Search Results - "PASZAT, Lawrence"

Performance and Cost-Effectiveness of Computed Tomography Lung Cancer Screening Scenarios in a Population-Based Setting: A Microsimulation Modeling Analysis in Ontario, Canada by Ten Haaf, Kevin, Tammemägi, Martin C, Bondy, Susan J, van der Aalst, Carlijn M, Gu, Sumei, McGregor, S Elizabeth, Nicholas, Garth, de Koning, Harry J, Paszat, Lawrence F

“…The National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) results indicate that computed tomography (CT) lung cancer screening for current and former smokers with three annual…”
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Endoscopist Specialty Is Associated With Incident Colorectal Cancer After a Negative Colonoscopy by Rabeneck, Linda, Paszat, Lawrence F, Saskin, Refik

“…Background & Aims The incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC) is reduced for at least 10 years after a negative colonoscopy, compared with the general population…”
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Analysis of Administrative Data Finds Endoscopist Quality Measures Associated With Postcolonoscopy Colorectal Cancer by Baxter, Nancy N, Sutradhar, Rinku, Forbes, Shawn S, Paszat, Lawrence F, Saskin, Refik, Rabeneck, Linda

“…Background & Aims Most quality indicators for colonoscopy measure processes; little is known about their relationship to patient outcomes. We investigated…”
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Rates of New or Missed Colorectal Cancers After Colonoscopy and Their Risk Factors: A Population-Based Analysis by Bressler, Brian, Paszat, Lawrence F, Chen, Zhongliang, Rothwell, Deanna M, Vinden, Chris, Rabeneck, Linda

“…Background & Aims: The rate of new or missed colorectal cancer (CRC) after colonoscopy and their risk factors in usual practice are unknown. Our objective was…”
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Association of Colonoscopy and Death From Colorectal Cancer by BAXTER, Nancy N, GOLDWASSER, Meredith A, PASZAT, Lawrence F, SASKIN, Refik, URBACH, David R, RABENECK, Linda, RANSOHOFF, David F

“…Colonoscopy is advocated for screening and prevention of colorectal cancer (CRC), but randomized trials supporting the benefit of this practice are not…”
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Anesthesia Assistance in Outpatient Colonoscopy and Risk of Aspiration Pneumonia, Bowel Perforation, and Splenic Injury by Bielawska, Barbara, Hookey, Lawrence C., Sutradhar, Rinku, Whitehead, Marlo, Xu, Jianfeng, Paszat, Lawrence F., Rabeneck, Linda, Tinmouth, Jill

“…The increase in use of anesthesia assistance (AA) to achieve deep sedation with propofol during colonoscopy has significantly increased colonoscopy costs…”
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Risk of Developing Proximal Versus Distal Colorectal Cancer After a Negative Colonoscopy: A Population-Based Study by Lakoff, Josh, Paszat, Lawrence F, Saskin, Refik, Rabeneck, Linda

“…Background & Aims The incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC) overall is reduced for up to 10 years after a negative colonoscopy. The objective of this research…”
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Evaluating Survivorship Care Plans: Results of a Randomized, Clinical Trial of Patients With Breast Cancer by GRUNFELD, Eva, JULIAN, Jim A, PORTER, Geoffrey A, PASZAT, Lawrence F, PRITCHARD, Kathleen I, ROBIDOUX, Andre, SMITH, Sally, SUSSMAN, Jonathan, DENT, Susan, SISLER, Jeffrey, WIERNIKOWSKI, Jennifer, LEVINE, Mark N, POND, Gregory, MAUNSELL, Elizabeth, COYLE, Douglas, FOLKES, Amy, JOY, Anil A, PROVENCHER, Louise, RAYSON, Daniel, RHEAUME, Dorianne E

“…An Institute of Medicine report recommends that patients with cancer receive a survivorship care plan (SCP). The trial objective was to determine if an SCP for…”
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Impact of Androgen Deprivation Therapy on Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes by ALIBHAI, Shabbir M. H, DUONG-HUA, Minh, SUTRADHAR, Rinku, FLESHNER, Neil E, WARDE, Padraig, CHEUNG, Angela M, PASZAT, Lawrence F

“…PURPOSE Use of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) may be associated with an increased risk of diabetes mellitus but the risk of both acute myocardial…”
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Bleeding and Perforation After Outpatient Colonoscopy and Their Risk Factors in Usual Clinical Practice by Rabeneck, Linda, Paszat, Lawrence F, Hilsden, Robert J, Saskin, Refik, Leddin, Des, Grunfeld, Eva, Wai, Elaine, Goldwasser, Meredith, Sutradhar, Rinku, Stukel, Therese A

“…Background & Aims The most widely quoted complication rates for colonoscopy are from case series performed by expert endoscopists. Our objectives were to…”
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Harms, benefits and costs of fecal immunochemical testing versus guaiac fecal occult blood testing for colorectal cancer screening by Goede, S Lucas, Rabeneck, Linda, van Ballegooijen, Marjolein, Zauber, Ann G, Paszat, Lawrence F, Hoch, Jeffrey S, Yong, Jean H E, Kroep, Sonja, Tinmouth, Jill, Lansdorp-Vogelaar, Iris

“…The ColonCancerCheck screening program for colorectal cancer (CRC) in Ontario, Canada, is considering switching from biennial guaiac fecal occult blood test…”
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Effect of Chronic Comorbidities on Follow-up Colonoscopy After Positive Colorectal Cancer Screening Results: A Population-Based Cohort Study by Bhatia, Dominika, Sutradhar, Rinku, Paszat, Lawrence F., Rabeneck, Linda, Singh, Simron, Tinmouth, Jill, Lipscombe, Lorraine L.

“…Fecal occult blood tests (FOBT) are colorectal cancer screening tests used to identify individuals requiring further investigation with colonoscopy. Delayed…”
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Next-Generation Stool DNA Test Accurately Detects Colorectal Cancer and Large Adenomas by Ahlquist, David A, Zou, Hongzhi, Domanico, Michael, Mahoney, Douglas W, Yab, Tracy C, Taylor, William R, Butz, Malinda L, Thibodeau, Stephen N, Rabeneck, Linda, Paszat, Lawrence F, Kinzler, Kenneth W, Vogelstein, Bert, Bjerregaard, Niels Chr, Laurberg, Søren, Sørensen, Henrik Toft, Berger, Barry M, Lidgard, Graham P

“…Background & Aims Technical advances have led to stool DNA (sDNA) tests that might accurately detect neoplasms on both sides of the colorectum. We assessed…”
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The impact of ductal carcinoma in situ on health services utilization by Paszat, Lawrence, Sutradhar, Rinku, Rakovitch, Eileen

“…Purpose To determine the intermediate-term impact of diagnosis and treatment of ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast (DCIS) on health services utilization,…”
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Factors Associated With Incomplete Colonoscopy: A Population-Based Study by Shah, Hemant A, Paszat, Lawrence F, Saskin, Refik, Stukel, Therese A, Rabeneck, Linda

“…Background & Aims: The U.S. Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer sets a target of cecal intubation in at least 90% of colonoscopies. We conducted a…”
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Immigration and Adherence to Cervical Cancer Screening: A Provincewide Longitudinal Matched Cohort Study Using Multistate Transitional Models by Lee, Faith, Paszat, Lawrence F., Sutradhar, Rinku

“…Previous studies highlighting inequities in cancer screening between immigrants and non-immigrants have been methodologically limited. This longitudinal…”
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A Multicenter Randomized Trial of Breast Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy to Reduce Acute Radiation Dermatitis by PIGNOL, Jean-Philippe, OLIVOTTO, Ivo, RAKOVITCH, Eileen, GARDNER, Sandra, SIXEL, Katharina, BECKHAM, Wayne, THI TRINH THUC VU, TRUONG, Pauline, ACKERMAN, Ida, PASZAT, Lawrence

“…Dermatitis is a frequent adverse effect of adjuvant breast radiotherapy. It is more likely in full-breasted women and when the radiation is distributed…”
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Colorectal cancer mortality reduction is associated with having at least 1 colonoscopy within the previous 10 years among a population-wide cohort of screening age by Stock, David, PhD, Paszat, Lawrence F., MD, MS, Rabeneck, Linda, MD, MPH

“…Background and Aims Colonoscopy has been demonstrated to be effective in colorectal cancer (CRC) mortality reduction, although current screening guidelines…”
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How useful is preoperative imaging for tumor, node, metastasis (TNM) staging of gastric cancer? A meta-analysis by Seevaratnam, Rajini, Cardoso, Roberta, Mcgregor, Caitlin, Lourenco, Laercio, Mahar, Alyson, Sutradhar, Rinku, Law, Calvin, Paszat, Lawrence, Coburn, Natalie

“…Background Surgery is the fundamental curative option for gastric cancer patients. Imaging scans are routinely prescribed in an attempt to stage the disease…”
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Association Between Colonoscopy Rates and Colorectal Cancer Mortality by RABENECK, Linda, PASZAT, Lawrence F, SASKIN, Refik, STUKEL, Therese A

“…Although colonoscopy use has increased in the United States and Canada since the early 1990s, it is unclear whether this has been associated with benefit at…”
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