| Collaborate with SEER |
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| Enhance research linkages with other cancer centers to increase population size for research |
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x |
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| Provide organized, multidisciplinary research infrastructure |
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x |
x |
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x |
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| Advocacy for access, quality care, and funding |
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x |
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| Conduct pilot studies |
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x |
x |
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x |
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| Test and evaluate new practice guidelines |
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| Incorporate best care into clinical trials |
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x |
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| Collaborate with local care providers to develop innovations in delivery of care |
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| Research Questions |
| What is the impact of comorbidities on older cancer patients and the care they receive? |
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| Does and should treatment differ in older and younger patients? |
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| What type of care do older cancer patients need? |
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| What type of care do elderly cancer patients receive? |
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| Research Priorities |
| Explore existing research |
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| Develop and test interventions |
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x |
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| Develop validated assessment instrument |
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x |
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x |
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x |
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| Incorporate cancer center expertise into NCI projects |
x |
x |
x |
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| Learn more about cancer in elderly populations |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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| Research Barriers |
| Cancer centers are not well suited to the kinds of research needed |
x |
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x |
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| More experts in different fields, with relevant experience, are needed to do research |
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x |
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| Need more multidisciplinary, multi-institutional collaboration |
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x |
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x |
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| Antiaging bias of many researchers |
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x |
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| Recruiting older patients into clinical trials and studying them is difficult, costly, time consuming |
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| Research tools for this population are lacking |
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| Healthcare system is not set up to provide appropriate care to the elderly |
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