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Alexi A. Wright
Researcher at Harvard University
Publications - 171
Citations - 12122
Alexi A. Wright is an academic researcher from Harvard University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cancer & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 43, co-authored 141 publications receiving 10021 citations. Previous affiliations of Alexi A. Wright include Brigham and Women's Hospital & Dana Corporation.
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Associations between end-of-life discussions, patient mental health, medical care near death, and caregiver bereavement adjustment.
Alexi A. Wright,Baohui Zhang,Alaka Ray,Jennifer W. Mack,E. D. Trice,Tracy A. Balboni,Susan L. Mitchell,Vicki A. Jackson,Susan D. Block,Paul K. Maciejewski,Holly G. Prigerson +10 more
TL;DR: End-of-life discussions with physicians are associated with less aggressive medical care near death and earlier hospice referrals, and Aggressive care is associated with worse patient quality of life and worse bereavement adjustment.
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Health Care Costs in the Last Week of Life Associations With End-of-Life Conversations
Baohui Zhang,Alexi A. Wright,Haiden A. Huskamp,Matthew Nilsson,Matthew L. Maciejewski,Craig C. Earle,Susan D. Block,Paul K. Maciejewski,Holly G. Prigerson +8 more
TL;DR: Patients with advanced cancer who reported having EOL conversations with physicians had significantly lower health care costs in their final week of life, and higher costs were associated with worse quality of death.
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Landscape of genomic alterations in cervical carcinomas
Akinyemi I. Ojesina,Lee Lichtenstein,Samuel S. Freeman,Chandra Sekhar Pedamallu,Ivan Imaz-Rosshandler,Trevor J. Pugh,Andrew D. Cherniack,Lauren Ambrogio,Kristian Cibulskis,Bjørn Enge Bertelsen,Sandra Romero-Cordoba,Victor Trevino,Karla Vazquez-Santillan,Alberto Salido Guadarrama,Alexi A. Wright,Mara Rosenberg,Fujiko Duke,Bethany Kaplan,Rui Wang,Elizabeth Nickerson,Heather M. Walline,Michael S. Lawrence,Chip Stewart,Scott L. Carter,Aaron McKenna,Iram P. Rodriguez-Sanchez,Magali Espinosa-Castilla,Kathrine Woie,Line Bjørge,Elisabeth Wik,Mari K. Halle,Erling A. Hoivik,Camilla Krakstad,Nayeli Belem Gabiño,Gabriela Sofía Gómez-Macías,Lezmes D. Valdez-Chapa,María Lourdes Garza-Rodríguez,German Maytorena,Jorge Vazquez,Carlos Rodea,Adrian Cravioto,Maria L. Cortes,Heidi Greulich,Christopher P. Crum,Donna Neuberg,Alfredo Hidalgo-Miranda,Claudia Rangel Escareno,Lars A. Akslen,Thomas E. Carey,Olav Karsten Vintermyr,Stacey Gabriel,Hugo A. Barrera-Saldaña,Jorge Melendez-Zajgla,Gad Getz,Helga B. Salvesen,Matthew Meyerson +55 more
TL;DR: Several recurrent genomic alterations in cervical carcinomas are demonstrated that suggest new strategies to combat this disease.
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End-of-life discussions, goal attainment, and distress at the end of life: predictors and outcomes of receipt of care consistent with preferences.
TL;DR: Patients with cancer are more likely to receive Eol care that is consistent with their preferences when they have had the opportunity to discuss their wishes for EOL care with a physician.
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Place of Death: Correlations With Quality of Life of Patients With Cancer and Predictors of Bereaved Caregivers' Mental Health
Alexi A. Wright,Nancy L. Keating,Tracy A. Balboni,Ursula A. Matulonis,Susan D. Block,Holly G. Prigerson +5 more
TL;DR: Interventions aimed at decreasing terminal hospitalizations or increasing hospice utilization may enhance patients' quality of life at the end of life (EOL) and minimize bereavement-related distress.