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George Luta
Researcher at Georgetown University
Publications - 144
Citations - 3345
George Luta is an academic researcher from Georgetown University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Breast cancer & Randomized controlled trial. The author has an hindex of 32, co-authored 124 publications receiving 2748 citations. Previous affiliations of George Luta include Georgetown University Medical Center & Copenhagen University Hospital.
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A randomized, double-blind, crossover clinical trial of diclofenac plus misoprostol versus acetaminophen in patients with osteoarthritis of the hip or knee.
Theodore Pincus,Gary G. Koch,Tuulikki Sokka,J. Lefkowith,Frederick Wolfe,Joanne M. Jordan,George Luta,Leigh F. Callahan,Xiaofei Wang,Todd A. Schwartz,Steven B. Abramson,Jacques Caldwell,R. A. Harrell,Joel M. Kremer,Richard L Lautzenheiser,Joseph A. Markenson,Thomas J. Schnitzer,Arthur L. Weaver,P. Cummins,Anthony G. Wilson,S. Morant,John G. Fort +21 more
TL;DR: Patients with osteoarthritis of the hip or knee had significantly greater improvements in pain scores over 6 weeks with diclofenac + misoprostol than with acetaminophen, although patients with mild osteOarthritis had similar improvements with both drugs.
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Randomized Noninferiority Trial of Telephone Versus In-Person Genetic Counseling for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer
Marc Schwartz,Heiddis B. Valdimarsdottir,Beth N. Peshkin,Jeanne S. Mandelblatt,Rachel Nusbaum,An Tsun Huang,Yaojen Chang,Kristi D. Graves,Claudine Isaacs,Marie E. Wood,Wendy McKinnon,Judy Garber,Shelley R. McCormick,Anita Y. Kinney,George Luta,Sarah A. Kelleher,Kara Grace Leventhal,Patti Vegella,Angie Tong,Lesley King +19 more
TL;DR: Genetic counseling can be effectively and efficiently delivered via telephone to increase access and decrease costs.
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Parental smoking exposure and adolescent smoking trajectories
TL;DR: Exposure to parental nicotine dependence is a critical factor influencing intergenerational transmission of smoking and research is needed to optimize interventions to help nicotine-dependent parents quit smoking early in their children’s lifetime to reduce these risks.
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United States Population-Based Estimates of Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Symptom and Functional Status Reference Values for Individuals With Cancer
Roxanne E. Jensen,Arnold L. Potosky,Carol M. Moinpour,Tania Lobo,David Cella,Elizabeth A. Hahn,David Thissen,Ashley Wilder Smith,Jaeil Ahn,George Luta,Bryce B. Reeve +10 more
TL;DR: These United States cancer reference values can help facilitate interpretation of the PROMIS domain scores in research studies or in clinical applications that measure and evaluate the symptom and functional burden patients with cancer experience after initial treatment.
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Identification of an urinary metabolite profile associated with osteoarthritis
Robert-Jan A. N. Lamers,J. H J van Nesselrooij,Virginia B. Kraus,Joanne M. Jordan,Jordan B. Renner,Anca D. Dragomir,George Luta,J. van der Greef,Jeroen DeGroot +8 more
TL;DR: It is shown that a urine metabolite profile may serve as a novel discriminating biomarker of OA, one of the most common diseases among the elderly.