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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…
PROSPR: Population-based Research to Optimize the Screening Process
Project Description Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths, with the lowest 5-year relative survival rates of all cancer types. Lung cancer incidence and mortality rates are…
Embedding Cancer Clinical Pathways in the Electronic Health Record for Value-Based Care
Project Description Clinical pathways help to reduce variation in cancer treatment and care, and have been shown to reduce costs as well as improve patient outcomes. In spite 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…
Christopher A. D’Avella
Christopher D’Avella, MD is an Innovation Faculty member at the Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation (PC3I), Assistant…
Charu Aggarwal
Leslye M. Heisler Associate Professor for Lung Cancer Excellence Physician Lead, Airways Malignancies Clinical Research, Abramson Cancer Center Charu Aggarwal, MD, MPH is the Director of the Program in…
Oluwadamilola “Lola” Fayanju
Helen O. Dickens Presidential Associate Professor, Perelman School of Medicine Surgical Director, Rena Rowan Breast Center, Abramson Cancer Center Chief of Breast Surgery, Penn Medicine Oluwadamilola “Lola” Fayanju, MD,…
TIME: Text-based Intervention to Minimize the Time Burden of Routine Cancer Care
Project Description Patients with advanced cancer spend a significant portion of their remaining survival time interacting with the health system: commuting to, waiting for, and receiving care. For instance,…
Increasing Rates of Serious Illness Conversations through Patient and Clinician Nudges
Project Description A national guideline-endorsed practice, serious illness conversations (SICs) are an opportunity for patients to share their wishes, care preferences, values, and goals as their disease progresses. They…
Allison Barz Leahy
Attending Physician, Division of Oncology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Allison Barz Leahy, MD, MSCE is an Innovation Faculty member at the Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation (PC3I), Instructor…