- Research team: Principal investigator Janet H. Van Cleave, PhD, RN, FAAN. Site principal investigators Abraham A. Brody, PhD, RN, FAAN, NYU Meyers College of Nursing; Kenneth S. Hu, MD, NYU Grossman School of Medicine and NYU Perlmutter Cancer Center; Jessica R. Bauman, MD, Fox Chase Cancer Center; and Christopher E. Lominska, MD, the University of Kansas Cancer Center; Brian L. Egleston, MPP, PhD, Fox Chase Cancer Center, will serve as biostatistician for the project.
- Funding sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- Overview: This study will investigate the implementation and effectiveness of a patient-reported symptom tool for head and neck cancers. Learn more.
- Budget: $3,302,299
- Project period: Sept. 19, 2023, through Aug. 31, 2025
(Supplement) Assessing and Enhancing Survivorship Care in Rural and Urban Patients with Head and Neck Cancer
- Research team: Principal investigator Janet H. Van Cleave, PhD, RN, FAAN. Co-investigators Ron Karni, MD, McGovern School of Medicine at UTHealth Houston, and Susan Fenton, PhD, RHIA, ACHIP, FAMIA, McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston.
- Funding sponsor: NCI
- Overview: Investigators will review records of 250 patients in Southeast Texas who live in seven urban counties with metro areas of more than 50,000 people and six less-populated counties. They will also interview patients, clinicians, and administrators to identify barriers to accessing survivorship care and to assess alignment of processes, policies, and evaluation/assessment metrics with the recently developed Nation Standards for Cancer Survivorship Care.
- Budget: $72,277
- Project period: 1, 2024-Aug. 31, 2025
