Gregory Abel, MD, MPH, MFA

Gregory Abel, M.D.

Gregory Abel, MD, MPH, MFA is an outcomes researcher and hematologic oncologist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) and Harvard Medical School. He helps run DFCI’s Older Adult Hematologic Malignancy (OHM) geriatric hematology research program, serves as Co-Chair of the DFCI Ethics Advisory Committee, and directs DFCI’s Clinical Ethics Service. The Abel research lab applies health services research methods to understand the experiences of patients with blood cancers and develop interventions to improve their care. Dr. Abel is also interested in evaluating how cancer and its therapies affect outcomes such as function and quality of life. Through his work and collaboration with researchers in oncology, hematology, geriatrics, bioethics, and energy balance, he aims to ameliorate the impact of hematologic malignancies and their treatment from diagnosis to the end of life.

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What Does a Cancer Diagnosis Mean? Public Expectations in a Shifting Therapeutic Environment.
Authors: Authors: Frosch ZAK, Gagne JJ, Gray SW, Abel GA.
J Oncol Pract
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Frailty and the management of hematologic malignancies.
Authors: Authors: Abel GA, Klepin HD.
Blood
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Risk and timing of cardiovascular death among patients with myelodysplastic syndromes.
Authors: Authors: Brunner AM, Blonquist TM, Hobbs GS, Amrein PC, Neuberg DS, Steensma DP, Abel GA, Fathi AT.
Blood Adv
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Why are patients with blood cancers more likely to die without hospice?
Authors: Authors: Odejide OO, Cronin AM, Earle CC, Tulsky JA, Abel GA.
Cancer
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Aptitude; Mother's Day; Winter Beach.
Authors: Authors: Abel GA.
J Clin Oncol
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Self-reported sleep disturbance and survival in myelodysplastic syndromes.
Authors: Authors: Luskin MR, Cronin AM, Owens RL, DeAngelo DJ, Stone RM, Wadleigh M, Steensma DP, Abel GA.
Br J Haematol
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Modest improvement in survival of patients with refractory anemia with excess blasts in the hypomethylating agents era in the United States.
Authors: Authors: Zeidan AM, Wang R, Gross CP, Gore SD, Huntington SF, Prebet T, Abel GA, Davidoff AJ, Ma X.
Leuk Lymphoma
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Low-molecular weight heparin versus vitamin K antagonists for the treatment of cancer-associated thrombosis: A cost-effectiveness analysis.
Authors: Authors: Connell NT, Abel GA, Connors JM.
Thromb Res
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Risk of myeloid neoplasms after radiotherapy among older women with localized breast cancer: A population-based study.
Authors: Authors: Zeidan AM, Long JB, Wang R, Hu X, Yu JB, Huntington SF, Abel GA, Mougalian SS, Podoltsev NA, Gore SD, Gross CP, Ma X, Davidoff AJ.
PLoS One
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Assessing Quality of Care for the Myelodysplastic Syndromes.
Authors: Authors: Frosch ZA, Abel GA.
Curr Hematol Malig Rep
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