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Determining research priorities for adolescent and young adult cancer in A ustralia
Author(s) -
Medlow S.,
Patterson P.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
european journal of cancer care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.849
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1365-2354
pISSN - 0961-5423
DOI - 10.1111/ecc.12291
Subject(s) - medicine , survivorship curve , health professionals , service (business) , health care , family medicine , cancer survivorship , nursing , cancer , medical education , political science , economy , economics , law
The A ustralian Y outh C ancer S ervice ( YCS ) is part of a growing international movement to provide advocacy and better targeted health‐care services for adolescents and young adults ( AYAs ) with cancer. One of the key initiatives of the YCS is to determine and implement priorities within A ustralian AYA cancer research. The YCS used the value‐weighting online survey technique of allocating 100 hypothetical units of funding across pre‐determined topics of research in order to determine A ustralian consumers' and health professionals' AYA cancer research priorities. A total of 101 participants (26 consumers and 75 health professionals) took part in the online survey. B iomedical and C linical M edicine R esearch was allocated the greatest proportion of available funding. A number of priority populations were also identified, although these were distributed across pre‐treatment and post‐treatment stages. The preferences of consumers and health professionals to invest available AYA cancer research funds in B iomedical and C linical M edicine R esearch will be an important consideration in guiding the A ustralian YCS decision‐making process in the immediate future. ‘Prevention, screening and early detection’ was also an important research funding target, along with survivorship populations.