Publications

Advances in Cancer Education and Quality Improvement

Impact of a Goal of Care Communication Training Program for Oncology Clinical Staff. Opens a new window

Martinez G. 2025; 1(1).

Cancers (Basel)

Assessment Tools to Examine Illness Understanding in Patients with Advanced Cancer: A Systematic Review of Randomized Clinical Trials. Opens a new window

Tu A, de la Rosa A, Krause K, Brown JH, Hui D. 2025 Jan 24;17(3):385.

ESMO Open

A taxonomy of the factors contributing to the overtreatment of cancer patients at the end of life. What is the problem? Why does it happen? How can it be addressed? Opens a new window

Cherny NI, Nortjé N, Kelly R, Zimmermann C, Jordan K, Kreye G, Le NS, Adelson KB. 2025 Jan;10(1):104099.

Journal of Cancer Education

Enhancing Oncologists' Comfort with Serious Illness Conversations: The Impact of Serious Illness Conversation Guide (SICG) Training. Opens a new window

Adaji E, Johnson M, George MC, Nortjé N. 2024 Oct;39(5):573-577.

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Improving Goal-Concordant Care in Intensive Care Unit Admissions from the Emergency Department in a Comprehensive Cancer Center. Opens a new window

Cruz Carreras MT, Nortjé N, Thompson E, Terrell K, Zhang F, Rathi N, George M, Haque SA. 2024 Sep;68(3):e161-e166.

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Prognostic Understanding, Goals of Care, and Quality of Life in Hospitalized Patients with Leukemia or Multiple Myeloma. Opens a new window

Shimer S, Allen OS, Yang C, Canavan M, Westvold S, Kim N, Morillo J, Parker T, Wallace N, Smith CB, Adelson KB. 2024 Jul;27(7):879-887. Epub 2024 Jul 11.

JAMA Oncology

Systemic Anticancer Therapy and Overall Survival in Patients With Very Advanced Solid Tumors. Opens a new window

Canavan ME, Wang X, Ascha MS, Miksad RA, Showalter TN, Calip GS, Gross CP, Adelson KB. 2024 Jul 1;10(7):887-895. Erratum in: JAMA Oncol. 2025 Jan 1;11(1):80.

Cancers (Basel)

Cost of Hospitalization Associated with Inpatient Goals-of-Care Program Implementation at a Comprehensive Cancer Center: A Propensity Score Analysis. Opens a new window

Hui D, Huang YT, Andersen C, Cassel B, Nortje N, George M, Bruera E. 2024 Mar 28;16(7):1316.

American Journal of Medical Quality

Understanding Potentially Preventable 7-day Readmission Rates in Hospital Medicine Patients at a Comprehensive Cancer Center. Opens a new window

Leung CK, Walton NC, Kheder E, Zalpour A, Wang J, Zavgorodnyaya D, Kondody S, Zhao C, Lin H, Bruera E, Manzano JM. 2024 Jan-Feb 01;39(1):14-20.

Supportive Care in Cancer

Doing the hard work of learning: oncologists' enduring impressions of a year-long communication skills training program. Opens a new window

Epner DE, Reddy SK, Hui D, Fellman B, Bruera E. 2023 Dec 30;32(1):71.

Supportive Care in Cancer

The impact of a multidisciplinary goals-of-care program on unplanned readmission rates at a comprehensive cancer center. Opens a new window

Leung C, Andersen CR, Wilson K, Nortje N, George M, Flowers C, Bruera E, Hui D. 2023 Dec 27;32(1):66.

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Impact of an Institution-Wide Goals of Care Program on the Timing of Referrals to Outpatient Palliative Care. Opens a new window

Reddy A, González JB, Rizvi A, Nortje N, Dalal S, Haider A, Amaram-Davila JS, Bramati P, Chen M, Hui D, Bruera E. 2023 Dec;66(6):e666-e671.

Supportive Care in Cancer

The importance of facilitating goal-concordant care (GCC) in a pandemic: the MD Anderson Experience with hospitalized COVID-19-positive patients. Opens a new window

Muthu M, Dalal S, George M, Clavijo CS, Lenz C, Nortje N. 2023 Oct 31;31(12):661.

Journal of Clinical Oncology

End-of-Life Systemic Oncologic Treatment in the Immunotherapy Era: The Role of Race, Insurance, and Practice Setting. Opens a new window

Canavan M, Wang X, Ascha M, Miksad R, Showalter TN, Calip G, Gross CP, Adelson K. 2023 Oct 20;41(30):4729-4738.

Zeitschrift für Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualität im Gesundheitswesen

Advance Care Planning conversations: What constitutes best practice and the way forward. Opens a new window

Nortje N, Zachariah F, Reddy A. 2023 Aug;180:8-15.

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Just-in-Time Decision Making: Preliminary Findings of a Goals of Care Rapid Response Team. Opens a new window

Zhukovsky DS, Heung Y, Enriquez P, Itzep N, Lu Z, Nortje N, Stanton P, Wong A, Bruera E. 2023 Apr;65(4):e337-e343.

Cancers (Basel)

Quality of End-of-Life Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic at a Comprehensive Cancer Center. Opens a new window

Heung Y, Zhukovsky D, Hui D, Lu Z, Andersen C, Bruera E. 2023 Apr 8;15(8):2201.

Cancers (Basel)

Differential Impact of a Multicomponent Goals-of-Care Program in Patients with Hematologic and Solid Malignancies. Opens a new window

Hui D, Ahmed S, Nortje N, George M, Andersen CR, Wilson K, Urbauer D, Flowers C, Bruera E. 2023 Feb 28;15(5):1507.

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Impact of an Interdisciplinary Goals-of-Care Program Among Medical Inpatients at a Comprehensive Cancer Center During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Propensity Score Analysis. Opens a new window

Hui D, Nortje N, George M, Wilson K, Urbauer DL, Lenz CA, Wallace SK, Andersen CR, Mendoza T, Haque S, Ahmed S, Delgado-Guay M, Dalal S, Rathi N, Reddy A, McQuade J, Flowers C, Pisters P, Aloia T, Bruera E. 2023 Jan 20;41(3):579-589.