2022
Using Telemedicine to Facilitate Patient Communication and Treatment Decision-Making Following Multidisciplinary Tumor Board Review for Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Choi DT, Sada YH, Sansgiry S, Kaplan DE, Taddei TH, Aguilar JK, Strayhorn M, Hernaez R, Davila JA. Using Telemedicine to Facilitate Patient Communication and Treatment Decision-Making Following Multidisciplinary Tumor Board Review for Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Journal Of Gastrointestinal Cancer 2022, 54: 623-631. PMID: 35773376, PMCID: PMC9247952, DOI: 10.1007/s12029-022-00844-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVA Medical CenterHepatocellular carcinomaTreatment recommendationsPerson visitsPatient's perspectiveTumor board recommendationsTumor board reviewCancer care deliveryUse of telemedicineDelivery of careTypes of cancerMTB recommendationsTelemedicine visitsTelemedicine interventionsTreatment referralMedical CenterSemi-structured qualitative interviewsPatientsPilot interventionCare deliveryPatient communicationCancer informationPilot studyAcceptable alternativeIntervention development
2021
Impact of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Pretreatment Biliary Drainage for Pancreatic Head Ductal Adenocarcinoma
Saffo S, Peng C, Salem R, Taddei T, Nagar A. Impact of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Pretreatment Biliary Drainage for Pancreatic Head Ductal Adenocarcinoma. Digestive Diseases And Sciences 2021, 67: 1409-1416. PMID: 33811566, PMCID: PMC8487432, DOI: 10.1007/s10620-021-06967-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeoadjuvant chemotherapyBiliary drainageDuctal adenocarcinomaSingle-center cohort studyHigh-volume tertiary centerPancreatic head ductal adenocarcinomaBackgroundPancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaUse of chemotherapyMultidisciplinary treatment modelCancer-related deathImplementation of guidelinesDelivery of careElectronic medical recordsResectable diseaseCohort studySurgical complicationsSurvival benefitTertiary centerPostprocedure complicationsPreoperative jaundiceAppropriate indicationsMedical recordsTherapeutic endoscopistsOutcome dataPractice trends