Publications by authors named "Duncan Hussey"
Article Synopsis
- A study looked at a surgery called cytoreductive nephrectomy (CN) for patients with advanced kidney cancer who received immunotherapy and wanted to see how it affects their survival.
- The research included 367 patients, and those who had CN along with immunotherapy lived longer (about 56.3 months) compared to those who only had immunotherapy (about 19.1 months).
- The results suggest that CN can help patients with metastatic kidney cancer live longer when combined with immunotherapy, so doctors might consider it for some patients.
Objective: The genetic testing for hereditary breast cancer that is most helpful in high-risk women is underused. Our objective was to quantify the risk factors for heritable breast and ovarian cancer contained in the electronic health record (EHR), to determine how many women meet national guidelines for referral to a cancer genetics professional but have no record of a referral.
Methods And Materials: We reviewed EHR records of a random sample of women to determine the presence and location of risk-factor information meeting National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines for a further genetic risk evaluation for breast and/or ovarian cancer, and determine whether the women were referred for such an evaluation.