Effects of a Gender-Balancing Strategy on Resident Panels in a Primary Care Setting.

Background: Patients often prefer gender concordance when choosing a primary care practitioner. In a trainee setting, this may lead to unequal training opportunities for male and female resident physicians. Residency leadership may be interested in ways to promote balance in patient empanelment.

Prevalence and impact of fertility concerns in young women with breast cancer.

Survey data from the Mayo Clinic Breast Disease Registry were used to assess fertility counseling and fertility preservation strategies in a modern cohort of young women with breast cancer. One hundred respondents were identified who were under age 50 at the time of breast cancer diagnosis and who expressed interest in future childbearing near the time of diagnosis and/or 1 year later. Ninety-three percent of the 81 respondents to the year one survey recalled fertility counseling prior to cancer treatment.

In Their Own Words, "Waiting Sucks:" A Qualitative Study of Medical Testing-Related Anxiety in Patients with Cancer.

Objective: This qualitative study sought to learn from patients with cancer -- in their own words -- about anxiety associated with medical testing.

Methods: Patients with cancer or a history of cancer were recruited from an oncology clinic. After oral consent, each was interviewed in person.

Understanding "Patient refuses" among 90+ year old patients with cancer or presumed cancer.

Objectives: Patients who are 90+ years of age are a growing - but understudied - group at risk for cancer. Because many of these patients are undertreated (with no tissue/cytologic diagnosis), we sought to better understand how such decisions are arrived upon.

Methods: This study focused on patients between 2007 and 2017.

Patient and Clinician Satisfaction With Diabetes Group Visits in Community Health Centers.

Diabetes group visits (GVs) have been shown to improve glycemic control and quality of care. However, little is known about the patient and clinician experience. We trained staff to conduct a 6-month GV intervention at six community health centers (CHCs) for adults with uncontrolled diabetes.

Metastatic or suspected metastatic cancer in patients 90 years of age or older: A single-institution, multi-site study.

Background: Metastatic cancer in nonagenarians and those older is rare and understudied. Here we explored whether these patients appear to benefit from antineoplastic therapy and whether outcomes differ based on whether or not untreated patients had a histologic/cytologic confirmation of cancer.

Methods: In this single-institution, multi-site study, we reviewed 10 years of consecutive medical records of patients 90+ years of age with a histologic/cytologic cancer diagnosis and metastatic cancer or, alternatively, a presumed metastatic cancer diagnosis.