Utility of linking survey and registry data to evaluate interventions and policies to address disparities in breast cancer survivorship among young women.

Purpose: There is limited research linking data sources to evaluate the multifactorial impacts on the quality of treatment received and financial burden among young women with breast cancer. To address this gap and support future evaluation efforts, we examined the utility of combining patient survey and cancer registry data.

Patient And Methods: We administered a survey to women, aged 18-39 years, with breast cancer from four U.

Treatment cost and access to care: experiences of young women diagnosed with breast cancer.

Purpose: Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women younger than 40 years. We aim to evaluate cost as a barrier to care among female breast cancer patients diagnosed between 18 to 39 years.

Methods: In early 2017, we distributed a survey to women diagnosed with breast cancer between the ages of 18 and 39 years, as identified by the central cancer registries of California, Georgia, North Carolina, and Florida.

Neuropsychological and neuroimaging outcome of HIV-associated progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in the era of antiretroviral therapy.

Aims: The purpose of the present case is to describe the functional outcome of a patient with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) on treatment with antiretroviral therapy using a multidisciplinary approach.

Methods: Neuropsychological tests and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) were obtained at baseline and after 12 months to define the severity of white matter damage. Neuropsychological and neuroimaging data were compared to an HIV-infected patient without PML and with good immune system health, and to a second HIV-infected patient without PML but with notable immunosuppression.