The National Comprehensive Cancer Network Oncology Research Program, in collaboration with Pfizer Independent Grants for Learning & Change, has awarded 10 grants for project proposals to improve patient care and outcomes in metastatic breast cancer. A proposal from UNC Lineberger researcher Stephanie Wheeler was among the winning projects.
A project proposal by a UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researcher was one of 10 projects selected to receive grant funding from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Oncology Research Program and Pfizer Independent Grants for Learning & Change.
Stephanie Wheeler, PhD, MPH, a UNC Lineberger member and an assistant professor in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, was awarded $295,485 for a project proposal“Implementing and Evaluating Medication Assistance Programming in Metastatic Breast Cancer.”
Wheeler’s project was one of 10 selected from a a call for proposals to develop and adopt evidence-based initiatives to improve patient care and outcomes in metastatic breast cancer. In 2015, NCCN ORP and Pfizer IGLC issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to any organization with an interest in improving patient care including academic and community hospitals.
“Breast cancer is a leading cause of cancer death in women in the United States, and these projects indeed couple education with performance in order to heighten awareness and utilization of evidence-based treatment guidelines for the disease,” said Robert C. Young, MD, interim vice president of NCCN ORP, in a prepared statement.
The other funded proposals were:
- Baylor College of Medicine; Education & Recruitment in Metastatic Breast Cancer Clinical Trials
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; Strengthening Existential Resiliency among Women with Metastatic Breast Cancer
- Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center; EMBRACE Program: A Comprehensive Approach to Improve the Care of Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer
- Duke Cancer Institute; Reimagine End of Life: An Online, Personalized Coping and Decision Aid for Breast Cancer Patients and Providers
- Fox Chase Cancer Center; Improving the Approach to and Management of the Older Metastatic Breast Cancer Patient via a Provider Didactic Intervention
- Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University; Personalizing Patients’ Metastatic Breast Cancer Treatment and Supportive Care Plans
- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center; Empowering Patients to Achieve Individualized Care for Advanced Breast Cancer
- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center; A Collaborative Palliative and Oncology Care Model to Improve End of Life (EOL) Care for Patients with Poor Prognosis Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC)
- Yale Cancer Center/Smilow Cancer Hospital; Optimizing Patient Engagement in Reporting Outcomes among Women with Metastatic Breast Cancer