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CASI Selected Monthly Publications
Publications

Stepped Palliative Care for Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Journal of the American Medical Association 2024

Navigating and Communicating about Serious Illness and End of Life

New England Journal of Medicine 2024 

Toward Gerineuropalliative Care for Patients with Dementia

New England Journal of Medicine 2023

20 Most Recent Publications by CASI Team Members
Last Updated June 2026
Growing the Next Generation of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Researchers
Kaye EC, Cross SH, Thammana R, Giannitrapani K, Petrillo L; AAHPM Research Committee Writing Group.
J Pain Symptom Manage
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The dominant role of geriatrics vulnerabilities and comorbidities in readmissions after colorectal surgery: Shifting from "nonmodifiable" to "actionable" risk
Cizginer S, Yildiz F, Cauley CE, Bartels SJ, Deiner SG, Lee GC, Franco-Garcia E, Ritchie CS, Kochar BD, Vrees MD, Ricciardi R, Marcantonio ER, Jones RN.
Surgery
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Characterizing Alcohol Use and Expectancies for Alcohol Analgesia Among Breast Cancer Survivors With Arthralgia
Powers JM, LaRowe LR, Somers TJ, Paice JA, Keefe FJ, Shelby RA, Yanez B, Kimmick GG, Rini C.
Psychooncology
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Associations of symptom burden with patient-reported outcomes and clinical outcomes among early phase cancer clinical trial participants
Lam AB, Pelletier A, Durbin SM, Lynch K, Petrillo LA, Jimenez R, Boulanger M, Moore C, Thompson L, Bame V, Yalala V, Ollila N, Malowitz B, McIntyre C, Juric D, Lundquist D, Nipp RD.
Support Care Cancer
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Impact of home healthcare reform on place of death for people with dementia: A nationwide cohort study accounting for cultural factors of impending death discharge - CORRIGENDUM
Chen CH, Sampson EL, Liao JY, Ho CH, Tseng WZ, Petersen I, Wang YC, Lai YC, Chen YH, Chiou HY, Hsiung CA, Yu SJ, Ritchie C, Chen PJ.
Palliat Support Care
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Building a Career in Hospice and Palliative Medicine Research: Advice for Early Investigators
Kaye EC, Cross SH, Hunt L, Kotwal AA, Petrillo LA, Shalev D, Thammana R, Harrison KL; AAHPM Research Committee Writing Group.
J Pain Symptom Manage
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Evaluating challenges care-partners and older adults confront after major elective surgery: A multimethods study
Campos BA, Cummins E, Sonnay Y, Cizginer S, Ike A, Bitton A, Brindle ME, Cauley CE.
Surgery
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Listening to many voices: qualitative perspectives of Black and Latino community health center patients on serious illness communication
Davila C, Adelmann MR, Sullivan K, Jaramillo C, Lizarazo Arango JF, Vo K, Edgman-Levitan S, Dow L, Han HJ, Fernandez A, Lindenberger E, Paladino J, Ritchie CS.
Patient Educ Couns
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Long-term trends in HIV-related stigma among older adults with and without HIV: a cohort study from Mbarara, Uganda
Mandell C, Seeley J, Maling S, Nakasujja N, Paul R, Reynolds Z, Passell E, Ritchie CS, Hoeppner SS, Atwiine F, Saylor D, Greene M, Tindimwebwa E, Tanner JA, Olivieri Mui B, Asiimwe S, Siedner MJ, Tsai AC.
Gerontologist
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Psychological Pain Care in Medical Settings: A Special Issue Highlighting Recent Advances in Intervention and Delivery
LaRowe LR.
J Clin Psychol Med Settings
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Feasibility of the Mindfulness Self-Compassionate Care (MASC) Program: A Randomized Controlled Trial to address Dementia Caregiver Stress
Vranceanu AM, Szapary C, Crean M, Giridharan S, Adler SR, O'Donnell A, Santiago-Giraldo N, Parker RA, Ritchie CS.
Gerontologist
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Ethnographic Study of Surgical Palliative Care Delivery for Older Adults With Hip Fracture
Hoffman DI, Reich AJ, Sheu C, Laane DWPM, Wignakumar T, Tabata-Kelly M, Weaver MJ, Ritchie CS, Kennedy M, Ouchi K, Dohan D, Cooper Z.
J Am Geriatr Soc
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Interventions Targeting Quality of Life for Colorectal Cancer Patients with Fecal Ostomy: A Systematic Review
Soelling SJ, Rubio-Chavez A, Thurman LB, Mcdermott C, Philpotts L, Brindle M, Vranceanu AM, Cooper Z, Ritchie CS, Cauley CE.
J Gastrointest Surg
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Impact of home healthcare reform on place of death for people with dementia: A nationwide cohort study accounting for cultural factors of impending death discharge
Chen CH, Sampson EL, Liao JY, Ho CH, Tseng WZ, Petersen I, Wang YC, Lai YC, Chen YH, Chiou HY, Hsiung CA, Yu SJ, Ritchie C, Chen PJ.
Palliat Support Care
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"We Talk About Everything": Experiences with Digital Health Communication in Palliative Care
Nouri S, Lyles CR, Zapata C, Martinez R, Gonzalez J, Le V, Wang Y, Quinn M, Huang C, Perez-Vaughan C, Pantilat SZ, Ritchie CS, Sudore RL.
J Palliat Med
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Dementia care quality at home: a dementia care curriculum for home-based primary care
Thacker A, Sheehan OC, Sy M, Ritchie CS, Leff B.
BMC Med Educ
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Promise and Uncertainty of Intermittent Fasting for Aging Populations
Dashti HS, Ritchie CS.
Adv Nutr
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Beyond Diagnosis: Survivorship Research for People Living with Advanced and Metastatic Cancers
Mollica MA, Feldman J, Gallicchio L, Tonorezos ES, Petrillo LA, El-Jawahri A.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev
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Impact of Virtual vs. In-person Palliative Care on Symptom Burden: A Multisite Cohort Study
Nouri S, Pantilat SZ, Ritchie CS, Shi Y, O'Riordan D, Boscardin J, Lyles CR, Sudore RL.
J Pain Symptom Manage
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Challenges of Care Transition From Hospital to Home for Older Colorectal Surgery Patients: Surgeons' Perspectives
Cizginer S, Yildiz F, Cauley CE, Bartels SJ, Ritchie CS, Kochar BD, Vrees MD, Jones RN, Marcantonio ER, Ricciardi R, Crabtree BF.
Ann Surg Open
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