Patricia A Ganz

Datos Biográficos

ID3424310
NOMBREPatricia A Ganz
NOMBRESPatricia A
APELLIDOGanz
FIRMAGANZ P A
AFILIACIONESUniversity of California, Los Angeles
ORCID0000-0002-1841-4143
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS30
TOTAL DE CITAS9
TOTAL COMO AUTOR30
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN1992
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2024
ÍNDICE H2

  • Mediators of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Younger Breast Cancer Survivors

    J Richard T Korecki, Patricia A Ganz et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2024

    OBJECTIVE: Depression is associated with poor outcomes in breast cancer patients, with higher prevalence among younger women. Although mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) have demonstrated therapeutic effects, the mechanisms of intervention effects are poorly understood. We investigated whether rumination, self-kindness, intrusive thoughts about cancer, cancer-related worry, or a sense of meaning and peace mediated the intervention effects of …

  • Overall side effect assessment of oxaliplatin toxicity in rectal cancer patients in NRG oncology/NSABP R04

    Open AccessJohn Devin Peipert, Jessica Roydhouse et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2024

    GOV: NCT00058474

  • Simulation study comparing analytical methods for single-item longitudinal patient-reported outcomes data

    Open AccessVinícius F Calsavara, Márcio Augusto Diniz et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2022

    Although the CLMM showed the best performance among analytical methods, it relies on assumptions difficult to verify and that might not be fulfilled in the real world, therefore our recommendation is the use of PIM models with baseline symptom as a covariate

  • Executive Functioning and Depressive Symptoms After Cancer

    Arielle Radin, Patricia A Ganz et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2021

    OBJECTIVE: Cognitive difficulties are a common complaint among patients with breast cancer and may adversely affect psychological well-being. In particular, problems with executive functioning (EF) may interfere with coping, which is known to influence depressive symptoms. The current study was designed to examine correlations between EF, coping, and depressive symptoms in breast cancer survivors and to longitudinally test the hypothesis that cop…

  • Cortisol Awakening Response as a Prospective Risk Factor for Depressive Symptoms in Women After Treatment for Breast Cancer

    Kate R Kuhlman, Michael R Irwin et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2017

    OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to investigate hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA axis) functioning as a neurobiological risk factor for depressive symptoms in an ongoing longitudinal, observational study of women undergoing treatment and recovery from breast cancer. Many women with breast cancer experience depressive symptoms that interfere with their treatment, recovery, and quality of life. Psychosocial risk factors for depression am…

  • Positive Affect and Inflammatory Activity in Breast Cancer Survivors

    Patricia I Moreno, Andrew L Moskowitz et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2016

    OBJECTIVE: Given the importance of positive affect and inflammation for well-being in cancer survivors, the current study examined the relationship between high- and low-arousal positive affect and inflammation in 186 women who completed treatment of early-stage breast cancer. METHODS: Measures of high- and low-arousal positive affect were completed within 3 months after treatment completion (baseline). Plasma markers of inflammation, including s…

  • Life after diagnosis and treatment of cancer in adulthood

    Annette L Stanton, Julia H Rowland et al.ARTICLEAmerican Psychologist2015Citada por: 4Referencias: 2

    The number of individuals living with a history of cancer is estimated at 13.7 million in the United States and is expected to rise with the aging of the population. With expanding attention to the psychosocial and physical consequences of surviving illness, psychological science and evidence-based practice are making important contributions to addressing the pressing needs of cancer survivors. Research is demonstrating that adults diagnosed with…

  • Childhood Adversity and Inflammation in Breast Cancer Survivors

    Alexandra D Crosswell, Julienne E Bower et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2014

    OBJECTIVE: Elevated inflammation predicts behavioral symptoms, disease progression, and mortality in patients with breast cancer and breast cancer survivors, although predictors of inflammation remain largely unknown. Adverse experiences in childhood have been associated with higher rates of psychological and physical illness, and elevated inflammatory activity in studies of healthy adults. However, little research has examined the association be…

  • Physicians’ Beliefs About Breast Cancer Surveillance Testing are Consistent With Test Overuse

    Paul K J Han, Carrie N Klabunde et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2013Referencias: 42

    BACKGROUND: Overuse of surveillance testing for breast cancer survivors is an important problem but its extent and determinants are incompletely understood. The objectives of this study were to determine the extent to which physicians' breast cancer surveillance testing beliefs are consistent with test overuse, and to identify factors associated with these beliefs. METHODS: During 2009-2010, a cross-sectional survey of US medical oncologists and …

  • The eight-item modified Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey

    Open AccessAndré Moser, Andreas E Stuck et al.ARTICLEJournal of Clinical Epidemiology2012

  • A procedure for obtaining Impact of Cancer version 2 scores using version 1 responses

    Open AccessCatherine M Crespi, Patricia A Ganz et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2012

  • Men's adjustment after their partners' complete treatment for localized breast cancer

    Beth E Meyerowitz, Kysa M Christie et al.ARTICLEPsychology of Men & Masculinity2012Referencias: 4

  • Impact of Physician–Patient Discussions on Patient Satisfaction

    Judy Y Chen, May Lin Tao et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2008Referencias: 18

    BACKGROUND: When 2 treatment choices (ie, mastectomy vs. breast conserving therapy) show no difference in a primary clinical outcome (ie, survival), patient satisfaction becomes an important marker of the quality of care received. OBJECTIVES: To assess the impact of physician-patient discussion of primary surgical treatment outcomes on patients' satisfaction with medical care (MC) among women with incident breast cancer (BC). METHOD: We used self…

  • Altered Cortisol Response to Psychologic Stress in Breast Cancer Survivors With Persistent Fatigue

    Julienne E Bower, Patricia A Ganz et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2005

    OBJECTIVE: Fatigue is one of the most common and distressing symptoms experienced by cancer patients and survivors. However, the etiology of cancer-related fatigue has not been determined. In previous studies, we have shown alterations in morning serum cortisol levels and diurnal cortisol rhythms in fatigued breast cancer survivors compared with nonfatigued control subjects. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate cortisol responses to a…

  • Influence of exercise activity on quality of life in long-term breast cancer survivors

    Open AccessAdam R Kendall, Maya Mahue-Giangreco et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2005

  • Quality of Life in Diverse Groups of Midlife Women

    Open AccessNancy E Avis, Susan F Assmann et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2004

  • The Relationship Among Physicians’ Specialty, Perceptions of the Risks and Benefits of Adjuvant Tamoxifen Therapy, and Its Recommendation in Older Patients With Breast Cancer

    Karim Malek, Aliza K Fink et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2004Referencias: 18

    OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study were to determine whether tamoxifen recommendation differs by physician specialty, to determine whether perception affects tamoxifen recommendation, and to investigate the association between the physician's specialty and the perception of risks and benefits of tamoxifen. METHODS: We enrolled a cohort of geographically diverse women aged 65 and older with stage I through IIIa breast cancer in a prospective…

  • Fatigue and Proinflammatory Cytokine Activity in Breast Cancer Survivors

    Julienne E Bower, Patricia A Ganz et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2002

    OBJECTIVE: Fatigue is a common problem among cancer patients and survivors, yet the mechanisms underlying the occurrence and persistence of this symptom are not known. Activation of the immune system may evoke feelings of fatigue, which are mediated by proinflammatory cytokines. We examined whether fatigued breast cancer survivors would show elevations in proinflammatory cytokines and markers of cytokine activity compared with nonfatigued survivo…

  • Quality of life in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer

    Open AccessCarol M Moinpour, Ben Lyons et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2002

  • Developing a Reliable, Valid, and Feasible Plan for Quality-of-Care Measurement for Cancer

    Katherine L Kahn, Jennifer L Malin et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2002Referencias: 77

    Background. Recent changes in the US health care delivery system have raised expectations that the medical marketplace will compete on quality and cost of care. This effort will require a systematic evaluation of the measurement of quality of care as it applies to cancer and other critical conditions. Objectives. To articulate the components of the design of quality-of-care measurement systems that must be considered and optimally manipulated to …

  • What Outcomes Matter to Patients

    Patricia A GanzARTICLEMedical Care2002Referencias: 30

    BACKGROUND: During the last quarter of the 20th century, it became feasible to measure and take into account the patient's subjective preferences for health states and various outcomes. This has become increasingly relevant in the treatment of cancer, where patients are confronted with a life-threatening illness and may have varied treatment choices and outcomes. OBJECTIVES: To provide a framework for examining the outcomes that matter to patient…

  • Psychologic Distress and Natural Menopause

    Joyce T Bromberger, Peter Meyer et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2001Citada por: 5Referencias: 36

    Objectives. This study examined the association between psychologic distress and natural menopause in a community sample of African American, White, Chinese, Hispanic, and Japanese women participating in a national women's health study. Methods. A cohort of 16 065 women aged 40 to 55 years provided information on menstrual regularity in the previous year, psychosocial factors, health, and somatic–psychologic symptoms. Psychologic distress was def…

  • The Ucla Prostate Cancer Index

    Mark S Litwin, Ron D Hays et al.ARTICLEMedical Care1998Referencias: 31

    OBJECTIVES: The need for accurate measures of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in men treated for prostate cancer is of paramount importance because patients may survive for many years after their diagnosis. Hence, interest has increased in choosing treatments that optimize both the quality and quantity of life in patients with this disease. This study sought to develop and evaluate a self-administered, multiitem, disease-specific instrumen…

  • Translation and validation of a quality of life instrument for hispanic American cancer patients

    Open AccessS Canales, Patricia A Ganz et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research1995

  • Symbiotic relationships of quality of life, health services research and other health research

    Open AccessRonald Andersen, R M Andersen et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research1994