Head & Neck Cancer Health Care Delivery Research Program News Stories

We are grateful for those who help disseminate and communicate our research findings to the medical and lay communities. Please find a selection of recent news stories about our head and neck cancer healthcare delivery research.

Barriers to Timely, Guideline-Adherent Adjuvant Therapy for Patients with Head and Neck Cancer

• Hollings researchers aim to decrease treatment delays for head and neck cancer patients in South Carolina
  
• Decreasing treatment delays for head and neck cancer patients in South Carolina (EurekAlert)
• Decreasing treatment delays for head and neck cancer patients in South Carolina (MedicalXpress)
• Decreasing treatment delays for head and neck cancer patients in South Carolina (Infosurhoy)

Association of Medicaid Expansion Under the Affordable Care Act & Stage at Diagnosis & Time-to-Treatment Initiation in Patients with Head & Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

• Medicaid Expansion Linked to Improved Access for Head and Neck Cancer Patients (MedicalResearch.Com)
• Insurance coverage key to timely care in head and neck cancer cases (EurekAlert)
• Timely Detection of Head and Neck Cancer Linked to Medicaid Expansion (MEDPAGETODAY)
• Insurance coverage key to timely care in head and neck cancer cases (Medical Xpress)
• Study examines the effect of Medicaid expansion on head and neck cancer patients (News-Medical)
• Medicaid expansion enabled earlier diagnosis of head, neck cancer (Breitbart News)
• Medicaid expansion enabled earlier diagnosis of head, neck cancer (UPI)

Association of Treatment Delays with Survival for Patients with Head & Neck Cancer

• Treatment Delays Linked to High Mortality for Head and Neck Cancer (MedicalResearch.Com)
• Timely care key to improving survival rates and racial disparities (Science Codex)
• Timely care key to improving survival rates and racial disparities (EurekAlert)
• Timely care key to improving survival rates and racial disparities (Medical Xpress)

Association of Care Processes with Timely, Equitable Postoperative Radiotherapy in Patients With Surgically Treated Head & Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

• Timely care key to improving survival rates and racial disparities (Science Codex)
• Timely care key to improving survival rates and racial disparities (EurekAlert)
• Timely care key to improving survival rates and racial disparities (Medical Xpress)