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. "7 Health Services Research in Cancer Care." Ensuring Quality Cancer Care. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1999.

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Methodology

Claims data to assess cancer incidence, stage, and therapy
Using claims data for cancer surveillance
Cancer surveillance using health claims-based data system
Statistical issues in the early detection of disease

Provider Issues:

Survey of African-American physicians and patients
Improving medical student communication with low-literacy adults

Other:

Health care delivery systems and cancer outcomes
Stress of cancer caregiving--analysis and intervention
Utah center for alternative medicine research in cancer
Supportive oncology--reducing the burden of cancer
Patterns of Care study in radiation oncology

SOURCES: Brenda Edwards, DCCPS, National Cancer Institute, personal communication to Maria Hewitt, November 1998; http://www.nih.gov/grants/ guide/pa; Martin Brown, Head, Health Services and Economics Section, Applied Research Branch, CSRP, DCCPS, NCI, personal communication to Maria Hewitt, December 1998; HSRProj, 1998.

TABLE 7.1

Current Extramural Health Services Research Projects Supported Elsewhere at NIH and Listed on HSRProj

Institute	Project
National Institute on Aging	Family and the health of African-American elderly: cancer prevention videos in a community setting Health technologies' cost and outcomes in the elderly Improving breast cancer care through patient activation Caregiver responses to managing elderly patients at home Breast and cervical cancer control in the elderly Breast cancer prevention and control in older women
National Institute of Dental Research	Patterns of care, outcomes, and cost of oral cavity pharyngeal cancer
National Eye Institute	Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study (2 grants) Ocular melanoma (18 grants) Quality of life—Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study
National Library of Medicine	New decision supports and databases for drug dosage Using teledermatology to improve the ability of primary A care physicians to recognize and treat skin cancers and other skin conditions in Oregon
SOURCE: HSRProj, 1998.