Stepwise development of a cancer care delivery research study to evaluate the prevalence of virus infections in cancer patients

Joseph M. Unger; Dawn L. Hershman; Kathryn B. Arnold; Rohit Loomba; Rashmi Chugh; Jessica P. Hwang; Mark A. O'rourke; Nishin A. Bhadkamkar; Lili X. Wang; Abby B. Siegel; Timothy P. Cooley; Jeffrey L. Berenberg; Benjamin B. Bridges; Scott D. Ramsey

doi:10.2217/fon-2015-0076

Stepwise development of a cancer care delivery research study to evaluate the prevalence of virus infections in cancer patients

Joseph M. Unger, Dawn L. Hershman, Kathryn B. Arnold, Rohit Loomba, Rashmi Chugh, Jessica P. Hwang, Mark A. O'rourke, Nishin A. Bhadkamkar, Lili X. Wang, Abby B. Siegel, Timothy P. Cooley, Jeffrey L. Berenberg, Benjamin B. Bridges, Scott D. Ramsey

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Background: SWOG initiated a cancer care delivery research study of virus infection rates among newly diagnosed cancer patients. This study will inform viral screening guidelines in oncology clinics. Methods: In a first step 'vanguard' phase, we evaluated the feasibility of multiple study procedures. Site investigators were surveyed to obtain feedback on study implementation. Results: Much higher enrollment occurred at sites where all physicians participated and viral testing was performed as routine practice. These procedures will be required going forward. Additional protocol changes based on site investigator input were implemented. Conclusion: This multistep protocol design process illustrates how cancer care delivery research studies can adapt to real-world strategies and procedures that exist at community clinics where the predominance of cancer patients are treated.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1219-1231
Number of pages	13
Journal	Future Oncology
Volume	12
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2217/fon-2015-0076
State	Published - May 2016

Keywords

cancer care delivery research
screening
viral infections in cancer patients

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Oncology
Cancer Research

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Unger, J. M., Hershman, D. L., Arnold, K. B., Loomba, R., Chugh, R., Hwang, J. P., O'rourke, M. A., Bhadkamkar, N. A., Wang, L. X., Siegel, A. B., Cooley, T. P., Berenberg, J. L., Bridges, B. B., & Ramsey, S. D. (2016). Stepwise development of a cancer care delivery research study to evaluate the prevalence of virus infections in cancer patients. Future Oncology, 12(10), 1219-1231. https://doi.org/10.2217/fon-2015-0076

Unger, JM, Hershman, DL, Arnold, KB, Loomba, R, Chugh, R, Hwang, JP, O'rourke, MA, Bhadkamkar, NA, Wang, LX, Siegel, AB, Cooley, TP, Berenberg, JL, Bridges, BB & Ramsey, SD 2016, 'Stepwise development of a cancer care delivery research study to evaluate the prevalence of virus infections in cancer patients', Future Oncology, vol. 12, no. 10, pp. 1219-1231. https://doi.org/10.2217/fon-2015-0076

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