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ArticleJournal for immunotherapy of cancer2020

Defining current gaps in quality measures for cancer immunotherapy: consensus report from the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) 2019 Quality Summit.

Sara Pai, David Blaisdell, Rachel Brodie, Robert Carlson, Heidi Finnes, Michele Galioto, Roxanne E Jensen, Tom Valuck, Antonia R Sepulveda, Howard L Kaufman

Erratum issuedAbstract readConsensus Statement
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Article in Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
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  5. The role and economics of immunotherapy in solid tumour management.Journal of oncology pharmacy practice : official publication of the International Society of Oncology Pharmacy Practitioners · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Sara PaiSurgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
David BlaisdellDiscern Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Rachel BrodiePerformance Information, Pacific Business Group on Health, San Francisco, California, USA.
Robert CarlsonNational Comprehensive Cancer Network, Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, USA.
Heidi FinnesPharmacy, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Michele GaliotoCenter for Innovation, Oncology Nursing Society, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Roxanne E JensenOutcomes Research Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Tom ValuckDiscern Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Antonia R SepulvedaPathology, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
Howard L KaufmanSurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA HLKaufman@mgh.harvard.edu.

Funding

Strategies to Overcome Immune Resistance in Head and Neck CancersP01CA240239 · NCI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI PAI, SARA ISABEL · 2019 to 2023
$8.4M
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA240239
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundQuality measures are important because they can help improve and standardize the delivery of cancer care among healthcare providers and across tumor types. In an environment characterized by a rapidly shifting immunotherapeutic landscape and lack of associated long-term outcome data, defining quality measures for cancer immunotherapy is a high priority yet fraught with many challenges.

methodsThus, the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer convened a multistakeholder expert panel to,

resultsAfter reviewing the existing quality measure landscape employed for immunotherapeutic-based cancer care, the expert panel identified four relevant National Quality Strategy domains (patient safety, person and family-centered care, care coordination and communication, appropriate treatment selection) with significant gaps in immunotherapy-based quality cancer care delivery. Furthermore, these domains offer opportunities for the development of quality measures as they relate to cancer immunotherapy. These four quality measure concepts are presented in this consensus statement.

conclusionsThis work represents a first step toward defining and standardizing quality delivery of cancer immunotherapy in order to realize its optimal application and benefit for patients.

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PMID31949040
PMCPMC7057483

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