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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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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Intensity of end-of-life care for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes: Findings from a large national database.
Authors: Authors: Fletcher SA, Cronin AM, Zeidan AM, Odejide OO, Gore SD, Davidoff AJ, Steensma DP, Abel GA.
Cancer
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Timeliness of End-of-Life Discussions for Blood Cancers: A National Survey of Hematologic Oncologists.
Authors: Authors: Odejide OO, Cronin AM, Condron N, Earle CC, Wolfe J, Abel GA.
JAMA Intern Med
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Hospice Use Among Patients With Lymphoma: Impact of Disease Aggressiveness and Curability.
Authors: Authors: Odejide OO, Cronin AM, Earle CC, LaCasce AS, Abel GA.
J Natl Cancer Inst
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Integrating Frailty, Comorbidity, and Quality of Life in the Management of Myelodysplastic Syndromes.
Authors: Authors: Abel GA, Buckstein R.
Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book
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Impact of sleep disturbance in myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS).
Authors: Authors: Cronin A, Watts CD, Steensma DP, Stone RM, DeAngelo DJ, Owens RL, Wadleigh M, Abel GA.
J Clin Oncol
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Potentially avoidable hospitalizations in older patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
Authors: Authors: Keenan T, Abel GA, Steensma DP, LeBlanc TW, Traeger L, Fathi AT, DeAngelo DJ, Wadleigh M, Hobbs G, Amrein PC, Stone RM, Ballen KK, Chen YA, Temel JS.
J Clin Oncol
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Accessibility and Quality of Online Cancer-Related Clinical Trial Information for Naïve Searchers.
Authors: Authors: Abel GA, Cronin AM, Earles K, Gray SW.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev
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Health care utilization and end-of-life care for older patients with acute myeloid leukemia.
Authors: Authors: El-Jawahri AR, Abel GA, Steensma DP, LeBlanc TW, Fathi AT, Graubert TA, DeAngelo DJ, Wadleigh M, Ballen KK, Foster JE, Attar EC, Amrein PC, Brunner AM, Stone RM, Temel JS.
Cancer
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Non-hematologic predictors of mortality improve the prognostic value of the international prognostic scoring system for MDS in older adults.
Authors: Authors: Fega KR, Abel GA, Motyckova G, Sherman AE, DeAngelo DJ, Steensma DP, Galinsky I, Wadleigh M, Stone RM, Driver JA.
J Geriatr Oncol
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