Dr. Grunfeld has been involved in the publication of many peer reviewed papers and reports that relate to access or quality of cancer care, survivorship, caregiving for people diagnosed with cancer, and knowledge translation.
Some of her key, most recent, papers are listed below. Click on the title of the paper to view the article or its abstract.
Grunfeld E, Urquhart R, Mykhalovskiy E, Folkes A, Johnston G, Burge FI, Earle CC, Dent S.
Toward population-based indicators of quality end-of-life care: Testing stakeholder agreement.
Cancer 2008; DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23428.
Grunfeld E, Lethbridge L, Dewar R, Lawson B, Paszat LF, Johnston G, Burge F, McIntyre P, Earle CC.
Towards using administrative databases to measure population-based indicators of quality of end-of-life care: testing the methodology.
Palliat Med 2006; 20(8):769-777.
Grunfeld E.
Looking beyond survival: how are we looking at survivorship.
J Clin Oncol 2006; 24(32): 5166-5169.
Grunfeld E, Levine M, Julian J, Coyle D, Szechtman B, Mirsky D, Verma S, Dent S, Sawka C, Pritchard K, Ginsburg D, Wood M, Whelan T.
Randomized Trial of Long-Term Follow-Up for Early-Stage Breast Cancer: A Comparison of Family Physician Versus Specialist Care.
J Clin Oncol 2006; 24(6): 848-855.
Grunfeld E.
Cancer survivorship: a challenge for primary care physicians.
Brit J Gen Pract 2005; 55(519): 741-2.
Grunfeld E, Dhesy-Thind, S. Levine M.
Clinical practice guidelines for the care and treatment of breast cancer: Follow-up after treatment for breast cancer (summary of the 2005 update).
CMAJ 2005; 172 (10):3-4.
Grunfeld E, Dhesy-Thind, S. Levine M.
Clinical practice guidelines for the care and treatment of breast cancer: Follow-up after treatment for breast cancer (2005 update).
CMAJ 2005
Grunfeld E.
The impact of caregiving on family caregivers of women with advanced breast cancer.
Breast Diseases 2005;16:1;22-24.
Grunfeld E, Coyle D, Whelan T, Clinch J, Reyno L, Earle C, Willan A, Viola R, Coristine M, Janz T, Glossop R.
Family caregiver burden: results of a longitudinal study of breast cancer patients.
CMAJ 2004;170:1795-801.
Grunfeld E, Zitzelsberger L, et al.
The role of knowledge translation for cancer control in Canada.
Chronic Dis Canada 2004;25(2).