yeonjung Jo, Neeraj Agarwal, Kamal K Sahu, Benjamin L Maughan, Umang Swami

A study that aims to estimate the travel distance to a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated cancer center for NA patients in Utah and the continental USA.

Original Research

Impact Of Pharmacist Led Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Vancomycin in Pediatric Cancer Patients

Saba Mazhar, Ali Akhtar, Ghulam Razaque, Zunaira Akbar, Omer Bhutta, Adeel Siddique, Ovais Ullah Shirazi, Umda Tun Nisa

Article on the Impact Of Pharmacist Led Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Original Research

Training the Trainees: A Multilingual Community Health Workers’ led Breast Health Project at Faith-based Centers in Milwaukee, WI.

Sailaja Kamaraju, Melissa DeNomie, Fauzia Qureshi, Arman Tahir, Natasha Sahr, Lisa Phillips, Carla Harris, Anjishnu Banerjee, Jessica Olson, Shubhi Sehgal

A patient navigation project with multilingual community workers (CHWs)

Original Research

Overview of a Head and Neck Cancer Treatment Program in Janakpur, Nepal.

Rubina Suwal

A descriptive retrospective study on Head and Neck Surgical Oncology at a tertiary cancer center in Janakpur, Nepal

Original Research

INTEGRATION OF PALLIATIVE CARE INTO MEDICAL SCHOOL CURRICULUM IN NEPAL – An analytical study among medical students in Nepal

Carlotta Bellon, Tara Shah, Anish K. Shah

A study to evaluate the working knowledge of palliative care among undergraduate medical students in Nepal, and the presence of it in their academic curriculum.

Original Research

Expenditure and Utilization Patterns of Cancer Care in Kuwait

Saud Alzaid, Yousef Buresli, Ahmad Alnusif, Barrak Alhindal, Salem Abuhadida

A study on the expenditure and utilization of cancer care in Kuwait

Original Research

Ethnic and Racial Inequities in Cancer Screening During the COVID-19 Pandemic: a multi-site observational study in the United States

Katarina Wang, Mark Pletcher, Gillian Gresham, Michael Matheny, Lisa Schilling, Kai Zheng, Lucila Ohno-Machado, Jihoon Kim, Daniella Meeker, Scarlett Gomez, Alison J Canchola, Douglas S Bell, Amy M Perkins, Spencer L Soohoo, Dame Idossa

In this study the authors observes differential inequities in cancer screening and diagnoses by race and ethnicity from the initial surge of SARS-CoV2.

Original Research

TARE and PVE as pre-operative strategies in highly selected patients with primary and metastatic hepatic malignancies

Pradeep Podila, Wes Angel, Paxton Dickson, Julia Pedo Freitas, Daniel K Powell, Jeremiah L Deneve, Evan S Glazer

The natural history of PVE and TARE in disparate patient populations

Original Research

Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Cervical Cancer Screening Among Women Attending a Gynecology Clinic at a Tertiary Level Hospital

Swati Kumari, Neebha Ojha, K.D. Bista

Low screening and uptake of pap smear in Nepal may attribute to the lack of knowledge regarding screening methods, attitude, social/economic/psychological barriers, and to the death of facilities

Original Research

Think Globally, Start Locally: Value-Based Breast Cancer Care for Newly Diagnosed Patients in A Safety-Net Medical Center

Annie Tang, Bishal Gyawali, Anna Chiang, Nicole Lai, Charles Bennett, Kevin Knopf

The efficacy of the appropriate use of medical resources for breast cancer patients at a safety-net hospital.

Original Research

Evaluating the impact of financial toxicity among cancer clinical trial participants

Sylvia Zhang, Li Zhang, Christopher Nguyen, Celia Kaplan

Evaluating the varying financial burden and toxicity among cancer patients receiving treatment at an academic medical center as part of a CT versus SOC.

Original Research

Got Stage Fright? A Fellow-Led Initiative to Improve Cancer Staging Documentation

Sam Brondfield, Rahul Banerjee, Swetha Kambhampati, Ann Griffin, Pelin Cinar

An increase in structured staging documentation may have clinical and educational benefits.

Original Research

Broad inclusion leads to maximal value – examining travel costs associated with clinical trial participation

Sylvia Zhang, Elena Nieves, Dana Dornsife, Robert Johnson, Darcy Spicer

Should clinical trial participants receive the same protections and benefits that government and employers offer other social goods such as voting or jury service?

Original Research

Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Cervical Cancer Screening Among Women Attending a Gynecology Clinic at a Tertiary Level Hospital

Swati Kumari, Neebha Ojha, K.D. Bista

Low screening and uptake of pap smear in Nepal may attribute to the lack of knowledge regarding screening methods, attitude, social/economic/psychological barriers, and to the death of facilities

Conference Abstracts

Prostate Cancer and Obesity: Current Hypotheses and Challenges

Jillian Capodice, Philippa Cheetham, Robert Stewart, Bobby Liaw

Review on the most current hypotheses on the relationship between obesity and prostate cancer

Original Research

Initial experience in implementing an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) in Nepal – A necessary step to sustainable change in patient-centered care

Anish K. Shah, Sanjay Hinduja, Subodh Mallik, Hannah A. DeBerg, David M. Aboulafia

Conference Abstracts

Immune checkpoint inhibitor-associated pneumonitis in patients with non-small cell lung cancer and bladder cancer in US community health systems

Yao Yuan, Kaitlyn Kane, Hina Mohammed, Chenan Zhang, Matthew Rioth, Ronda Broome, Kathryn Martin, Daniel St Hilaire, Benjamin Tannenwald, Emmette R Hutchison, Elisabeth C Piault, Joe T Hughes, Alicyn Campbell, Monika A Izano

Conference Abstracts

Using Virtual Interdisciplinary Geriatric Oncology Review (VIGOR) Rounds to Identify Interventions for High-risk Older Adults with Cancer

Kevin Chang, Tiffany Thein, Carnie M. Lewis, Charis Stewart, Alexis Coulorides Kogan, Steven R. Grossman, Diana Hanna, Mary Aalto, Yasaman Amanat, Megan Seifert, Cindy Luff, Stacey Morikawa, Rachel Lander-Canseco, Gabriel Wang, Jennifer Parga, Svetlana Krasilshchik, Susie Nam, Lydia In, Gerardo Gorospe, Mario Lopez, Rabia Rehman, Monica Zell, Sandra Algaze

Conference Abstracts

Management of Secondary Polycythemia Related to Masculinizing Therapy for Transgender Individuals: A Mini-Review

Bowen He

Abstract from Summit on Cancer Health Disparities 2024

Review Article

PARP Inhibitors in Prostate Cancer – Understanding the Current Landscape

Karine Tawagi, Mia Schmolze, Brandon Nguyen, Aaron Laviana, Natalie Reizine

A review article on the scientific rationale behind PARP-inhibitors

Conference Abstracts

Limited Access: Real-World Cellular Therapy Experience in Aggressive Lymphomas and the Underrepresentation of Black Patients

Precious Idogun, Ishmael Jaiyesimi, Daniel Ezekwudo

Review Article

Lung cancer management in low and middle-income countries - current challenges and potential solutions

Malini Surapaneni, Dipesh Uprety

this article outlines the impact of limited resources, economic restrictions, and lack of accessibility in the management of lung cancer in low and middle income countries.

Conference Abstracts

Differences in the Tumor Transcriptomic Profile of Patients with Advanced Prostate Cancer with and without Diabetes Mellitus

Nishita Tripathi, Haoran Li, Beverly Chigarira, Kim JongTaek, Nicolas Sayegh, Georges Gebrael, Yeonjung Jo, Roberto Nussenzveig, Divyam Goel, Clara Tandar, Nityam Rathi, Umang Swami, Neeraj Agarwal

Abstract from 2023 Precision Oncology Conferences

Original Research

Access to National Cancer Institute-Designated Cancer Centers Among Native American Cancer Patients

Haoran Li, Xiaohui Liu, Georges Gebrael, Yeonjung Jo, Neeraj Agarwal, Kamal K Sahu, Benjamin L Maughan, Umang Swami

A study that aims to estimate the travel distance to a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated cancer center for NA patients in Utah and the continental USA.

Conference Abstracts

Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Literature Review

Abstract from Summit on Cancer Health Disparities 2024

Conference Abstracts

Desire for Information on Physical Activity Among Cancer Patients and Correlated Factors: A Tunisian Monocentric Study

Wala Ben Kridis, Cyrine Belfekih Hassen, Ines Hammouda, Afef Khanfir

Conference Abstracts

Disparities in genetic testing among high risk breast cancer patients

Helen Yuan, Erin Biggs, Joshua King, Jessica Baudier, Erica Doubleday, Peggy Jo Alker, Raina Saxena, Adam Salup, Melanie Sheen, Caitlin Taylor

Conference Abstracts

The SC AMEN Program for Black Men: The SC AMEN Program: Testing a Centralized Patient Navigation Intervention for Prostate Cancer Screening in Black Men

Marvella Ford, Melanie Slan, Angela Malek, Claudia Lawton, Lee Moultrie, I'Ayana Sanders, Adam Pressley, Ellen Gomez, Jessica Zserai, Joan McLauren, Mina Platt, Nhi Phuong Le, Chloe Keeve, Joie Zabec, Marla Sagatelian, Nicholas Shungu