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Cancer Care at Home
Project Description Each year, about 1.8 million Americans are diagnosed with cancer. Historically, nearly all life-extending cancer treatment has been delivered in outpatient or hospital settings. Within a year…
RadComp: Radiotherapy Comparative Effectiveness
Project Description Nearly 3 million women are living with breast cancer in the United States. Radiotherapy plays a major curative role in the treatment of breast cancers. Because of…
Lindsey Zinck
Lindsey Zinck, PhD, RN, OCN, NEA-BC is an Innovation Faculty member at the Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation (PC3I) and the inaugural Chief Nursing Officer for the Abramson Cancer…
iSMART: Implementation Strategies for Monitoring Adherence in Real Time for Oral Anticancer Therapies
Project Description Oral therapies in the treatment of lung cancer have unique side effect profiles that can lead to suboptimal adherence if not adequately managed, contributing ultimately to decreased…
Hospital Type and Utilization, Prices, and Financial Burden of Cancer Surgeries in the United States
Project Description In this initiative, PC3I researchers examined the relationship between hospital types and utilization, prices and financial burden, and spending for major cancer surgeries among privately insured patients…
Comparative Effectiveness of Proton Therapy Versus Photon Therapy as Part of Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy for Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer
Project Description The use of concurrent chemoradiotherapies is a standard curative treatment for many cancers but is associated with substantial morbidity including hospitalizations during treatment. PC3I researchers conducted a…
Identifying Risk Factors For Persistent Opioid Use Following Major Cancer Surgery
Project Description Opioid treatment is a standard of care for acute post-surgical pain. Most research on risk and mitigation factors for persistent opioid usage after surgery has focused on…
Use of Social Incentives to Change Behaviors, Improve Ambulation and Health Outcomes After Major Abdominal Surgeries for Cancer
Project Description Major surgeries for cancer bear significant risks, especially for an at-risk elderly population. For cystectomies (removal of the bladder for bladder cancer), 67% of patients will have…
Patient, Clinician, and Administrator Experiences with Evidence-Based Practices to Reduce Unnecessary Hospitalizations and ED Visits During Cancer Treatment
Project Description Seventy-five percent of patients with advanced cancer are hospitalized in the year after diagnosis and one in six patients with advanced cancer are admitted three or more…
Samuel Takvorian
Assistant Professor, Hematology and Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine Samuel Takvorian, MD, MSHP, is the Deputy Director and an Innovation Faculty member at the Penn Center for Cancer Care…