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Tobacco-control attitudes, advocacy, and smoking behaviors of oncology nurses by Sarna, L, Brown, J K, Lillington, L, Wewers, M E, Brecht, M L

“…To describe oncology nurses' attitudes, smoking behaviors, and involvement in tobacco-control policy and legislation. Descriptive, cross-sectional survey…”
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Gender influence on weight‐loss pattern and survival of nonsmall cell lung carcinoma patients by Palomares, Melanie R., Sayre, James W., Shekar, Kota C., Lillington, Linda M., Chlebowski, Rowan T.

“…BACKGROUND Gender has recently emerged as a discriminating factor in nonsmall lung carcinoma (NSCLC) patient outcome. Since the potential for interaction among…”
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AHCPR Smoking Cessation Guideline Goals and Impact: Examples from the Nursing Field by Lillington, Linda M.

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A decade of breast cancer clinical investigation: results as reported in the Program/Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology by Chlebowski, R T, Lillington, L M

“…To test the hypothesis that clinical research results have driven changes in recent breast cancer management recommendations. All breast cancer abstracts in…”
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Long-term effects of early nutritional support with new enterotropic peptide-based formula vs. standard enteral formula in HIV-infected patients: randomized prospective trial by Chlebowski, R T, Beall, G, Grosvenor, M, Lillington, L, Weintraub, N, Ambler, C, Richards, E W, Abbruzzese, B C, McCamish, M A, Cope, F O

“…Despite association with adverse clinical outcome, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated malnutrition has been relatively refractory to conventional…”
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Late mortality and levamisole adjuvant therapy in colorectal cancer by CHLEBOWSKI, R. T, LILLINGTON, L, NYSTROM, J. S, SAYRE, J

“…Beginning in 1975, 78 patients with resected stage B and C colorectal carcinoma were randomly assigned (2:1) to receive either levamisole 2.5 mg kg-1 day-1…”
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Evaluation of a smoking cessation program for pregnant minority women by Lillington, L, Royce, J, Novak, D, Ruvalcaba, M, Chlebowski, R

“…The purpose of this project was to develop and test culturally appropriate, low literacy, smoking cessation intervention materials designed to increase quit…”
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Altered metabolism and mortality in patients with colon cancer receiving chemotherapy by Tayek, J A, Sutter, L, Manglik, S, Lillington, L B, Grosvenor, M, Chlebowski, R T

“…To identify the metabolic effects of 5-fluorouracil and hydrazine sulfate therapy, 22 patients with colon cancer were admitted prospectively to a Clinical…”
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Current attitudes and practice of American Society of Clinical Oncology-member clinical oncologists regarding cancer prevention and control by Chlebowski, R T, Sayre, J, Frank-Stromborg, M, Lillington, L B

“…A nationwide needs assessment survey including a validated Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Attitude Inventory of 1,500 randomly selected American Society…”
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The Importance of Health Insurance as a Determinant of Cancer Screening: Evidence from the Women's Health Initiative by Hsia, Judith, Kemper, Elizabeth, Kiefe, Catarina, Zapka, Jane, Sofaer, Shoshanna, Pettinger, Mary, Bowen, Deborah, Limacher, Marian, Lillington, Linda, Mason, Ellen

“…Background. Amid current changes in health care access across the United States, the importance of health insurance status and insurance type relative to…”
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Nutritional intervention in the course of HIV disease by Chlebowski, R T, Beall, G, Lillington, L, Richards, E W, Abbruzzese, B C, McCamish, M A, Cope, F O

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Dietary Intake and Counseling, Weight Maintenance, and the Course of HIV Infection by CHLEBOWSKI, ROWAN T, GROSVENOR, MARY, LILLINGTON, LINDA, SAYRE, JAMES, BEALL, GILDON

“…Objective To define relationships among dietary intake and counseling, weight maintenance, and the clinical course of patients infected with the human…”
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Factors influencing nurses' breast cancer control activity by Lillington, L B, Padilla, G V, Sayre, J W, Chlebowski, R T

“…A needs assessment survey of 2800 registered nurses in a major metropolitan area was performed to identify: (1) knowledge about breast cancer risk and…”
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Tobacco: An Emerging Topic in Nursing Research by Sarna, Linda, Lillington, Linda

“…BACKGROUNDTobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. Since the first Surgeon General’s Report in 1964 on the health risks of…”
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Tobacco interventions by oncology nurses in clinical practice : Report from a national survey by SARNA, L. P, BROWN, J. K, LILLINGTON, L, ROSE, M, WEWERS, M. E, BRECHT, M.-L

“…Tobacco use is an important risk factor in cancer, cancer recurrence, and increased treatment morbidity, but limited information is available about…”
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Barriers to tobacco cessation in clinical practice: Report from a national survey of oncology nurses by Sarna, Linda, Wewers, Mary Ellen, Brown, Jean K., Lillington, Linda, Brecht, Mary-Lynn

“…This study describes the survey results of a national random sample of members of the Oncology Nursing Society who reported the greatest number of barriers to…”
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Nurses' practice of breast cancer screening and early detection: results of a pilot survey by Lillington, L B, Gilbert, O, Morales, L

“…Nursing has a professional responsibility to participate in cancer screening and early detection. Nurses represent the largest professional group in the health…”
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Acute myelogenous leukaemia in older patients at St Bartholomew's Hospital: outcome with mitoxantrone and cytarabine by Dalley, Christopher D, Lillington, Deborah L, Bradburn, Michael, Carter, Maxine, Amess, John A, Rohatiner, Ama Z S, Lister, T Andrew

“…Elderly patients (age >60 years) with AML who are selected for curative treatment frequently receive anthracycline/cytarabine containing regimens. The…”
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Is insurance a more important determinant of healthcare access than perceived health? Evidence from the Women's Health Initiative by Hsia, J, Kemper, E, Sofaer, S, Bowen, D, Kiefe, C I, Zapka, J, Mason, E, Lillington, L, Limacher, M

“…Our objectives were to explore health insurance status and insurance type, adjusted for self-reported and perceived health variables, as determinants of having…”
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Breast cancer chemoprevention. Tamoxifen: current issues and future prospective by Chlebowski, R T, Butler, J, Nelson, A, Lillington, L

“…Intervention clinical trials are under way to address whether tamoxifen can prevent breast cancer development. This effort is based on laboratory evidence that…”
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