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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Comparative clinical effectiveness of azacitidine versus decitabine in older patients with myelodysplastic syndromes.
Authors: Authors: Zeidan AM, Davidoff AJ, Long JB, Hu X, Wang R, Ma X, Gross CP, Abel GA, Huntington SF, Podoltsev NA, Hajime U, Prebet T, Gore SD.
Br J Haematol
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Small Step for Geriatric Oncology That Could Have Been a Giant Leap.
Authors: Authors: Nipp RD, Abel GA.
J Clin Oncol
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Direct-to-Consumer Drug Advertising in Oncology Is Not Beneficial to Patients or Public Health.
Authors: Authors: Schnipper LE, Abel GA.
JAMA Oncol
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High Body Mass Index in Elderly Patients With DLBCL Treated With Rituximab-Containing Therapy Compensates for Negative Impact of Male Sex.
Authors: Authors: Zhou Z, Rademaker AW, Gordon LI, LaCasce AS, Crosby-Thompson A, Vanderplas A, Abel GA, Rodriguez MA, Nademanee A, Kaminski MS, Czuczman MS, Millenson MM, Zelenetz AD, Niland J, Friedberg JW, Winter JN.
J Natl Compr Canc Netw
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Relationship between physician and patient assessment of performance status and survival in a large cohort of patients with haematologic malignancies.
Authors: Authors: Liu MA, Hshieh T, Condron N, Wadleigh M, Abel GA, Driver JA.
Br J Cancer
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Barriers to Quality End-of-Life Care for Patients With Blood Cancers.
Authors: Authors: Odejide OO, Cronin AM, Condron NB, Fletcher SA, Earle CC, Tulsky JA, Abel GA.
J Clin Oncol
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Financial Hardship and Patient-Reported Outcomes after Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation.
Authors: Authors: Abel GA, Albelda R, Khera N, Hahn T, Salas Coronado DY, Odejide OO, Bona K, Tucker-Seeley R, Soiffer R.
Biol Blood Marrow Transplant
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Novel Data Sharing Between a Comprehensive Cancer Center and a Private Payer to Better Understand Care at the End of Life.
Authors: Authors: Stuver SO, McNiff K, Fraile B, Odejide O, Abel GA, Dodek A, Jacobson JO.
J Pain Symptom Manage
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Influence of patient and provider characteristics on quality of care for the myelodysplastic syndromes.
Authors: Authors: Abel GA, Cronin AM, Odejide OO, Uno H, Stone RM, Steensma DP.
Br J Haematol
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Potentially avoidable hospital admissions in older patients with acute myeloid leukaemia in the USA: a retrospective analysis.
Authors: Authors: El-Jawahri A, Keenan T, Abel GA, Steensma DP, LeBlanc TW, Chen YB, Hobbs G, Traeger L, Fathi AT, DeAngelo DJ, Wadleigh M, Ballen KK, Amrein PC, Stone RM, Temel JS.
Lancet Haematol
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