Health-related quality of life of cancer and noncancer patients in Medicare managed care.
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Data from the Health Care Financing Administration's (HCFA) Medicare Health Outcomes Survey of patients enrolled in managed care services through Medicare were analyzed and provided baseline estimates of quality of life of cancer survivors in comparison to a frequency age‐matched cohort of noncancer patients.Citations
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Riding the Crest of the Teachable Moment: Promoting Long-Term Health After the Diagnosis of Cancer
TL;DR: With 64% of cancer patients surviving > 5 years beyond diagnosis, oncologists are challenged to expand their focus from acute care to managing the long-term health consequences of cancer.
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Effects of home-based diet and exercise on functional outcomes among older, overweight long-term cancer survivors: RENEW: a randomized controlled trial.
Miriam C. Morey,Denise C. Snyder,Richard Sloane,Harvey J. Cohen,Bercedis Peterson,Terryl J. Hartman,Paige E. Miller,Diane C. Mitchell,Wendy Demark-Wahnefried,Wendy Demark-Wahnefried +9 more
TL;DR: Among older, long-term survivors of colorectal, breast, and prostate cancer, a diet and exercise intervention reduced the rate of self-reported functional decline compared with no intervention.
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Cancer survivorship research: State of knowledge, challenges and opportunities
TL;DR: The need for continued cancer survivorship research is underscored to inform the understanding of the mechanisms underlying adverse sequelae; lead to the design of less toxic treatments; test the effectiveness of interventions – medical, pharmacologic, and behavioral – that reduce adverse outcomes; test models of post-treatment follow-up care; develop an evidence base for optimal follow- up care practices; and inform survivor and provider decision making.
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The Challenges of Colorectal Cancer Survivorship
TL;DR: The unique challenges and issues of CRC survivors can and should be addressed by health care providers and the research community to ensure effective interventions and models of care to manage these problems.
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Psychosocial adjustment among cancer survivors: findings from a national survey of health and well-being.
TL;DR: While younger survivors may be at risk for disturbances in mental health and mood, cancer survivors show resilience in other important domains of psychosocial adjustment.
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SF-36 health survey: Manual and interpretation guide
TL;DR: TheSF-36 is a generic health status measure which has gained popularity as a measure of outcome in a wide variety of patient groups and social and the contribution of baseline health, sociodemographic and work-related factors to the SF-36 Health Survey: manual and interpretation guide is tested.
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Essentials of Behavioral Research: Methods and Data Analysis
Robert Rosenthal,Ralph L. Rosnow +1 more
TL;DR: This chapter discusses the nature of Behavioral Research, the development and testing of research ideas, and the selection of subjects and Stimuli for experiments.
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The National Committee for Quality Assurance.
TL;DR: The quality of medical care provided by managed-care plans is an increasingly complicated and controversial topic.
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Long-term quality of life after breast cancer: comparison of 8-year survivors with population controls.
TL;DR: In most domains and for women without further disease events after diagnosis, quality of life does not seem to be permanently and globally impaired by breast cancer, and breast cancer survivors who remain free of disease probably do not need organized late psychosocial follow-up to improvequality of life.
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Health-related quality of life in long-term head and neck cancer survivors: a comparison with general population norms.
Eva Hammerlid,C Taft +1 more
TL;DR: Tumour stage no longer differentiates HRQL at 3 years, however, factors related to the patients' age, gender and location of the tumour appear to have bearing on their reported health status.
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