Smoking Cessation at a Safety-Net Hospital: A Radiation Oncology Resident-Led Quality Improvement Initiative

Purpose: Continued smoking among patients with cancer has been associated with increased toxicities, resistance to treatment, and recurrence. This resident-led quality improvement study attempted to increase smoking cessation by providing free smoking cessation medications in the radiation oncology...

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Main Authors: Stephen J. Ramey, MD, Benjamin Silver, MD, Dayssy A. Diaz, MD, Akul Munjal, BS, Shahil Mehta, MD, Benjamin Rich, MD, Raphael Yechieli, MD, Cristiane Takita, MD, MBA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-09-01
Series:Advances in Radiation Oncology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452109420301512