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see also National Cancer Data Base;
Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program
Cancer Surveillance Research Program, 185
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 11 , 18-19 , 49 , 154 , 180 , 185 , 197-199 , 224
Cervical cancer, 11 , 14 , 22 , 42 , 51 , 171 , 187 , 189 , 190 , 192 , 193
Pap smears, 22 , 51 , 54-55 , 56 , 57 , 190
research funding, 185 , 187
Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program, 11
Chemotherapy, 3 , 4 , 22 , 23 , 30 , 31 , 49 , 58 , 60 , 62 , 82 , 83 , 88 , 217
breast cancer, 60 , 82 , 94-95 , 96 , 98-99 , 109 , 129 , 167 , 171 , 173 , 174
clinical practice guidelines, 166 , 169-170 , 173 , 174
insurance coverage, 50 , 59
international perspectives, 171-172
lung cancer, 166-167 , 190
prostate cancer, 107
side-effects, 24
specialty care and, 128 , 129 , 130 , 131
standards, 164
see also Drugs
Children, 19 , 49 , 188 , 195-196 , 206
incidence, 20
treatment, 34 , 62
Clinical practice guidelines, 4-5 , 7-8 , 15 , 18 , 23 , 34 , 43 , 62 , 64 -65 , 99 , 119 , 133 , 144 , 148 , 154-155 , 164-174 , 175 , 195 , 212 , 220
American Society of Clinical Oncology, 26 , 166-167
breast cancer, 99 , 165 , 166 , 167 , 169 , 171 , 173 , 174
chemotherapy, 166 , 169-170 , 173 , 174
colorectal cancer, 166 , 169 , 171 , 172 , 173 , 174
defined, 164-165
lung cancer, 166-167 , 169 , 172
managed care, 172
ovarian cancer, 171 , 172 , 174
patient education, 165 , 168 , 173
proprietary, 166
prostate cancer, 165 , 170-171 , 172
surgery, 99 , 133 , 166 , 167 , 170-171 , 172
Clinical trials, 4 , 8 , 23 , 62-63 , 117 , 129 , 146 , 181 , 182 , 187 , 191 , 194-195 , 200 , 213 , 217 , 220 , 221
age factors, 62 , 63
breast cancer, 94 , 132
evidence criteria, 82 , 194
funding, 8 , 43 , 221
insurance coverage, 43 , 63
international perspectives, 34
managed care, 37 , 41 , 63
minority groups, 34 , 62-63
NCI, 34 , 62 , 99
postoperative survival, 83
private sector, 8 , 213
prostate cancer, 103
publication bias, 118 , 138
standards, 162
women, 62-63 , 94 , 132
Cochrane Collaboration, 207 , 208-209
Colorectal cancer, 88 , 156
adjuvant therapy, 173
chemotherapy, 83 , 173
clinical practice guidelines, 166 , 169 , 171 , 172 , 173 , 174
cost of, 36 , 199
elderly persons, 51 , 153
incidence, 20
insurance, 42 , 136
minorities, 47
screening, 22 , 42 , 51 , 54 , 57 , 58 , 193 , 198 , 199 , 203 , 205
treatment, 27 , 28 , 30 , 31 , 61 , 82 , 83 , 88 , 132-133 , 153 , 156 , 173 , 203 , 204
Community Clinical Oncology Program, 34 , 99
Community Hospital Oncology Program, 168-169
Complementary treatments, 24 , 204
Continuous quality improvement programs, 163-164
Cooperative Group Program, 34
Coordination of care, 7 , 26 , 30 , 41 , 46 , 214 , 215 , 220
disease management specialists, 40-41 , 133
federal, 2 , 19 , 41 , 145 , 175
Costs, 20 , 35-36 , 182 , 194 , 206
age factors, 36
breast cancer, 36
clinical practice guidelines, 172-173
colorectal cancer, 36 , 199
disease management specialists, 40-41 , 133
individual patient, 10 , 20 , 35 , 47 , 48 , 50 , 64
insurance premiums, 47 , 48 , 50 , 52
national costs of cancer, general, 20 , 35-36 , 41
out-of-pocket, 50 , 52 , 57 , 59 , 64 , 66
screening, 50 , 52 , 57 , 186 , 189 , 190
treatment, general, 35 , 186 , 189 , 190