Advice Columns from Dr. Carolyn Clancy

January 8 2013 20130108

Make Good on Your Resolution To Quit Smoking

Other Patient & Consumer Resources

• Benefits of chemotherapy for elderly patients with lung cancer must be weighed against risk of long-term toxicities

Clinicians & Providers

• Benefits of chemotherapy for elderly patients with lung cancer must be weighed against risk of long-term toxicities
• Elderly lung cancer patients experience more adverse events during chemotherapy than younger patients

Hospital & Health System Resources

• Benefits of chemotherapy for elderly patients with lung cancer must be weighed against risk of long-term toxicities

Policymaker Resources

• Blacks with lung cancer have higher mortality rates than whites

Research Activities Newsletter Articles

February 1 2013 20130201

Bevacizumab, when added to chemotherapy regimen for elderly patients with lung cancer, does not increase survival rates

August 1 2012 20120801

JAMA special issue focuses on comparative effectiveness research

December 1 2011 20111201

Hospital lung cancer surgery volume is not correlated with lower mortality

September 1 2011 20110901

Minority patients with nonsmall-cell lung cancer are less likely to receive hospice services than whites

June 1 2011 20110601

Chemotherapy and radiation therapy for lung cancer linked to cardiac disorders

September 1 2010 20100901

Benefits of chemotherapy for elderly patients with lung cancer must be weighed against risk of long-term toxicities

September 1 2010 20100901

Blacks with lung cancer have higher mortality rates than whites

July 1 2010 20100701

Elderly lung cancer patients experience more adverse events during chemotherapy than younger patients

Advice Columns from Dr. Carolyn Clancy

January 8 2013 20130108

Make Good on Your Resolution To Quit Smoking

Other News & Events

• Benefits of chemotherapy for elderly patients with lung cancer must be weighed against risk of long-term toxicities
• Bevacizumab, when added to chemotherapy regimen for elderly patients with lung cancer, does not increase survival rates
• Blacks with lung cancer have higher mortality rates than whites
• Chemotherapy and radiation therapy for lung cancer linked to cardiac disorders
• Elderly lung cancer patients experience more adverse events during chemotherapy than younger patients
• Hospital lung cancer surgery volume is not correlated with lower mortality
• JAMA special issue focuses on comparative effectiveness research
• Minority patients with nonsmall-cell lung cancer are less likely to receive hospice services than whites