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Life After Cancer: Examining Survivor Transitions From Specialist to Primary Care

Award Number: K01CA131500
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 08/01/2008
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/30/2013

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Life After Cancer: Examining Survivor Transitions From Specialist to Primary Care - DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall goal of this career development application is to enable Dr. Hudson to become an independent researcher in cancer survivorship and primary care research. The numbers of cancer survivors are rapidly increasing. Breast and prostate cancer survival exceeds 75%. More than half of individuals already diagnosed with cancer are expected to survive for more than 5 years. Primary care providers are seen for one out of three cancer care office visits. Primary care foci of care coordination and continuity are necessary for achieving better survivor care. However, research on primary care providers' impact on survivor outcomes is fairly underdeveloped. Two new studies suggest that survivors who see both oncologists and primary care physicians are more likely to receive recommended follow-up care than patients who see one or the other. However, there is no research that examines how patients think about these options for care, their decision making processes or the impact of these factors on receiving follow-up care. Using a combination of interviewing and survey research methodologies, the proposed studies build on each other to (1) explore early stage breast and prostate cancer survivors' attitudes toward primary care for follow-up cancer screening and (2) develop and validate a survey instrument to be implemented in a study that describes primary care usage and assesses cognitive-affective, patient support and demographic factors that affect how survivors use specialists and primary care physicians for follow-up care. The training plan proposed supports this research by providing necessary advanced mentoring and coursework in health psychology, risk perception, decision making, cancer biology and epidemiology. This will enable the PI to effectively conduct the proposed studies and provide a strong, evidence based foundation for later development of a testable intervention that helps survivors more effectively work with primary care providers around their follow-up cancer care. This program of training and research will be critical to identifying common and important quality of life problems faced by survivors and identifying mechanisms and risk factors underlying these problems. Most importantly, the knowledge gained from these studies is essential for development and testing of theory guided interventions that focus on providing new strategies to more effectively address survivor care in the primary care setting.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2014 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2014	2012	Rutgers, The State Univ Biomedical & Health Sciences	65 Davidson Road	Piscataway	NJ	08854	MIDDLESEX	USA	Cancer Research Manpower	000	6	1/7/2014	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	-$5,596
2014	2012	UMDNJ, ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MED SCH	335 GEO ST LIBERTY PLAZA 4 FL	NEW BRUNSWICK	NJ	08903	MIDDLESEX	USA	Cancer Research Manpower	001	5	1/7/2014	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$5,596
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2013 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2013	2012	Rutgers, The State Univ Biomedical & HEALTH Sciences	65 Davidson Road	Piscataway	NJ	08554		USA	Cancer Research Manpower	000	6	8/10/2013	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$54,649
2013	2012	UMDNJ, ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MED SCH	335 GEO ST LIBERTY PLAZA 4 FL	NEW BRUNSWICK	NJ	08903	MIDDLESEX	USA	Cancer Research Manpower	001	5	8/10/2013	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$54,649
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2012 ( Subtotal = $131,062 )
2012	2012	UMDNJ, ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MED SCH	335 GEO ST LIBERTY PLAZA 4 FL	NEW BRUNSWICK	NJ	08903	MIDDLESEX	USA	Cancer Research Manpower	000	5	7/26/2012	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$131,062
														Subtotal = $131,062

Issue Date FY: 2011 ( Subtotal = $131,850 )
2011	2011	UMDNJ, ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MED SCH	335 GEO ST LIBERTY PLAZA 4 FL	NEW BRUNSWICK	NJ	08903	MIDDLESEX	USA	Cancer Research Manpower	000	4	7/29/2011	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$131,850
														Subtotal = $131,850

Issue Date FY: 2010 ( Subtotal = $128,759 )
2010	2010	UMDNJ, ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MED SCH	335 GEO ST LIBERTY PLAZA 4 FL	NEW BRUNSWICK	NJ	08903	MIDDLESEX	USA	Cancer Research Manpower	000	3	8/6/2010	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$128,759
														Subtotal = $128,759

Issue Date FY: 2009 ( Subtotal = $125,956 )
2009	2009	UMDNJ, ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MED SCH	335 GEO ST LIBERTY PLAZA 4 FL	NEW BRUNSWICK	NJ	08903	MIDDLESEX	USA	Cancer Research Manpower	000	2	7/14/2009	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$125,956
														Subtotal = $125,956

Issue Date FY: 2008 ( Subtotal = $123,235 )
2008	2008	UMDNJ, ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MED SCH	335 GEO ST LIBERTY PLAZA 4 FL	NEW BRUNSWICK	NJ	08903	MIDDLESEX	USA	Cancer Research Manpower	000	1	7/21/2008	NEW	$123,235
														Subtotal = $123,235

Grand Total All Awards = $640,862

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Life After Cancer: Examining Survivor Transitions From Specialist to Primary Care

Award Number: K01CA131500

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 08/01/2008

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/30/2013

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