Research and Practice Resources
Outcomes Articles | Clinical Trials | Position/Consensus Statements
Outcomes Articles
The following articles are provided by the Cancer Quality Alliance (CQA), of which SSO is a member.
• Cancer Quality Alliance: Blueprint for a Better Cancer Care System
(CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians; September/October 2008: 266-292)
(To access the following CQA articles, use "CQAMEMB " for both username and password)
• Introduction (JOP May 2009: 100.)
• Quality of Care and Cancer Survivorship: The Challenge of Implementing the Institute of Medicine Recommendations (Patricia A. Ganz; JOP May 2009: 101-105.)
• Treatment Plan and Summary Templates: The Experience of One Practice (Therese M. Mulvey; JOP May 2009: 106-107.)
• Treatment Summaries in Radiation Oncology and Their Role in Improving Patients' Quality of Care: Past, Present, and Future (James A. Hayman; JOP May 2009: 108-109.)
• Passport for Care: Implementing the Survivorship Care Plan (Marc E. Horowitz, Michael Fordis, Susan Krause, Julie McKellar, David G. Poplack; JOP May 2009: 110-112.)
• The Cancer Survivorship Care Plan: Health Care in the Context of Cancer (Michael Feuerstein; JOP May 2009: 113-115.)
• Cancer Care and Survivorship Planning: Promises and Challenges (Len Lichtenfeld; JOP May 2009: 116-118.)
Clinical Trials
ACOSOG (American College of Surgeons Oncology Group): "An NCI-funded cooperative oncology group which is dedicated to prospective clinical trials relevant to surgeons caring for cancer patients. ACOSOG needs patient enrollment into trials that will answer an important surgical oncology question." www.acosog.org
ACRIN (American College of Radiology Imaging Network): "A program of the American College of Radiology, ACRIN is a National Cancer Institute cooperative group and receives additional financial support from contributors to the “ACRIN Fund for Imaging Innovation” and other industry and governmental partners."www.acrin.org
CALGB (The Cancer and Leukemia Group B): "A national clinical research group sponsored by the National Cancer Institute. Founded in 1956, a national network of 26 university medical centers, more than 200 community hospitals and more than 3,000 oncology specialists who collaborate in clinical research studies." www.calgb.org
CenterWatch: "The global source of news, directories, proprietary market research, and analysis for clinical trials professionals and patients" www.centerwatch.com
COG (Children's Oncology Group):: "CureSearch unites the world's largest childhood cancer research organization, the Children's Oncology Group, and the National Childhood Cancer Foundation through our mission to cure childhood cancer." www.childrensoncologygroup.org
CTSU (Cancer Trials Support Unit): "A project sponsored by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for the support of a national network of physicians to participate in NCI-sponsored Phase III cancer treatment trials. The majority of these trials are sponsored by the adult Cooperative Clinical Trials Groups listed here." www.ctsu.org
Coalition of Cancer Cooperative Groups : "TrialCheck® is the country’s most up-to-date source of cancer clinical trial information. The Coalition’s copyrighted cancer clinical trials screening questionnaire will identify trials appropriate for you, your loved ones or your patients. TrialCheck contains more than 4,000 cancer clinical trials from Cooperative Groups, National Cancer Institute (NCI), academic centers, and pharmaceutical and biotech companies. TrialCheck is updated on a daily basis with new information." www.trialcheck.org/cancertrialshelp/
ECOG (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group): "One of the largest clinical cancer research organizations in the US, and conducts clinical trials in all types of adult cancers." ecog.dfci.harvard.edu
GOG (Gynecologic Oncology Group): "A non-profit organization promoting excellence in the quality and integrity of clinical and basic scientific research in the field of Gynecologic malignancies.Approximately 45 individual clinical trials are active at any one time." www.gog.org
NCCTG (North Central Cancer Trials Group): "A national clinical research group sponsored by the NCI. NCCTG consists of a network of cancer specialists at community clinics, hospitals and medical centers in the US and Canada. The research base for NCCTG is located at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. NCCTG specializes in researching methods of treating and preventing cancer, and in researching methods to alleviate the side effects of cancer and cancer treatments." www.ctg.queensu.ca/public/Clinical_Trials/clinical_trials.html
NCI (National Cancer Institute—Trial Search Page): "Search NCI's list of 8,000+ clinical trials now accepting participants, or use more search options to search the set of 19,000+ clinical trials that are no longer recruiting." www.cancer.gov/search/clinical_trials/
NCICCTG (National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group) "The NCIC Clinical Trials Group is a cooperative oncology group which carries out clinical trials in cancer therapy, supportive care and prevention across Canada and internationally. It is one of the national programmes and networks of the Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute (CCSRI), and is supported by the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS)" http://www.ctg.queensu.ca/
NSABP (National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project) "The National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP) is a clinical trials cooperative group supported since its inception by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). We have a 50-year history of designing and conducting clinical trials that have changed the way breast cancer is treated, and, more recently, prevented." http://www.nsabp.pitt.edu/
RTOG (Radiation Therapy Oncology Group): "For 40 years, the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group® (RTOG®) has been a recognized leader in working to increase survival and improve the quality of life for cancer patients." www.rtog.org
SOG (Southwest Oncology Group): "One of the largest of the National Cancer Institute-supported cancer clinical trials cooperative groups in the United States. SWOG’s primary mission is clinical research in the prevention and cure of cancer." www.swog.org
Position and Consensus Statements from SSO,
affiliated organizations, and expert panels
• Position Statement on Prophylactic Mastectomy
• Combined Modality Treatment of Resectable and Borderline Resectable Pancreas Cancer Expert Consensus Statement (2009)
• Consensus Statement on Mandatory Registration of Clinical Trials (2007)
• Consensus Statement on Surgery Journal Authorship (2006)
• ASCO/SSO Review of Current Role of Risk-Reducing Surgery in Common Hereditary Cancer Syndromes (2006)
• Chemotherapy and Regional Therapy of Hepatic Colorectal Metastases Expert Consensus Statement (2006)
• Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy in the Management of Peritoneal Surface Malignancies of Colonic Origin: A Consensus Statement (2006)
• Improving Resectability of Hepatic Colorectal Metastases Expert Consensus Statement (2006)
• Improving Resectability of Hepatic Colorectal Metastases Expert Consensus Statement—Editorial Review (2006)
• Selection of Patients for Resection of Hepatic Colorectal Metastases Expert Consensus Statement (2006)
• Selection of Patients for Resection of Hepatic Colorectal Metastases Expert Consensus Statement - Editorial Review (2006)
• Consensus Statement on Submission and Publication of Manuscripts (2001)
• Society of Surgical Oncology: Statement on Genetic Testing for Cancer Susceptibility (1999)
• Access to Quality Cancer Care Consensus Statement of the American Federation of Clinical Oncologyc Societies (1998)