Browsing by Subject "oncology"

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ASSESSING THE PREVALENCE OF PSYCHOSOCIAL DISTRESS AMONG PEDIATRIC AND ADOLESCENT PATIENTS WITH LEUKEMIA USING THE DISTRESS THERMOMETER TOOL, AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY
(2023-05) Monteverde, Joaquin D.; Basha, Riyaz; Bailey, Laurie; Olivencia-Yurvati, Albert H.
A leukemia diagnosis causes psychosocial distress in a significant number of patients. When this psychosocial need goes unattended, it can negatively affect their course of treatment. To prevent this issue, the Distress Thermometer (DT) allows a quick and valid way for patients/parents to self-report distress on a scale of 0-10, including identification of the distress source. This study descriptively evaluates the differences in distress prevalence from different demographic factors such as ethnicity, gender, leukemia type, and age.
Cancer Incidences And Outcomes In Adolescent And Young Adult Patients Living In Food Deserts - A Retrospective Study At Cook Children's Medical Center
(2024-05) Miller, Whitney N.; Basha, Riyaz
Food Deserts, as classified by the USDA, are areas of low access to nutritious foods. Access to nutritious food is inhibited by resources such as income, transportation, and/or distance to stores with healthy food options. The areas classified as food deserts are most commonly found in minority communities. Living in a food desert has been associated with several chronic diseases such as hypertension, coronary heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, kidney disease, and cancer. This study evaluates adolescent and young adult data from the Cook Children's Cancer Registry for food desert status and its relationship between demographics and survival. The AYA oncology population is a growing area of research but remains understudied. Research looking into the health disparities caused by food deserts can impact future care by improving health and disease outcomes in the AYA community.
The Development of a Core Set of Standard Operating Procedures in Order to Promote Quality, Consistency, and Efficiency in the Conduct of Oncology Clinical Research at the University of Texas Southwestern
(2005-12-01) Grant, Leon; Kaman, Robert; Bens, Annita V.; Batchelor, Kim
There is an increasing need for standardization of tools and methods involved in the management of complex study tasks from study set-up and initiation, through subject recruitment and treatment, to study closure. Standardizing daily clinical research activities by establishing new, regularly updated procedural protocols improves management tasks. This includes adherence to FDA regulations and compliance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Guidelines, offering easy monitoring of adverse events and clinical trial data, and promoting quality, consistency, and efficiency in the conduct of clinical trials. This is especially true in the case of the University of Texas Southwestern, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center Clinical Research Office that conducts and manages a diverse array of cancer-related clinical research including skin, lung, breast, and gastrointestinal cancers. The focus of this research project was the generation of a core set of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in the conduct of oncology clinical research at this site. The purpose of these SOPs is to promote quality, consistency, and efficiency of research conduct. An SOP Supplement was created to offer a roadmap on how to read and use the SOPs. This accompanies an SOP Awareness Program that was used to communicate the rationale for regulations, policies and procedures. The intention of this SOP Awareness Program was to foster a culture of compliance by the research staff. Furthermore, a Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM) questionnaire was used to address the individual’s concerns about the innovation, its implementation and its adaptation. A daily journal log detailed the internship experience in terms of the daily activity and tasks performed towards the successful completion of the research project.