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View article: Language Barriers and Access to Hospital Patient Portals in the US
Language Barriers and Access to Hospital Patient Portals in the US Open
Importance Although patient portals are becoming important tools in health care delivery, there is a lack of published data on the language accessibility of these digital platforms. Objective To examine the language accessibility of hospit…
View article: #230 INShore: phase III, multicentre, randomised, open-label study of efficacy and safety of obinutuzumab vs MMF in patients with childhood-onset idiopathic nephrotic syndrome
#230 INShore: phase III, multicentre, randomised, open-label study of efficacy and safety of obinutuzumab vs MMF in patients with childhood-onset idiopathic nephrotic syndrome Open
Background and Aims Patients with childhood-onset frequently relapsing nephrotic syndrome (FRNS) or steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome (SDNS) need approved therapies that sustain clinical remission and minimise glucocorticoid burden. Ove…
View article: The Relationship Between Hospital Safety-Net Burden on Outcomes for High-Volume Thyroid Cancer Surgeons
The Relationship Between Hospital Safety-Net Burden on Outcomes for High-Volume Thyroid Cancer Surgeons Open
Background: Higher center and surgeon volume correspond to better outcomes for patients with thyroid cancer. This study aims to investigate how a hospital's safety-net burden, the proportion of a hospital's patients who are insured by stat…
View article: Access to New Clinic Appointments for Patients With Cancer
Access to New Clinic Appointments for Patients With Cancer Open
Importance Racial and ethnic disparities have been observed in the outpatient visit rates for specialist care, including cancer care; however, little is known about patients’ experience at the critical step of attempting to access new clin…
View article: Survival Prognostication in Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer and Distant Metastases: A SEER Population-Based Study
Survival Prognostication in Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer and Distant Metastases: A SEER Population-Based Study Open
Background: For patients with thyroid cancer, distant metastasis is a significant predictor of poor outcome. Since distant metastasis occurs in less than 10% of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer, correlates of survival in this vu…
View article: Social Determinants of Health and Disparities in Thyroid Care
Social Determinants of Health and Disparities in Thyroid Care Open
Background There have been documented racial and ethnic disparities in the care and clinical outcomes of patients with thyroid disease. Context Key to improving disparities in thyroid care is understanding the context for racial and ethnic…
View article: SAT518 Real World Use of Systemic Therapy for Treatment of Advanced Thyroid Cancer
SAT518 Real World Use of Systemic Therapy for Treatment of Advanced Thyroid Cancer Open
Disclosure: D. Chen: None. M. Banerjee: None. T. Xu: None. F.P. Worden: None. M.R. Haymart: None. Background. Since 2011, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved eight small-molecule kinase inhibitors (SMKIs) for …
View article: Hidden Disparities: How Language Influences Patients’ Access to Cancer Care
Hidden Disparities: How Language Influences Patients’ Access to Cancer Care Open
Background: Patients with limited English proficiency, a vulnerable patient population, remain understudied in the literature addressing cancer disparities. Although it is well documented that language discordance between patients and phys…
View article: Double‐balloon catheter for induction of labour: Rates of caesarean birth and outcomes when used beyond 12 and 24 h
Double‐balloon catheter for induction of labour: Rates of caesarean birth and outcomes when used beyond 12 and 24 h Open
Objective The double‐balloon (dB) catheter is commonly used for cervical ripening before induction of labour (IoL), and is the preferred method of cervical ripening when prostaglandin is contraindicated. Manufacturer's instructions contrai…
View article: Access Denied: Disparities in Thyroid Cancer Clinical Trials
Access Denied: Disparities in Thyroid Cancer Clinical Trials Open
For thyroid cancer clinical trials, the inclusion of participants from diverse patient populations is uniquely important given existing racial/ethnic disparities in thyroid cancer care. Since 2011, a paradigm shift has occurred in the trea…
View article: PSAT241 Variation in the Diagnosis of Noninvasive Follicular Thyroid Neoplasm With Papillary-Like Nuclear Features (NIFTP) in the United States
PSAT241 Variation in the Diagnosis of Noninvasive Follicular Thyroid Neoplasm With Papillary-Like Nuclear Features (NIFTP) in the United States Open
Background The North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR) develops and promotes uniform data standards for cancer registries, such as uniform cancer coding, and is used by all central cancer registries in the United S…
View article: Variation in the Diagnosis of Noninvasive Follicular Thyroid Neoplasm with Papillary-like Nuclear Features
Variation in the Diagnosis of Noninvasive Follicular Thyroid Neoplasm with Papillary-like Nuclear Features Open
Context Noninvasive encapsulated follicular variant of papillary thyroid cancer was reclassified as noninvasive follicular thyroid neoplasm with papillary-like nuclear features (NIFTP) in January 2017. The impact of this nomenclature chang…
View article: Physician Specialties Involved in Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: Implications for Improving Health Care Disparities
Physician Specialties Involved in Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: Implications for Improving Health Care Disparities Open
Context Little is known about provider specialties involved in thyroid cancer diagnosis and management. Objective Characterize providers involved in diagnosing and treating thyroid cancer. Design/Setting/Participants We surveyed patients w…
View article: Unmet Information Needs Among Hispanic Women With Thyroid Cancer
Unmet Information Needs Among Hispanic Women With Thyroid Cancer Open
Background: Despite thyroid cancer being the second most common cancer in Hispanic women, little is known about access to and utilization of medical information resources by Hispanic women with thyroid cancer. Methods: Hispanic women who h…
View article: Thyrotropin Suppression for Papillary Thyroid Cancer: A Physician Survey Study
Thyrotropin Suppression for Papillary Thyroid Cancer: A Physician Survey Study Open
Background: Current guidelines recommend against thyrotropin (TSH) suppression in low-risk differentiated thyroid cancer patients; however, physician practices remain underexplored. Our objective was to understand treating physicians' appr…
View article: Unmet Information Needs Among Hispanic Women with Thyroid Cancer
Unmet Information Needs Among Hispanic Women with Thyroid Cancer Open
Context Thyroid cancer is the second most common cancer in Hispanic women. Objective To determine the relationship between acculturation level and unmet information needs among Hispanic women with thyroid cancer. Design Population-based su…
View article: Financial Hardship Among Hispanic Women with Thyroid Cancer
Financial Hardship Among Hispanic Women with Thyroid Cancer Open
Background: Little is known about financial hardship among Hispanic women with thyroid cancer. The goal of this study was to determine the prevalence of financial hardship and to identify correlates of financial hardship in this understudi…
View article: Physician-Reported Misuse of Thyroid Ultrasonography
Physician-Reported Misuse of Thyroid Ultrasonography Open
This cohort study surveyed practicing physicians in the US about their use of thyroid ultrasonography to examine the rate at which misuse occurs.
View article: A rare cause of atraumatic fractures: case series of four patients with tumor-induced osteomalacia
A rare cause of atraumatic fractures: case series of four patients with tumor-induced osteomalacia Open
Background Tumor-induced osteomalacia (TIO) is a rare paraneoplastic syndrome that presents with hypophosphatemia, bone pain, muscle weakness and fractures. We report a case series of four patients with TIO that resulted in significant mus…
View article: Disparities Research in Thyroid Cancer: Challenges and Strategies for Improvement
Disparities Research in Thyroid Cancer: Challenges and Strategies for Improvement Open
Until recently, thyroid cancer was one of the most rapidly increasing cancers in the United States. Disparities exist in many aspects of thyroid cancer care as a result of the multifactorial interplay of systemic, patient, and physician fa…
View article: MON-501 Physician-Reported Misuse of Thyroid Ultrasound
MON-501 Physician-Reported Misuse of Thyroid Ultrasound Open
BACKGROUND: Over the past four decades, there has been a substantial increase in the incidence of thyroid cancer with studies suggesting that greater use of thyroid ultrasound contributes to the rise in incidence. However, little is known …
View article: Disparities in risk perception of thyroid cancer recurrence and death
Disparities in risk perception of thyroid cancer recurrence and death Open
Background To the authors' knowledge, studies regarding risk perception among survivors of thyroid cancer are scarce. Methods The authors surveyed patients who were diagnosed with differentiated thyroid cancer from the Surveillance, Epidem…
View article: Racial disparities in the incidence of colon cancer in patients with inflammatory bowel disease
Racial disparities in the incidence of colon cancer in patients with inflammatory bowel disease Open
Racial disparity exists in the overall incidence of CC and among patients with IBD who develop CC. Interestingly, black race conferred a protective effect for patients with IBD, contrary to what is seen in the general population. These fin…
View article: Utilization of Continuous Cardiac Monitoring on Hospitalist-led Teaching Teams
Utilization of Continuous Cardiac Monitoring on Hospitalist-led Teaching Teams Open
Guidelines for continuous cardiac monitoring (CCM) have focused almost exclusively on cardiac diagnoses, thus limiting their application to a general medical population. In this study, a retrospective chart review was performed to identify…