what is proposed by the authors in "Travel Distance to cancer treatment facilities in the Deep South? can you please give reference!
Despite ongoing efforts to improve rural healthcare, the health problems facing rural communities persist. The lack of healthcare providers and infrastructure in rural areas has been linked to a number of negative consequences. Among the elderly rural population, the lack of proximal access presents greater barriers because many elderly people are further limited in their ability to travel and pay for services. In the Deep South specifically, rural residents experience limited access to care and overall poor health outcomes. With cancer in particular, the Deep South has been dubbed the "cancer belt," faring far worse in prevalence and mortality rates than other areas of the country. The present study examines the average travel distance for rural elderly patients residing in the Deep South who are receiving treatment for prostate, breast, or colorectal cancer. We analyzed Medicare claims data of beneficiaries residing in the five Deep South states who had received a primary diagnosis of prostate, breast, or colorectal cancer, with a service date ranging from January 1, 2011, through December 31, 2014. The findings reveal that rural Medicare beneficiaries in the Deep South travel significantly greater distances than do their urban counterparts. In addition, travel distances to prostate cancer treatment facilities are significantly greater than those to breast or colorectal cancer treatment facilities. With cancer incidence predicted to increase, the need to reduce travel distances to treatment is vital in efforts to curb the mortality rate in the Deep South.
what is proposed by the authors in "Travel Distance to cancer treatment facilities in the Deep...
Discuss the authors' treatment of people living with HIV/AIDS, cancer, Alzheimer's disease or other dementia, people waiting for organ transplants, etc. in relation to hospice or palliative care. Do you think there is a time in which hospice or palliative care should be automatically provided for a terminally ill individual? If so, when should that be? Who would be involved in that decision? Make sure to support your answer with proper citations from the textbooks. Mary Roach , Stiff book
1. Gleevec is a drug that has transformed Leukemia treatment and cancer research. Gleevec is a form of therapy known as a TKI (tyrosine kinase inhibitor). Tyrosine kinase is an essential protein in cancer pathogenesis. Gleevec binds this protein and inactivates it. Hence it is able to cure treat certain cancers very effectively. Here is the chemical structure of Gleevec (not all hydrogens are shown): a) A dear family friend has contracted Leukemia. Gleevec has been proposed to be a...
Suppose the federal government is deciding the appropriate number of two cancer treatment therapies it will allow Medicare to funds to be used to pay for, Therapy A and B. Assume that $45 million has been allocated to pay for the two cancer therapies. Therapy A, which will prolong the average lifespan of patients receiving the treatment by 24 months, will cost $750,000 per treatment. Therapy B, which will prolong the average lifespan of patients receiving the treatment by 20...
What Distance b does he travel through the air? The boy takes a running start at position 1 going 17 ft/s. He leaves the ground at position 2 and lands in deep snow. What travel through the air?
why it is that cancer is a leading cause of death according to healthy people 2020 in our society? can you please give reference
2) Given that E6 inactivates p53-dependent pathways, cervical cancer cells are particularly resistant to traditional treatments such as chemotherapy, the search is ongoing for new alternative therapeutics to be used in conjunction with current chemotherapeutic drugs. One such candidate is the plant flavonoid Luteolin. In 2014, Ham et al evaluate the effectiveness of Luteolin on sensitizing cervical cancer cells to apoptosis. a) In Figure 1, panel A, the researchers looked for an effect on E6 levels post Luteolin treatment. What...
what is the treatment and alternative medicine for Alzheimer's disease? Please give reference to the answer!!
a. What glycolytic enzymes have been targeted for cancer diagnosis and/or chemotherapy? Give at least three specific examples which have been targeted and tested and give explanations of why targeting/inhibiting these enzymes would be expected to work and briefly explain what has been done/tried. (6 pts) [answer here] b. Some of the first attempts at targeting glycolytic enzymes for cancer treatment were not very successful. What are some other therapies associated with glucose metabolism, not targeting specific glycolytic enzymes, that...
9. Rational Treatment of Cancer (16 pts total) You are a cutting edge oncologist who has treated a cancer patient with Ireesa. The patient went into remission for several years but their cancer has now come back. You also have a cancer research lab in which you study drugs like Ireesa. You are also in the process of applying to the FDA for approval for a new clinical trial but you must first answer the following questions: a) What type...
L.B is a 38 year old premenopausal female who recently underwent treatment for breast cancer. Her treatment includes a right mastectomy followed by chemotherapy. Her cancer is in remission, and she is in the clinic for her annual follow-up. During her course of chemotherapy L.B. described symptoms of peripheral neuropathy in her hands and feet. Pt states "I fee like my hands and feet are burning". Acute generalized pain 10/10. Pt states have no sensation when cell phones. VS 97.8...