Publications by authors named "Fank P"
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- Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a common problem that can happen after certain medical treatments, causing serious physical and emotional issues for patients.
- Even though there have been improvements in treating GVHD, the treatments can weaken the immune system and lead to more suffering and risks.
- To help patients better, doctors are encouraged to work as a team and focus on both the physical and emotional challenges they face from GVHD, ensuring they get the best overall care.
In the past decade, the demand for home-based care has been amplified by the Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Home-based care has significant benefits for patients, their families, and healthcare systems, but it relies on the often-invisible workforce of family and friend caregivers who shoulder essential health care responsibilities, frequently with inadequate training and support. Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT), a potentially curative but intensive treatment for many patients with blood disorders, is being increasingly offered in home-based care settings and necessitates the involvement of family caregivers for significant patient care responsibilities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Structural inequities, in part, undergird urban-rural differences in cancer care. The current study aims to understand the potential consequences of structural inequities on rural and urban cancer patients' access to and perceived importance of supportive cancer care resources.
Methods: We used data collected from November 2017 to May 2018 from a larger cross-sectional needs assessment about patients' support needs, use of services, and perceptions at a Midwestern United States cancer center.