Cancer and Aging Research Group

Improving the care of older adults with cancer

CARG Advocacy Committee

MISSION
The CARG Advocacy Committee aims to improve the quality of care and outcomes of older adults with cancer through the identification of gaps in the quality and utilization of services and treatments accessed by this vulnerable population, with the determination to share our findings with the oncology community of clinicians, researchers and service providers, as well as policy makers and all stakeholders to ensure positive action is taken to improve infrastructures and resource allocation to directly address these gaps, and best serve older adults with cancer.

COMPOSITION

Founding Members:




Beverly Canin

Beverly Canin
Co-Chair

Karlynn BrintzenhofeSzoc, PhD, MSW, FAOSW


Amy MacKenzie, MD, FACP



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Members:
Richard Gelb, SCOREBoard Member
Ira Parker
Shirley (Shelley) Bluethmann, PhD, MPH
Brennan Streck, PhD, RN, MPH
Anahat Kaur, MD
Rachelle Brick, PhD, M.S.P.H, M.S.O.T.
Brandon Greene, RN
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LINK TO ADVOCACY RESOURCES

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PAST ADVOCACY PROJECTS

  • Identification of efforts for policy change and recognition of issues of geriatric oncology at the local, national, and international level.
  • The Underreporting of Phase III Chemo-therapeutic Clinical Trial Data of Older Patients with Cancer: A Systematic Review in Journal of Geriatric Oncology (JGO) in January of 2020.
  • Collaboration with Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) in developing and launching a survey entitled Cancer Care Providers’ Attitude Toward Care for Older Adults with Cancer During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Two manuscripts are published in JGO in 2020.

CURRENT PROJECTS (2021)

  • We are working on a third manuscript to identify differences between medical decision makers (MD/APP) and social workers.
  • We are looking to see if there are differences between urban and non-urban settings to support writing a fourth manuscript.

PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS

  • BrintzenhofeSzoc, K., Krok-Schoen, Pisegna, J. L., MacKenzie, A. R., Canin, B., Plotkin, E., Boehmen, L. M., & Shahrokni, A. (2020). Survey of cancer care providers’ attitudes toward care for older adults with cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Geriatric Oncology.
  • Krok-Schoen, Pisegna, J. L., BrintzenhofeSzoc, K., MacKenzie, A. R., Canin, B., Plotkin, E., Boehmen, L. M., & Shahrokni, A. (2020). Experiences of healthcare providers of older adults with cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Geriatric Oncology.
  • Koll, T., BrintzenhofeSzoc, K., Shahrokoni, A., Canin, B., Parker, I. R., Krok-Schoen, J. L., MacKenzie, A. R., Lund, J. L., Hsu, C. D., Pan, K., & Vankina, R. (2018, November). The underreporting of clinical trial data of older patients with cancer: A systematic review. Poster Presentation, International Society of Geriatric Oncology, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  • BrintzenhofeSzoc, K., Shahrokoni, A., Canin, B., Parker, I. R., Krok-Schoen, J. L., MacKenzie, A. R., Lund, J. L., Hsu, C. D., Pan, K., & Vankina, R. (2018, September). A review of oncologic therapeutic phase-3 clinical trial literature: Exploring the reporting of clinical trial data of older patients with cancer. Poster Presentation, American Society of Clinical Oncology Quality Care Symposium, Phoenix, AZ.
  • BrintzenhofeSzoc, K., Shahrokoni, A., Canin, B., Parker, I. R., Krok-Schoen, J. L., MacKenzie, A. R., Lund, J. L., Hsu, C. D., Pan, K., & Vankina, R. (2018, June) Underreporting of clinical trial data for older cancer patients: A systematic review. ePoster Presentation, Multinational Association of Symptom Care in Cancer, Vienna, Austria.

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