Press Coverage

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Sarah Hawley and Reshma Jagsi Study Highlighted in Time Health

09/20/2017

A study on surgeon influence on double mastectomy co-authored by Sarah Hawley and Reshma Jagsi was recently highlighted in Time Health. This study found that attending surgeons exerted a substantial amount of influence on the likelihood of receipt of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy after a breast cancer diagnosis. Steven Katz was first author of this study.

Time Health: Why More Women Are Getting a Double Mastectomy

JAMA Surgery: Surgeon Influence on Variation in Receipt of Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy For Women With Breast Cancer

Faculty:

Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil

Sarah Hawley, PhD, MPH

Research Topics:

Cancer - breast

Medical decision making

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Sarah Hawley and Reshma Jagsi Study Highlighted in MHealth Lab

08/22/2017

A new study finds that more than half of women with early stage breast cancer consider an aggressive surgery to remove both breasts. The way women generally approach big decisions, combined with their values, affects which breast cancer treatment they think about, the study also found. CBSSM members, Sarah Hawley and Reshma Jagsi, were authors on this study.

MHealth Lab: How Decision-Making Habits Influence the Breast Cancer Treatments Women Consider

Cancer: The association between patient attitudes and values and the strength of consideration for contralateral prophylactic ma

Faculty:

Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil

Sarah Hawley, PhD, MPH

Research Topics:

Cancer - breast

Medical decision making

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Sarah Hawley and Co-authors Discuss NEJM Essay on Active Surveillance

07/31/2017

Sarah Hawley and co-authors, David Miller and Megan Haymart, recently discussed their New England Journal of Medicine perspective piece, "Active Surveillance for Low-Risk Cancers — A Viable Solution to Overtreatment?" in an MHealth Lab interview. They discuss whether active surveillance — close monitoring without immediate treatment — could reduce overtreatment for some thyroid, prostate and breast cancer patients.

MHealth Lab: Reducing Overtreatment in Cancer Patients: When Is Active Surveillance Appropriate?

Medscape: Five Obstacles to Active Surveillance in Three Cancers

NEJM: Active Surveillance for Low-Risk Cancers — A Viable Solution to Overtreatment?

IHPI: Reducing Overtreatment in Cancer Patients: When Is Active Surveillance Appropriate?

Faculty:

Sarah Hawley, PhD, MPH

Research Topics:

cancer

Medical decision making

Overtreatment

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David Sandberg quoted in BuzzFeed article on Intersex Surgery Lawsuit

07/31/2017

David Sandberg was recently quoted in BuzzFeed article, "A Landmark Lawsuit About An Intersex Baby’s Genital Surgery Just Settled For $440,000." Dr. Sandberg is the coinvestigator of a research initiative across several hospitals to try to better understand outcomes of patients with differences of sexual development.

BuzzFeed: A Landmark Lawsuit About An Intersex Baby’s Genital Surgery Just Settled For $440,000

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Study by CBSSM faculty highlighted in Horsetalk

07/14/2017

A study by current and former CBSSM faculty and staff was recently highlighted in Horsetalk (NZ). Angela Fagerlin, Thomas Valley, Aaron Scherer, Megan Knaus, Enny Das, and Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher were co-authors on an international study looking at the impact of flu labels (including "Horse Flu" and "Yarramin Flu") and graphics on risk perceptions and behavioral intentions.

Horsetalk: What's in a name? Would you rather catch horse flue or Yarramin flu?

Effects of Influenza Strain Label on Worry and Behavioral Intentions

Communicating infectious disease prevalence through graphics: Results from an international survey

Faculty:

Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher, PhD

Research Topics: