This webinar is part of the Coast to Coast Webinar Series (2015)
Overview
The goal of this research project is to generate and transfer knowledge of late effects and care of young cancersurvivors to optimize survivor and care outcomes
Key Objectives:
- Develop a resource for childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancer survivorship research
- Determine risks and predictors of late-occurring and long term medical problems
- Examine patterns and quality of (health) care in relation to these risks
- Transfer knowledge for change in (health) care policy and practice
Data sources linked
- BC Cancer Agency: BC Cancer Registry, health records, oncology scheduling, BC screening mammography program, BC cervical cancer screening program, CAIS treatment summary
- MOH: MSP Consolidation file, hospital separations (DAD), MSP payment information, Home and Community Care, Mental Health, Vital Statistics Deaths
- BC College Pharmacists: PharmaNet
- Ministry of Education: FSA Achievement data
- Ministry of Advanced Education: Program data
- Statistics Canada: Longitudinal Tax filer files
Strengths and caveats associated with data use:
- Strengths: Longitudinal, person-based, comprehensive, accurate, verified
- Caveats: Privacy issues and delays in access; gaps in data
Analytic techniques used:
- Multivariate and Logistic Regression
Policy implications/key findings
Summary of lessons learned, impact to health policy and implications for related research
Health and healthcare impacts:
- Among oncologists and other cancer specialists:
- Raise awareness of issues; identify treatment toxicities; contribute to clinical decision-making; inform survivor care guideline development; encourage research into treatment alternatives
- Among family physicians and other care providers:
- Raise awareness of late complications; identify high-risk survivors; provide targeted risk-based care
- Among policymakers and managers:
- Identify workload, costs to the system of inappropriate care, roles of health care providers, and appropriate resources; support cost-effective models of care
- Among survivors:
- Raise awareness of long-term issues for self-management
Education, vocational impacts:
Similar to health.
Presenter: Mary McBride, Program Leader, The Childhood, Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivor Program (CAYACS), BC Cancer Agency
Watch recorded video presentation below.
