Nora Pashayan

Assessing healthcare organizational readiness to implement risk-stratified breast cancer screening in Canada: a cross-sectional questionnaire study

Organizational readiness for change is a critical precursor of successful implementation of evidence-based practices. This study assessed the readiness of Canadian healthcare organizations to implement risk-stratified breast cancer screening (RSBS). We conducted a cross-sectional...

Randomised phase III trials of cancer prevention drugs: a systematic review and prediction of trial success

BACKGROUND: Pharmacological cancer risk reduction has received far less investment than therapeutic oncology and only a few agents have entered routine practice. Understanding the predictors of positive outcomes of previous trials and issues faced is critical to future developmen...

Resilience and adaptation of cancer screening programs to external crises

Objectives To examine how cancer screening programs resumed during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on their resilience in terms of coordination, communication, recovery, participation rates, catch-up efforts, inequities, and preparedness. Setting Cancer screening programs represe...