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Prostate Cancer Screening Shared Decision Making and Prostate-Specific Antigen Testing in Black and Non-Black Men in Primary Care in South Carolina

Objective: Black men experience disproportionate prostate cancer mortality compared with men of other races. As of 2018, major guidelines concur that all men make informed decisions about whether to be screened for prostate cancer after a discussion with their clinician. The objectives of this study were to determine the frequency…

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Influences on Primary Care Provider Imaging for a Hypothetical Patient with Low Back Pain

Objective: How outside factors affect physician decision making remains an open question of vital importance. We sought to investigate the importance of various influences on physician decision making when clinical guidelines differ from patient preference. Methods: An online survey asking 469 primary care providers (PCPs) across four practice sites whether…

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Management of Emotionally Challenging Responses of Hospitalized Patients with Cancer

Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States, and the majority of hospital admissions of patients with cancer occur because of uncontrolled, urgent symptoms. In addition to complex physical presentations, these patients often manifest a number of complex emotional and psychological responses resulting in a unique…

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Does a Bite Cause Cancer? Misperceptions of Breast Cancer Etiology among Low-Income Urban Women in Miami, Florida

Objectives: To explore breast cancer beliefs among a cohort of low-income, urban, English-speaking women in Miami, Florida, who had undergone screening mammography. Methods: Four focus groups of 34 women were conducted. Discussions were transcribed verbatim and transcripts were analyzed separately by two investigators using an immersion–and-crystallization approach. Common risk factors…

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