Publications by authors named "M Schlumbrecht"
Article Synopsis
- * Data was gathered from 582 women, including a diverse group with 20% identifying as racial minorities and 54.5% as Hispanic, who completed assessments on fatigue, pain, depression, and overall quality of life (QOL).
- * Results showed no significant differences in PRO severity based on race or language, but indicated that poorer quality of life was linked to high symptoms of anxiety and physical functioning, with current smokers also reporting worse physical performance.
Existing Health Inequities in the Treatment of Advanced and Metastatic Cancers.
Curr Oncol Rep
December 2024
Purpose Of Review: This study aims to identify health inequities related to the medical treatment and supportive care of patients with advanced/metastatic cancer and recommend solutions to promote health equity.
Recent Findings: Despite robust strides in the development of therapeutic strategies for advanced and metastatic cancer, significant disparities in treatment access and implementation exist. Race, socioeconomic status, gender, and geography represent just a few of the individual-level factors which contribute to challenges in treatment administration, thorough evaluation of germline genetics and tumor genomics, and quality palliative and end-of-life care.
Article Synopsis
- Breast cancer is a common illness among women in the Caribbean, but not much is known about how their reproductive patterns affect when they get diagnosed.
- A study was done to look at changes in these reproductive patterns and the age at which Caribbean women are diagnosed with breast cancer.
- The study included over 1,000 women from various Caribbean countries, finding that younger women are more likely to start their periods earlier compared to older women.
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- Chemotherapy often leads to side effects that can negatively affect treatment outcomes, while exercise during treatment has shown benefits for physical functioning and mental health, but its impact on clinical outcomes like chemotherapy dose intensity is uncertain.
- The ENICTO Consortium, funded by the National Cancer Institute, aims to fill this knowledge gap by exploring how exercise and nutrition may improve chemotherapy-related outcomes and detailing distinct research projects within their framework.
- The findings from ENICTO could change oncology care practices, making exercise and nutrition support a standard part of cancer treatment alongside chemotherapy to enhance overall effectiveness and patient outcomes.
Objectives: Frozen section (FS) is a technique widely used intraoperatively to render a preliminary histopathologic diagnosis, allowing for immediate decisions at the time of surgery. We aimed to investigate potential variations in tissue antigenicity induced by rapid freezing in a variety of gynecologic tumor samples.
Methods: A total of 177 FS and 177 non-frozen section (NFS) tissue slides were tested using a panel of immunostains commonly used in gynecologic pathology, including hormone receptors (estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor), HER2, mismatch repair proteins (MSH6, PMS2), programmed cell death 1 ligand 1 (PD-L1), p53, napsin A, and ɑ-methylacyl coenzyme-A racemase.