Publications | UCSF Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies

Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma: an over-treated malignancy?

Wang TS, Goffredo P, Sosa JA, Roman SA

World J Surg 2014 Sep doi: 10.1007/s00268-014-2602-3

Impact of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program on cervical cancer mortality among uninsured low-income women in the U.S., 1991-2007.

Ekwueme DU, Uzunangelov VJ, Hoerger TJ, Miller JW, Saraiya M, Benard VB, Hall IJ, Royalty J, Li C, Myers ER

Am J Prev Med 2014 Sep doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2014.05.016

Validation of a polygenic risk score for dementia in black and white individuals.

Marden JR, Walter S, Tchetgen Tchetgen EJ, Kawachi I, Glymour MM

Brain Behav 2014 Sep doi: 10.1002/brb3.248

Update on health literacy and diabetes.

Bailey SC, Brega AG, Crutchfield TM, Elasy T, Herr H, Kaphingst K, Karter AJ, Moreland-Russell S, Osborn CY, Pignone M, Rothman R, Schillinger D

Diabetes Educ 2014 Sep doi: 10.1177/0145721714540220

Patient, surgeon, and healthcare purchaser views on the use of decision and communication aids in orthopaedic surgery: a mixed methods study.

By: Bozic KJ, Chenok KE, Schindel J, Chan V, Huddleston JI 3rd, Braddock C 3rd, Belkora J

BMC Health Serv Res 2014 Aug doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-366

Recommendations of the Alzheimer's disease-related dementias conference.

Montine TJ, Koroshetz WJ, Babcock D, Dickson DW, Galpern WR, Glymour MM, Greenberg SM, Hutton ML, Knopman DS, Kuzmichev AN, Manly JJ, Marder KS, Miller BL, Phelps CH, Seeley WW, Sieber BA, Silverberg NB, Sutherland M, Torborg CL, Waddy SP, Zlokovic BV, Corriveau RA, ADRD 2013 Conference Organizing Committee.

Neurology 2014 Aug doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000733

Measuring decision quality: psychometric evaluation of a new instrument for breast cancer chemotherapy.

By: Lee CN, Wetschler MH, Chang Y, Belkora JK, Moy B, Partridge A, Sepucha KR

BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 2014 Aug doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-14-73

Quantifying metabolic heterogeneity in head and neck tumors in real time: 2-DG uptake is highest in hypoxic tumor regions.

Nakajima EC, Laymon C, Oborski M, Hou W, Wang L, Grandis JR, Ferris RL, Mountz JM, Van Houten B

PLoS One 2014 Aug doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102452

Public education and targeted outreach to underserved women through the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program.

Levano W, Miller JW, Leonard B, Bellick L, Crane BE, Kennedy SK, Haslage NM, Hammond W, Tharpe FS

Cancer 2014 Aug doi: 10.1002/cncr.28819

Public health national approach to reducing breast and cervical cancer disparities.

Miller JW, Plescia M, Ekwueme DU

Cancer 2014 Aug doi: 10.1002/cncr.28818