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Silvana Lawvere

Silvana Lawvere

Assoc Dir, DCRI
Duke Clinical Research Institute
silvana.lawvere@duke.edu
200 Morris Street, Office # 5710, Durham, NC 27701

Scholarly Works

Treatment setting, clinical trial enrollment, and subsequent outcomes among adolescents with cancer: a literature review.

Journal article Pediatrics · June 2014 BackgroundThere has been an overall improvement in survival rates for persons with cancer over the past 35 years. However, these gains are less prevalent among adolescents with cancer aged 15 to 19 years, which may be due to lower clinical trial e ... Full text Cite

Understanding and addressing the lack of clinical trial enrollment among adolescents with cancer.

Journal article Pediatrics · June 2014 Despite overall improvement in survival, morbidity, and quality of life of US patients with cancer, this progress is less prevalent in the population of adolescent and young adult patients with cancer, including those between the ages of 15 and 19 years. E ... Full text Cite

Integrating pathology and radiology disciplines: an emerging opportunity?

Journal article BMC medicine · September 2012 Pathology and radiology form the core of cancer diagnosis, yet the workflows of both specialties remain ad hoc and occur in separate "silos," with no direct linkage between their case accessioning and/or reporting systems, even when both departments belong ... Full text Cite

A Phase II study of St. John's Wort for smoking cessation.

Journal article Complementary therapies in medicine · September 2006 ObjectivesTo examine the feasibility and efficacy of St. John's Wort (SJW) for smoking cessation.DesignThis one-arm Phase II study utilized an exact two-stage group sequential design with a 1-week run-in period between the start of SJW tr ... Full text Cite

Approaches to tobacco control & lung cancer screening among physician assistants.

Journal article Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · January 2006 BackgroundThis study explores physicians' assistants' (PA) knowledge and practice regarding tobacco cessation counseling, approaches to lung cancer early detection and management of patients at high risk of developing lung cancer.MethodsA ... Full text Cite

St. John's wort.

Journal article American family physician · December 2005 St. John's wort has been used to treat a variety of conditions. Several brands are standardized for content of hypericin and hyperforin, which are among the most researched active components of St. John's wort. St. John's wort has been found to be superior ... Cite

Patterns of childhood mortality in a region of Belarus, 1980-2000.

Journal article European journal of pediatrics · September 2005 UnlabelledThe public health infrastructure of the former Soviet Union was impacted by both the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 and the Soviet breakup in 1991. This paper examines mortality patterns among children aged 1-14 years within the Mogilev regi ... Full text Cite

A randomized trial to promote pharmacotherapy use and smoking cessation in a Medicaid population (United States).

Journal article Cancer causes & control : CCC · May 2005 ObjectiveTo evaluate the impact of three different intervention conditions designed to increase use of the Medicaid smoking cessation pharmacotherapy benefit and promote smoking cessation among Medicaid clients.MethodsIn 2002, 608 current ... Full text Cite

Thyroid cancer incidence trends in Belarus: examining the impact of Chernobyl.

Journal article International journal of epidemiology · October 2004 BackgroundWhile prior studies of thyroid cancer incidence within Belarus have increased since the 1986 Chernobyl reactor accident, the magnitude of increase is not well quantified.MethodsUsing Belarussian national cancer registry data, tr ... Full text Cite

Infant mortality trends in a region of Belarus, 1980-2000.

Journal article BMC pediatrics · February 2004 BackgroundThe Chernobyl disaster in 1986 and the breakup of the former Soviet Union (FSU) in 1991 challenged the public health infrastructure in the former Soviet republic of Belarus. Because infant mortality is regarded as a sensitive measure of ... Full text Cite

Approaches to breast cancer screening among nurse practitioners.

Journal article Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners · January 2004 PurposeTo determine nurse practitioners' (NPs') knowledge and reported practices regarding breast cancer screening in a climate of conflicting guidelines.Data sourceA descriptive, cross-sectional survey design was used to examine approach ... Full text Cite

Smoking cessation. A review of current treatments.

Journal article JAAPA : official journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants · September 2003 Cite

Nurse practitioners' knowledge, practice and attitudes about tobacco cessation & lung cancer screening.

Journal article Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners · August 2003 PurposeTo determine nurse practitioners' (NPs') knowledge, practice, and attitudes about tobacco cessation counseling and lung cancer early detection.Data sourceA descriptive, cross-sectional survey design was used to examine NPs' approac ... Full text Cite

Breast cancer screening beliefs by practice location.

Journal article BMC public health · February 2003 BackgroundThis study examines variations in breast cancer screening among primary care clinicians by geographic location of clinical practice.MethodsA cross-sectional survey design was used to examine approaches to breast cancer screening ... Full text Cite