- The American Cancer Society public health statement on eliminating combustible tobacco use in the United States
- From guideline to practice: New shared decision-making tools for colorectal cancer screening from the American Cancer Society
- Cancer screening in the United States, 2018: A review of current American Cancer Society guidelines and current issues in cancer screening
- Colorectal cancer screening for average-risk adults: 2018 guideline update from the American Cancer Society
- Schonberg: Overutilization of Breast Cancer Screening in the US
- Recent patterns in shared decision making for prostate-specific antigen testing in the United States
- Role of genetic testing for inherited prostate cancer risk: Philadelphia prostate cancer consensus conference 2017
- Race as a Predictor of Palliative Care Referral Time, Hospice Utilization, and Hospital Length of Stay: A Retrospective Noncomparative Analysis
- Advance care planning: Making it easier for patients (and you)
- Cancer screening in the United States, 2017: A review of current American Cancer Society guidelines and current issues in cancer screening
- Screening for colorectal cancer and evolving issues for physicians and patients: A review
- The American Cancer Society challenge goal to reduce US cancer mortality by 50% between 1990 and 2015: Results and reflections
- Cancer screening navigation : From promising practice to standard of care
- Clinical breast examination and breast cancer screening guideline-Reply
- Cancer screening, prevention, and treatment in people with mental illness
Cancer Care Across the Continuum
Mission
The cancer care continuum team within the Department of Family and Community Medicine focuses on patient, provider and community-centered interventions to improve cancer prevention, screening and care across the continuum, particularly in vulnerable populations.
DFCM Research Team
- Randa Sifri, MD (Lead)
- Kristine Swartz, MD
- Lara Weinstein, MD, MPH
- Brooke Worster, MD
Recent Projects
- Lung Cancer Screening in Primary Care (PA Department of Health)
- Breast Cancer Screening in Older Women
- Increasing CRC Screening Among Hispanic Primary Care Patients (Funder: PCORI)
- Increasing Colon Cancer Screening among African Americans in Primary Care (Funder: American Cancer Society)
- Mammogram Decision Support for Formerly Homeless Women with Serious Mental Illness (Funder: American Cancer Society)
- Reasons for CRC screening non-adherence among African Americans in Primary Care (Funder: American Cancer Society)
- Reducing Cancer Disparities by Engaging Stakeholders (RCaDES) (Funder: PCORI)