Assessment of a Peer Physician Coaching Partnership Between a Designated Cancer Center Genetics Service and a Community Cancer Network Hospital.

Background: Patients with cancer seen in rural and underserved areas disproportionately face barriers to access genetic services. Genetic testing is critical to inform treatment decisions, for early detection of another cancer, and to identify at-risk family members who may benefit from screening and prevention.

Objective: To examine medical oncologists' genetic testing ordering trends for patients with cancer.

Impact of age, race and decade of treatment on overall survival in a critical population analysis of 40,000 multiple myeloma patients.

With the availability of novel agents, the overall survival (OS) in patients diagnosed with multiple myeloma (MM) has improved over the last decade. Data on 40,294 MM patients in the years from 1973 to 2003 were obtained from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program (SEER) of the US National Cancer Institute. Statistical analyses evaluating gender, race, age, and year of diagnosis were performed using univariate and multivariate Cox regression models for the OS endpoint.