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Bogda Koczwara
Researcher at Flinders Medical Centre
Publications - 258
Citations - 4983
Bogda Koczwara is an academic researcher from Flinders Medical Centre. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cancer & Breast cancer. The author has an hindex of 30, co-authored 218 publications receiving 3579 citations. Previous affiliations of Bogda Koczwara include Roswell Park Cancer Institute & Georgetown University.
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The impact of comorbidity on cancer and its treatment
TL;DR: In the context of cancer patients, this article found that patients who have comorbidity are less likely to receive treatment with curative intent, with the result that they have poorer survival, poorer quality of life and higher health care costs.
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Validity of the malnutrition screening tool as an effective predictor of nutritional risk in oncology outpatients receiving chemotherapy
Elisabeth Isenring,Giordana Cross,Giordana Cross,Lynne Daniels,Elizabeth Kellett,Bogda Koczwara +5 more
TL;DR: The MST has acceptable relative validity, inter-rater reliability, sensitivity, and specificity to identify chemotherapy outpatients at risk of malnutrition and, hence, is an acceptable nutrition screening tool in this patient population.
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Impact of Quality of Life on Patient Expectations Regarding Phase I Clinical Trials
Jonathan D. Cheng,James Hitt,Bogda Koczwara,Kevin A. Schulman,Caroline B. Burnett,Darrell J. Gaskin,Julia H. Rowland,Neal J. Meropol +7 more
TL;DR: Patient QOL may affect the expectation of benefit from experimental therapy and, ultimately, treatment choice and the development of improved strategies to present appropriate information to patients considering early-phase clinical trials.
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The psychosocial concerns and needs of women recently diagnosed with breast cancer: a qualitative study of patient, nurse and volunteer perspectives.
TL;DR: To qualitatively identify the concerns and needs of Australian women recently diagnosed with breast cancer, a large sample of women diagnosed with the disease in the past year were surveyed.
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High rate of complications associated with peripherally inserted central venous catheters in patients with solid tumours.
TL;DR: In this article, the frequency and type of PICC complications in patients with solid tumours were investigated and the median time for a complication to occur was 27.5 days.