Cancer Control Program

Health Outcomes Committee

200 First Street, SW

Rochester, MN 55905

P: 507-266-9202

F: 507-284-1803

Ethan Basch, MD and Jeff Sloan, PhD, Co-Chairs

Agenda

Health Outcomes Full Committee Meeting

Friday, November8, 2013

10:00-12:00 PM CST

Cassatt C

Meeting available by teleconference: Dial 800-501-8979, Access Code: 9060180

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  1. Introduction (Ethan Basch, MD)
  1. Liaison Reports(30minutes total)
  2. Neuro-oncology (Paul Brown, MD)
  3. Breast(Shari Goldfarb, MD, Katie Ruddy, MD)
  4. Genitourinary (Ron Chen, MD)
  1. Scientific Presentations (20minutes each)
  2. Reducing Surgical Complication in Newly Diagnosed Oncology Patient Who Smoke Cigarettes

(Jon Ebbert, MD)

Review of Concept (Teresa Deshields, PhD, Karyn Stitzenberg, MD, MPH)

  1. Dignity Therapy/Life Plan in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer

(Ann Marie Dose, RN, PhD)

Review of Concept (Tim Ahles, PhD, Charlie Shapiro, MD)

  1. Clinically Significant Effect Sizes for Survival and Tumor Response Endpoints Using the ½ SD Rule

(Jeff Sloan, PhD)

  1. Announcement: Symptom Management Concept Design Webinar(Michelle Naughton, PhD, 10minutes)

Live webinar that will address the following objectives:

  • Describe the review process for a symptom management concept
  • Identify the required elements included in a symptom management concept
  • Identify key statistical considerations for a symptom management concept
  • Describe issues to consider during concept development from a community physician’s perspective

Registration:

For more information, please contact: Diane St. Germain ()

  1. Committee Updates (Lauren Rogak, MA, 5 minutes)
  1. HOC-Driven Research: Progress of Aims(Jeff Sloan, PhD; 15minutes)
  2. Embedding patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in clinical trials
  3. Conducting primary PRO methodology research
  4. Evaluating the use of PROs to improve care and treatment compliance
  5. Studying relationships of genetic/biological mechanisms with PROs, particularly symptomatic toxicities
  6. Conducting health economics evaluations
  7. Developing comparative effectiveness research designs
  8. Conducting psychosocial interventions and assessing psychosocial issues in cancer survivorship
  9. Measuring staff QOL/burnout
  10. Open Discussion and Brainstorming

Additional Handout Materials Provided

  • Liaison Reports
  • HOC Bibliography Since March 2013 Meeting

HO Committee Members:
Ethan M. Basch, MD (Co-chair) / 2Deborah Collyar / 2Joleen M. Hubbard, MD / 2Bryce B. Reeve, PhD
Jeffrey A. Sloan, PhD (Co-chair) / 2Ivana T. Croghan, PhD / 2Derek R. Johnson, MD / Stephen Ristvedt, PhD
1Amylou Dueck, PhD (V. Co-chair) / Katrina A. Croghan / Leesa Judd / Lauren J. Rogak, MA
Michele Y. Halyard, MD (V. Co-chair) / Teresa K. Deshields, PhD / Karie Karolinski, BS, CCRP / 2Kathryn Ruddy, MD
Michelle Naughton, PhD (V. Co-chair) / 2Ann Marie Dose, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC / 2Sadhna Kohli, PhD, MPH / Hanna Sanoff, MD
2Timothy A. Ahles, PhD / Elena Elkin, PhD / Leslie Kohman, MD / Lidia Schapira, MD
Daniel Anderson, MD / Josephine L. Feliciano, MD / Benjamin D. Kozower, MD, MPH / 2Deborah Schrag, MD
2Terri S. Armstrong, PhD, ANP-BC, FAANP / Stewart Fleishman, MD / Diana M. Kucmeroski / Iuliana Shapira, MD
Thomas Atkinson, PhD / 2Nathan Royce Foster, MS / Jacqueline M. Lafky, MS / Charles L. Shapiro, MD
Deb Barton, RN, PhD / 2Marlene H. Frost, PhD / 1Lan Lan, PhD / Terence Sio, MD
James D. Bearden, III, MD, FACP / 2Evanthia Galanis, MD / 2Joanne Lester, PhD, CRNP, ANP-BC, AOCN / Karyn B. Stitzenberg, MD, MPH
2Tanios S. Bekaii-Saab, MD / Lucy Gansauer, RN, MSN, CPS / Gary Lyman, MD, MPH, FASCO, FACP, FRCP(Edin) / John Taylor, MS
Anne Blaes, MD / 2Apar Ganti, MD / Linda W. Martin, MD, MPH / Larissa K.F. Temple, MD, FACS, FRCS
Victoria S. Blinder, MD / 2Yolanda (Nina) I. Garces, MD / Diana Mehedint, MD / Shelby A. Terstriep, MD
2Paul D. Brown, MD / 3Pat Gavin, RPh / 2Michelle A. Neben Wittich, MD / Linda Veit, CCRP, CCRA
Jan C. Buckner, MD / 2Shari Goldfarb, MD / 2Heidi Nelson, MD / 2Meir Wetzler, MD
Jack Burkhalter, PhD / Caprice Greenberg, MD, MPH / Thomas H. Openshaw, MD / 2Giles Whalen, MD
2Jane Cerhan, PhD / 2Axel Grothey, MD / Jeffrey M. Peppercorn, MD / Margaret E. White, RN, OCN, CCRP
George J. Chang, MD / Amit Gupta, MD / 3Jane Perlmutter, PhD / Jennifer K. Wind, MA
2Ronald Chen, MD, MPH / 2Eileen D. Hacker, PhD, APN, AOCN / Erica Peters, PhD / Yousuf Zafar, MD
2Harvey J. Cohen, MD / Bruce E. Hillner, MD / 2Barbara A. Pockaj, MD
Sean P. Collins, MD / Jimmie C. Holland, MD / Arnold L. Potosky, MD

1Statistician2Liaison 3Patient Advocate