Context Adjuvant chemotherapy (AC) improves survival among patients with resected
colorectal cancer. However, the optimal timing from surgery to initiation of AC is unknown. …

Study objectives To provide a systematic overview of the literature investigating patient and
tumor factors that are predictive of survival for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (…

Purpose: The objective of this study was to synthesize what is known about the relationship
between delay in radiotherapy (RT) and the outcomes of RT. Methods: A systematic review …

PURPOSE: To synthesize the direct clinical evidence relating waiting times (WTs) for radiotherapy
(RT) to the outcomes of RT. METHODS AND MATERIALS: We did a systematic review …

BACKGROUND: Lower socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with worsened cancer
survival. The authors evaluate the impact of SES on stage of cancer at diagnosis and survival in …

Purpose: To compare the risk for fatal myocardial infarction (MI) after adjuvant radiotherapy (RT)
for leftsided breast cancer with the risk for MI after adjuvant RT for right-sided breast …

Background and Objectives: Current estimates of the proportion of cancer patients who will
require radiotherapy (RT) are based almost entirely on expert opinion. The objective of this …

Purpose: To compare the risk of mortality from myocardial infarction (MI) after left-sided
postlumpectomy radiotherapy (RT) to the risk after right-sided postlumpectomy RT. Methods: We …

The use of data from the real world to address clinical and policy-relevant questions that
cannot be answered using data from clinical trials is garnering increased interest. Indeed, data …

The study was designed to determine which formats for displaying quantities, such as
probabilities of treatment risks and benefits, are perceived most accurately and easily by patients. …