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How may clinical research improve healthcare outcomes? by KRZYZANOWSKA, M. K, KAPLAN, R, SULLIVAN, R

“…Healthcare outcomes such as overall survival or quality of life are the end results of a complex interaction between the patient, treatment and the healthcare…”
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Impact of early palliative care on caregivers of patients with advanced cancer: cluster randomised trial by McDonald, J., Swami, N., Hannon, B., Lo, C., Pope, A., Oza, A., Leighl, N., Krzyzanowska, M.K., Rodin, G., Le, L.W., Zimmermann, C.

“…Early palliative care improves the quality of life (QoL) and satisfaction with care of patients with advanced cancer, but little is known about its effect on…”
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Does routine symptom screening with ESAS decrease ED visits in breast cancer patients undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy? by Barbera, L., Sutradhar, R., Howell, D., Sussman, J., Seow, H., Dudgeon, D., Atzema, C., Earle, C., Husain, A., Liu, Y., Krzyzanowska, M. K.

“…Background In 2007, the provincial cancer agency in Ontario, Canada initiated a wide-scale program to screen for symptoms in the cancer population using the…”
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Complete Genome Sequences of Five Gram-Negative Bacterial Strains Comprising Synthetic Bacterial Consortium "The Great Five" with Antagonistic Activity Against Plant-Pathogenic Pectobacterium spp. and Dickeya spp by Maciag, Tomasz, Krzyzanowska, Dorota M, Rabalski, Lukasz, Jafra, Sylwia, Czajkowski, Robert

“…Marciag et al sequenced the genomes of bacterial strains comprising the "Great Five" (GF) synthetic microbial consortium effective against potato soft rot…”
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Biological aspects of human migration and mobility by Mascie-Taylor, C. G. N., Krzyżanowska, M.

“…This paper reviews how migration, both geographical and social, impacts on variation in some human biological traits. Migration and mobility are considered in…”
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Continuous versus intermittent chemotherapy strategies in metastatic colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Berry, S.R., Cosby, R., Asmis, T., Chan, K., Hammad, N., Krzyzanowska, M.K.

“…There are no clinically significant survival differences between continuous and intermittent strategies of delivering chemotherapy for first-line metastatic…”
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A primer on the genetics of medullary thyroid cancer by Larouche, V, Akirov, A, Thomas, C M, Krzyzanowska, M K, Ezzat, S

“…Medullary thyroid cancer is a rare type of neuroendocrine tumour that arises from the parafollicular cells (C cells) of the thyroid gland. It accounts for…”
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A phase II study of the HSP90 inhibitor AUY922 in chemotherapy refractory advanced pancreatic cancer by Renouf, D. J., Hedley, D., Krzyzanowska, M. K., Schmuck, M., Wang, L., Moore, M. J.

“…Objectives AUY922 is a novel heat shock protein inhibitor with preclinical activity in pancreatic cancer. This phase II study evaluated the efficacy of AUY922…”
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A multicenter, open-label, randomized, phase II study of cediranib with or without lenalidomide in iodine 131-refractory differentiated thyroid cancer by Rosenberg, A.J., Liao, C.-Y., Karrison, T., de Souza, J.A., Worden, F.P., Libao, B., Krzyzanowska, M.K., Hayes, D.N., Winquist, E., Saloura, V., Prescott, K., Villaflor, V.M., Seiwert, T.Y., Schechter, R.B., Stadler, W.M., Cohen, E.E.W., Vokes, E.E.

“…Multitargeted tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) of the vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR) pathway have activity in differentiated thyroid…”
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Emergency department visits and unplanned hospitalizations in the treatment period for head and neck cancer patients treated with curative intent: A population-based analysis by Eskander, A., Krzyzanowska, M.K., Fischer, H.D., Liu, N., Austin, P.C., Irish, J.C., Enepekides, D.J., Lee, J., Gutierrez, E., Lockhart, E., Raphael, M., Singh, S.

“…•The proportion of patients in a given treatment-modality exposure who had at least one emergency department visit or unplanned hospitalization were as…”
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Timing of palliative care referral before and after a cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) of early palliative care by Hausner, D., Tricou, C., Wadhwa, D., Pope, A., Giruparajah, M., Swami, N., Krzyzanowska, M., Mah, K., Zimmermann, C.

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Technological Parameters of Dehydrochlorination of 1,3-Dichloropropan-2-ol to Epichlorohydrin by Krzyżanowska, Anna M, Milchert, Eugeniusz, Paździoch, Waldemar M

“…The results of continuous dehydrochlorination of an 88 wt % aqueous solution of 1,3-dichloropropan-2-ol (13DCP2OL) to epichlorohydrin (EPI) are presented. The…”
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Experiences of Canadian oncologists with difficult patient deaths and coping strategies used by Granek, L, Barbera, L, Nakash, O, Cohen, M, Krzyzanowska, M K

“…We aimed to explore and identify what makes patient death more emotionally difficult for oncologists and how oncologists cope with patient death. A convenience…”
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Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Stage II Colon Cancer: Practice Patterns and Effectiveness in the General Population by Booth, C.M, Nanji, S, Wei, X, Peng, Y, Biagi, J.J, Hanna, T.P, Krzyzanowska, M.K, Mackillop, W.J

“…Abstract Aims Although guidelines do not recommend adjuvant chemotherapy (ACT) for stage II colon cancer, many state that ACT may be considered in high-risk…”
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Guidelines on the use of cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy in patients with peritoneal surface malignancy arising from colorectal or appendiceal neoplasms by Dubé, P, Sideris, L, Law, C, Mack, L, Haase, E, Giacomantonio, C, Govindarajan, A, Krzyzanowska, M K, Major, P, McConnell, Y, Temple, W, Younan, R, McCart, J A

“…To meet the needs of patients, Canadian surgical and medical oncology leaders in the treatment of peritoneal surface malignancies (psms), together with patient…”
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Control of cardiovascular risk factors among adult cancer survivors: a population-based survey by Enright, K. A, Krzyzanowska, M. K

“…Introduction Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in cancer survivors, with the risk increasing significantly with the…”
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Surgical resection and peri-operative chemotherapy for colorectal cancer liver metastases: A population-based study by Booth, C.M, Nanji, S, Wei, X, Biagi, J.J, Krzyzanowska, M.K, Mackillop, W.J

“…Abstract Background Most literature describing surgery for colorectal cancer (CRC) liver metastases (LM) comes from high volume centres. Here, we report…”
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End of life care for women with gynecologic cancers by Barbera, L, Elit, L, Krzyzanowska, M, Saskin, R, Bierman, A.S

“…Abstract Background Little is known about patterns of end of life (EOL) care in gynecologic cancer patients. This paper reports on five EOL quality indicators:…”
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Cross-Canada differences in early-stage breast cancer treatment and acute-care use by Powis, M, Groome, P, Biswanger, N, Kendell, C, Decker, K M, Grunfeld, E, McBride, M L, Urquhart, R, Winget, M, Porter, G A, Krzyzanowska, M K

“…Chemotherapy has improved outcomes in early-stage breast cancer, but treatment practices vary, and use of acute care is common. We conducted a pan-Canadian…”
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269 Does the Addition of Molecular Targeted Therapy to Standard Treatments Lead to Better or Worse Outcomes Overall? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of EGFR-targeted Therapies Used in Combination with Standard Treatments by Rauw, J, Ennis, M, Krzyzanowska, M, Sridhar, S

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