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Northwestern University Feinberg News Center: Evaluating Implementation Strategies for Tobacco Use Treatment in Cancer Care

By September 1, 2023September 17th, 2023No Comments

From Northwestern University Feinberg News Center:

Electronic health record-based messages delivered solely to clinicians increased referral to tobacco use treatment for cancer patients who smoke, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

“The motivation behind this study is to close the gap between what we know and what we do in oncology care related to an evidence-based practice: tobacco cessation treatment,” Rinad Beidas, PhD, the chair and Ralph Seal Paffenbarger Professor of Medical Social Sciences and a co-author of the study.

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Brian Jenssen, MD, MSHP, assistant professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, and Frank Leone, MD, MS, professor of Medicine in the Divisions of Pulmonary and Allergy and Critical Care at the Perelman School of Medicine, were lead authors of the study. Additional co-authors include Robert Schnoll, PhD, professor of Psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine, and Justin Bekelman, MD, professor of Radiation Oncology, of Medicine, and of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the Perelman School of Medicine.

Read more at Northwestern University Feinberg News Center.

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  • rinad beidas

    Rinad Beidas, PhD

    Chair and Ralph Seal Paffenbarger Professor of Medical Social Sciences at Northwestern University

  • brian jenssen headshot

    Brian Jenssen, MD, MSHP

    Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

  • frank leone headshot

    Frank Leone, MD, MS

    Associate Professor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine

  • justin bekelman

    Justin Bekelman, MD

    Director of the Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation at the Abramson Cancer Center