Using Implementation Science to Advance Cancer Prevention in India

Using implementation science to advance cancer prevention in India.

Oral, cervical and breast cancers, which are either preventable and/or amenable to early detection and treatment, are the leading causes of cancer-related morbidity and mortality in India. In this paper, we describe implementation science research priorities to catalyze the prevention and control of these cancers in India. Research priorities were organized using a framework based on the implem...

Advancing Science to Advance Care

Those simple words in the title of this piece capture a significant aspect of our mission as a professional society. We strive to accomplish this lofty goal through our annual meeting, its presentations, abstracts, poster sessions and awards. Our commitment to fellowship training is evidenced not only by a long-standing focus on specialty education, but also supported by the recent creation of ...

Using Technology to Advance Cancer Survivorship Programs

O ver 12 million people in the United States are surviving after being diagnosed with cancer; this number is expected to rise as baby boomers age and emerging targeted therapies create less toxicity (Ganz, 2009). Yet in a 2012 survey, only 55% of primary care providers (PCPs) were comfortable being the sole provider for cancer patients 2 years after the completion of their therapy 2012). Anothe...

Strength through science: using virtual technology to advance the warfighter.

Replication to advance science: changes in ANESTHESIOLOGY.

209 August 2014 “ WHAT’S new with you?” “Take a look at that!” “Well, that’s certainly different!” We are interested in novelty and are wired to notice changes in our environment. Advances in technology mean that many of us are more frequently prodded with new stimuli with each passing day. In this issue of AneSTHeSIology, we highlight something which appears on face value not to be new. A grou...