Improving The Management Of Nausea In Advanced Cancer: Pragmatic Tool For Assessing& Treating Nausea In Clincial Practi
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$100,000.00
Summary
Nausea and vomiting are common problems in-patients with advanced cancer and they are under-treated. The investigators will develop evidence-based tools to assist non-specialist clinicians in the assessment and treatment of nausea in advanced cancer. They will also develop an educational intervention to train health professionals to use these tools and pilot a randomised trial designed to evaluate the package in NSW and WA.
Protocol Development, Web-based Data Collection And Data Quality For All Cancer Cooperative Trials Groups
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,840,000.00
Summary
Each year, 85,000 Australian develop cancer and 35,000 die of it. The Clinical Oncological Society of Australia and nine Australian cancer trials groups run studies that test new and better ways of preventing, curing, treating and palliating people affected by cancer. This grant will help these groups start trials faster; run them more efficiently; coordinate quality assurance; and standardize operating procedures. This grant will enable collaboration that increases the speed, efficiency and qua ....Each year, 85,000 Australian develop cancer and 35,000 die of it. The Clinical Oncological Society of Australia and nine Australian cancer trials groups run studies that test new and better ways of preventing, curing, treating and palliating people affected by cancer. This grant will help these groups start trials faster; run them more efficiently; coordinate quality assurance; and standardize operating procedures. This grant will enable collaboration that increases the speed, efficiency and quality of cancer research to lessen the suffering of people affected by cancer.Read moreRead less
I am a perinatal epidemiologist and public health physician working in pregnancy and child birth research to improve the health and well-being of mothers and babies. My research encompasses the use of population health data to evaluate perinatal health a