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BEACON: BEst Case/Worst Case Adaptation to Communicate with Older oNcology patients
Project Description In the next 10-30 years, new cancer diagnoses are projected to double in adults older than 65 and triple in patients older than 80. Because older adults…
REACH: Reengaging Adolescent and Young Adult Survivors in Cancer-Related Healthcare
Project Description Due to advances in treatment, 85% of children survive cancer, resulting in over 242,000 Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) survivors of childhood cancer in the United States.
iNUDGE: Integration of Liquid Biopsy Based Next Generation Gene Sequencing in Newly Diagnosed NSCLC
Project Description Although it remains relatively new, the field of precision medicine—an approach to care that uses an individual’s genetic profile, environment, and lifestyle to help inform treatment decisions—is…
E-Consults: Reducing Wait Times for Patients with Blood Disorders
Project Description Wait times to see a physician, particularly a specialist, have steadily increased over the last several years. Recent data found the average wait time for an…
Thibang Diphatlha: Testing Adaptive Strategies to Close the Gap From Cervical Cancer Diagnosis to Treatment in Botswana
Project Description Women in the sub-Saharan African nation of Botswana are 10 times more likely than their American counterparts to die of cervical cancer. This is due in large…
Tamara J. Cadet
Associate Professor, School of Social Policy and Practice Associate Professor, Dental Medicine Tamara J. Cadet, PhD, LICSW, MPH is the Director of the Program in Community Engagement Innovation at…
Empowering Pediatric Patients through Patient-Reported Symptom Monitoring
Project Description While clinician reports are often the standard for recording adverse side effects of cancer treatment, patient reported outcomes (PROs) are an increasingly important assessment tool through which…
Optimizing Biomarker Detection and Extending Life for Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Project Description When patients are diagnosed with metastatic, non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), biomarker testing is crucial to determine the optimal treatment. For example, for the 30% of…
Ramy Sedhom
Medical Oncologist and Palliative Care Physician, Penn Medicine – Princeton Medical Center Assistant Professor, Hematology & Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine Ramy Sedhom, M.D. is the Director for the…
Charu Aggarwal
Leslye M. Heisler Associate Professor for Lung Cancer Excellence Physician Lead, Airways Malignancies Clinical Research, Abramson Cancer Center Dr. Charu Aggarwal is the Leslye Heisler Professor for Lung Cancer Excellence at the…