Dr. Christabel Cheung Published in Journal of National Cancer Institute

Assistant Professor Christabel Cheung, PhD, MSW, and an international team of colleagues led by Dr. Olga Husson at The Netherlands Cancer Institute published a new paper in Journal of the National Cancer Institute. This commentary reflects upon and asserts the need for the development of a Core Outcome Set (COS) that offers an agreed minimum set of outcomes to be measured globally and routinely in oncology research and clinical practice. The authors present recommendations for a COS tailored to reflect the personal and societal costs of cancer that are uniquely experienced in the adolescent and young adult (AYA) patient population – diagnosed with cancer between ages 15-39 years. They further suggest that a COS for AYAs would facilitate better pooling of research data and the implementation of high-quality healthcare registries, which by benchmarking not only nationally, but also internationally, may ultimately improve the value of the care given to these underserved cancer patients.

Citation (open access):

Olga Husson, PhD, Bryce B Reeve, PhD, Anne-Sophie Darlington, PhD, Christabel K Cheung, PhD, MSW, Samantha Sodergren, PhD, Winette T A van der Graaf, MD, PhD, John M Salsman, PhD, Next Step for Global Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology: A Core Patient-Centered Outcome Set, JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2021, djab217, https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djab217