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Elissa A Kolva

TitleAssistant Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus
DepartmentSOM-MED

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    1. Carr AL, Roberts S, Bonnell LN, Kolva E. Existential distress and meaning making among female breast cancer patients with cancer-related fertility concerns. Palliat Support Care. 2023 Apr; 21(2):196-204. PMID: 36562084.
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    2. Kolva E, Karam SD, Carr AL, Roberts S, Torkko K, Lanning R, Cox-Martin E. Guided imagery for treatment (GIFT): protocol of a pilot trial of guided imagery versus treatment as usual to address radiotherapy-related distress in head and neck cancer. Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2022 Sep 05; 8(1):199. PMID: 36064748.
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    3. Plys E, Vaughan CL, Kutner JS, Berk J, Kolva E. Interdisciplinary neuropalliative care: A unique and valuable clinical training experience for geropsychology trainees. Gerontol Geriatr Educ. 2022 Oct-Dec; 43(4):551-563. PMID: 34044751.
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    4. Biringen EK, Cox-Martin E, Niemiec S, Wood C, Purcell WT, Kolva E. Psychotropic medications in oncology. Support Care Cancer. 2021 Nov; 29(11):6801-6806. PMID: 33993408.
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    5. Pensak NA, Carr AL, Jones J, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Kutner JS, Kilbourn K, Sannes TS, Brewer BB, Kolva E, Joshi T, Laudenslager ML. A pilot study of mobilized intervention to help caregivers of oncology patients manage distress. Psychooncology. 2021 04; 30(4):520-528. PMID: 33217070.
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    6. Kolva E, Hoffecker L, Cox-Martin E. Suicidal ideation in patients with cancer: A systematic review of prevalence, risk factors, intervention and assessment. Palliat Support Care. 2020 04; 18(2):206-219. PMID: 31554521.
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    7. Kolva E, Bonnell L, Cox-Martin E. Innovations in online assessment of suicidality in patients with cancer: Optimizing safety and feasibility. Psychooncology. 2020 01; 29(1):224-226. PMID: 31652365.
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    8. Carr AL, Jones J, Mikulich Gilbertson S, Laudenslager ML, Kutner JS, Kilbourn K, Sannes TS, Brewer BW, Kolva E, Joshi T, Amoyal Pensak N. Impact of a Mobilized Stress Management Program (Pep-Pal) for Caregivers of Oncology Patients: Mixed-Methods Study. JMIR Cancer. 2019 May 03; 5(1):e11406. PMID: 31066678.
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    9. Kolva E, Rosenfeld B, Saracino RM. Neuropsychological Predictors of Decision-Making Capacity in Terminally Ill Patients with Advanced Cancer. Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2019 Jan 24; 35(1):1-9. PMID: 31328219.
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    10. Kolva E, Rosenfeld B, Saracino R. Assessing the Decision-Making Capacity of Terminally Ill Patients with Cancer. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2018 05; 26(5):523-531. PMID: 29398351.
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    11. Melton L, Brewer B, Kolva E, Joshi T, Bunch M. Increasing access to care for young adults with cancer: Results of a quality-improvement project using a novel telemedicine approach to supportive group psychotherapy. Palliat Support Care. 2017 04; 15(2):176-180. PMID: 27457109.
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    12. Kolva E, Rosenfeld B, Liu Y, Pessin H, Breitbart W. Using item response theory (IRT) to reduce patient burden when assessing desire for hastened death. Psychol Assess. 2017 03; 29(3):349-353. PMID: 27280743.
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    13. Bhatia M, Kolva E, Cimini L, Jin Z, Satwani P, Savone M, George D, Garvin J, Paz ML, Briamonte C, Cruz-Arrieta E, Sands S. Health-related quality of life after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for sickle cell disease. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2015 Apr; 21(4):666-72. PMID: 25559691.
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    14. Saracino R, Kolva E, Rosenfeld B, Breitbart W. Measuring social support in patients with advanced medical illnesses: An analysis of the Duke-UNC Functional Social Support Questionnaire. Palliat Support Care. 2015 Oct; 13(5):1153-63. PMID: 25201170.
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    15. Kolva E, Rosenfeld B, Brescia R, Comfort C. Assessing decision-making capacity at end of life. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2014 Jul-Aug; 36(4):392-7. PMID: 24698057.
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    16. Applebaum AJ, Kolva EA, Kulikowski JR, Jacobs JD, DeRosa A, Lichtenthal WG, Olden ME, Rosenfeld B, Breitbart W. Conceptualizing prognostic awareness in advanced cancer: a systematic review. J Health Psychol. 2014 Sep; 19(9):1103-19. PMID: 24157936.
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    17. Sachs E, Kolva E, Pessin H, Rosenfeld B, Breitbart W. On sinking and swimming: the dialectic of hope, hopelessness, and acceptance in terminal cancer. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2013 Mar; 30(2):121-7. PMID: 22556280.
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    18. Rosenfeld B, Pessin H, Lewis C, Abbey J, Olden M, Sachs E, Amakawa L, Kolva E, Brescia R, Breitbart W. Assessing hopelessness in terminally ill cancer patients: development of the Hopelessness Assessment in Illness Questionnaire. Psychol Assess. 2011 Jun; 23(2):325-336. PMID: 21443366.
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    19. Kolva E, Rosenfeld B, Pessin H, Breitbart W, Brescia R. Anxiety in terminally ill cancer patients. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2011 Nov; 42(5):691-701. PMID: 21565460.
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    20. Porter M, Kolva E, Ahl R, Diefenbach MA. Changing patterns of CAM use among prostate cancer patients two years after diagnosis: reasons for maintenance or discontinuation. Complement Ther Med. 2008 Dec; 16(6):318-24. PMID: 19028331.
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