Publications by authors named "M A Bjurlin"
Purpose: Despite a 3-fold increase in risks of bladder cancer (BC) among current smokers, smoking cessation therapy for patients undergoing treatment is significantly underutilized. Inpatient admission after surgery provides a teachable moment to pursue tobacco treatment. We conducted a 12-month prospective quality improvement initiative to increase tobacco treatment program (TTP) consultations with BC patients who smoke and underwent radical cystectomy (RC).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The temporal relationship between smoking exposure and bladder cancer (BC) diagnosis remains ill-defined. This study aims to cross-correlate and temporally associate changes in United States (US) tobacco tax and consumption with BC incidence.
Methods: US tobacco consumption, tobacco tax data, and BC incidence rates from 1975-2019 were retrieved.
Background: Cigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of bladder cancer (BC). Some proponents of e-cigarettes describe their use as a risk mitigation strategy despite potential carcinogen exposure and uncertain long-term risks.
Objective: We assessed smoking cessation strategies, including e-cigarette use, and harm perception among patients with BC.
Purpose: Because multiple management options exist for clinical T1 renal masses, patients may experience a state of uncertainty about the course of action to pursue (ie, decisional conflict). To better support patients, we examined patient, clinical, and decision-making factors associated with decisional conflict among patients newly diagnosed with clinical T1 renal masses suspicious for kidney cancer.
Materials And Methods: From a prospective clinical trial, participants completed the Decisional Conflict Scale (DCS), scored 0 to 100 with < 25 associated with implementing decisions, at 2 time points during the initial decision-making period.