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Race, ethnicity, and pain among the U.S. adult population by Shavers, Vickie L, Bakos, Alexis, Sheppard, Vanessa B

“…There is reliable evidence that racial/ethnic minorities suffer disproportionately from unrelieved pain compared with Whites. Several factors may contribute to…”
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Neighborhood disadvantage and biological aging biomarkers among breast cancer patients by Shen, Jie, Fuemmeler, Bernard F., Sheppard, Vanessa B., Bear, Harry D., Song, Renduo, Chow, Wong-Ho, Zhao, Hua

“…Living in a disadvantaged neighborhood is associated with adverse clinical outcomes among breast cancer patients, but the underlying pathway is still unclear…”
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Association of poverty-income ratio with cardiovascular disease and mortality in cancer survivors in the United States by Yogeswaran, Vidhushei, Kim, Youngdeok, Franco, R Lee, Lucas, Alexander R, Sutton, Arnethea L, LaRose, Jessica G, Kenyon, Jonathan, D'Agostino, Jr, Ralph B, Sheppard, Vanessa B, Reding, Kerryn, Hundley, W Gregory, Cheng, Richard K

“…Lower income is associated with high incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality. CVD is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in cancer…”
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Medical Mistrust Influences Black Women’s Level of Engagement in BRCA1/2 Genetic Counseling and Testing by Sheppard, Vanessa B., PhD, Mays, Darren, PhD, MPH, Tercyak, Kenneth P., PhD, LaVeist, Thomas, PhD

“…Abstract Clinical evidence supports the value of BRCA1/2 genetic counseling and testing for managing hereditary breast and ovarian cancer risk; however,…”
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Enrolling Minority and Underserved Populations in Cancer Clinical Research by Wallington, Sherrie F., PhD, Dash, Chiranjeev, PhD, Sheppard, Vanessa B., PhD, Goode, Tawara D., MA, Oppong, Bridget A., MD, Dodson,, Everett E, Hamilton, Rhonda N., MA, Adams-Campbell, Lucile L., PhD

“…Research suggests that community involvement is integral to solving public health problems, including involvement in clinical trials—a gold standard…”
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Surveillance Mammography Behaviors in Black and White Breast Cancer Survivors: Behavioral Risk Factors and Surveillance System, 2016 by Edmonds, Megan C, Dahman, Bassam, Kim, Sunny Jung, McGuire, Kandace P, Sheppard, Vanessa B

“…Surveillance mammography is recommended annually for early detection of disease relapse among breast cancer survivors; yet Black women have poorer national…”
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Racial disparities in opioid prescription and pain management among breast cancer survivors by Kim, Sunny Jung, Retnam, Reuben P., Sutton, Arnethea L., Edmonds, Megan C., Bandyopadhyay, Dipankar, Sheppard, Vanessa B.

“…Background We examined whether there are racial disparities in pain management, opioid medicine prescriptions, symptom severity, and quality of life constructs…”
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Applying the theory of planned behavior to examine adjuvant endocrine therapy adherence intentions by Hurtado‐de‐Mendoza, Alejandra, Carrera, Pilar, Parrott, W. Gerrod, Gómez‐Trillos, Sara, Perera, Robert A., Sheppard, Vanessa B.

“…Objective Adherence to adjuvant endocrine therapy (AET) in breast cancer survivors is suboptimal. Using the theory of planned behavior (TPB), this study aimed…”
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Oncologists’ responsibility, comfort, and knowledge managing hyperglycemia in patients with cancer undergoing chemotherapy: a cross sectional study by Salgado, Teresa M., Radwan, Rotana M., Hickey Zacholski, Erin, Mackler, Emily, Buffington, Tonya M., Musselman, Kerri T., Irvin, William J., Perkins, Jennifer M., Le, Trang N., Dixon, Dave L., Farris, Karen B., Sheppard, Vanessa B., Jones, Resa M.

“…Purpose To assess oncologists’ responsibility, comfort, and knowledge managing hyperglycemia in patients undergoing chemotherapy. Methods In this…”
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The role of trust in use of preventive services among low-income African-American women by O'Malley, Ann S, Sheppard, Vanessa B, Schwartz, Marc, Mandelblatt, Jeanne

“…Background. This study explored factors that predict higher trust in primary care providers, and examined the role of patient trust on the use of preventive…”
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Longitudinal associations among physical activity and sitting with endocrine symptoms and quality of life in breast cancer survivors: A latent growth curve analysis by Lucas, Alexander R., Kim, Youngdeok, Lanoye, Autumn, Franco, R. Lee, Sutton, Arnethea L., LaRose, Jessica G., Ross, Masey, Sheppard, Vanessa B.

“…Purpose Adjuvant endocrine therapy (AET) often causes debilitating endocrine symptoms that compromise quality of life (QOL) in women diagnosed with hormone…”
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Addressing social risk factors in the inpatient setting: Initial findings from a screening and referral pilot at an urban safety-net academic medical center in Virginia, USA by Chukmaitov, Askar, Dahman, Bassam, Garland, Sheryl L., Dow, Alan, Parsons, Pamela L., Harris, Kevin A., Sheppard, Vanessa B.

“…Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) impact health outcomes; thus, a pilot to screen for important SDOH domains (food, housing, and transportation) and address…”
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Engaging rural communities in cancer prevention and control research: Development and preliminary insights from a community‐based research registry by Thomson, Maria D., Williams, April R., Sutton, Arnethea L., Tossas, Katherine Y., Garrett, Charlotte, Sheppard, Vanessa B.

“…Objective To report on the development and preliminary findings of a community‐based cancer registry, including the community‐engaged approach to recruitment,…”
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Breast Cancer Adjuvant Chemotherapy Decisions in Older Women: The Role of Patient Preference and Interactions With Physicians by MANDELBLATT, Jeanne S, SHEPPARD, Vanessa B, BARRY, William T, HUNEGS, Lisa, ROBIN ZON, NAUGHTON, Michael, WINER, Eric, HUDIS, Clifford, EDGE, Stephen B, COHEN, Harvey Jay, MUSS, Hyman, HURRIA, Arti, KIMMICK, Gretchen, ISAACS, Claudine, TAYLOR, Kathryn L, KORNBLITH, Alice B, NOONE, Anne-Michelle, LUTA, Gheorghe, TALLARICO, Michelle

“…Breast cancer chemotherapy decisions in patients > or = 65 years old (older) are complex because of comorbidity, toxicity, and limited data on patient…”
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Adapting a Theoretically-Based intervention for underserved clinical populations at increased risk for hereditary Cancer: Lessons learned from the BRCA-Gist experience by Hurtado-de-Mendoza, Alejandra, Reyna, Valerie F., Wolfe, Christopher R., Gómez-Trillos, Sara, Sutton, Arnethea L., Brennan, Ashleigh, Sheppard, Vanessa B.

“…BackgroundMinorities at increased risk for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (HBOC) frequently have low awareness and use of genetic counseling and testing…”
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Endocrine therapy initiation, discontinuation and adherence and breast imaging among 21-gene recurrence score assay-eligible women under age 65 by O'Neill, Suzanne C, Isaacs, Claudine, Lynce, Filipa, Graham, Deena Mary Atieh, Chao, Calvin, Sheppard, Vanessa B, Zhou, Yingjun, Liu, Chunfu, Selvam, Nandini, Schwartz, Marc D, Potosky, Arnold L

“…Aside from chemotherapy utilization, limited data are available on the relationship between gene expression profiling (GEP) testing and breast cancer care. We…”
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Patient and Physician Decision Styles and Breast Cancer Chemotherapy Use in Older Women: Cancer and Leukemia Group B Protocol 369901 by MANDELBLATT, Jeanne S, ANNE FAUL, Leigh, LUTA, George, MAKGOENG, Solomon B, ISAACS, Claudine, TAYLOR, Kathryn, SHEPPARD, Vanessa B, TALLARICO, Michelle, BARRY, William T, COHEN, Harvey J

“…PURPOSE Physician and patient decision styles may influence breast cancer care for patients ≥ 65 years ("older") because there is uncertainty about…”
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Provider's Perceptions of Barriers and Facilitators for Latinas to Participate in Genetic Cancer Risk Assessment for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer by Hurtado-de-Mendoza, Alejandra, Graves, Kristi, Gómez-Trillos, Sara, Anderson, Lyndsay, Campos, Claudia, Evans, Chalanda, Stearns, Selma, Zhu, Qi, Gonzalez, Nathaly, Sheppard, Vanessa B

“…The Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) recommends genetic cancer risk assessment (GCRA) referral to women at high risk of hereditary breast and ovarian…”
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Disparities in Cervical Cancer Screening between Asian American and Non-Hispanic White Women by WANG, Judy H, SHEPPARD, Vanessa B, SCHWARTZ, Marc D, WENCHI LIANG, MANDELBLATT, Jeanne S

“…Background: Asian American women have higher cervical cancer mortality rates than non-Hispanic White women, yet have lower Pap screening rates than their White…”
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Breaking the Silence Barrier: Opportunities to Address Breast Cancer in African-Born Women by Sheppard, Vanessa B., PhD, Christopher, Juleen, PhD, Nwabukwu, Ify, BSN

“…Women from Africa are a fast-growing population group in the United States; however, little is known about their breast cancer outcomes. There is minimal…”
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