Quality of Life Conference in Head & Neck Cancer

海德生活质量会议

• 批准号: 6507569
• 负责人: BEVAN YUEH
• 金额: $ 2.6万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-05-01 至 2004-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6507569
• 关键词: behavioral /social science research tag; head /neck neoplasm; health science research; meeting /conference /symposium; neoplasm /cancer therapy; outcomes research; quality of life; travel

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The choice of treatment for head and neck (H&N) cancer is increasingly guided by considerations beyond "hard" end-points such as survival. Much attention has been directed to quality of life (QOL) outcomes. However, substantial variation in the methods used to measure and report quality of life outcomes makes it difficult to compare results between institutions and investigators, and has led to inconsistent conclusions about QOL. There is a timely and relevant need to establish national and international agreement on common methods for measuring and reporting QOL in H&N cancer. We have three goals for the conference: Identify categories of QOL outcomes (and examples of appropriate scales in each category) to collect in studies of head and neck cancer; Establish standards for reporting QOL and QOL differences; and Identify compelling new directions of QOL research in head and neck cancer. We propose to hold this conference in McLean, Virginia on October 9-11, 2002. To increase participation, we plan to overlap this conference with the Sixth International Research Workshop on Head and Neck Cancer. This meeting is held every 4 years and attracts a large international audience of leading head and neck cancer clinicians and scientists, and will begin on October 10, 2002. We have identified a core group of speakers to provide leadership. Leaders and participants will have diverse backgrounds and come from North America, South America, Asia, Australia/New Zealand, and Europe. We have excellent representation from both men and women, senior and junior investigators, and a variety of disciplines, including otolaryngologists, general surgeons, maxillofacial surgeons, medical oncologist, radiation oncologists, speech pathologists, head and neck nurses, psychologists, psychometricians and clinical epidemiologists.

描述（由申请人提供）：头颈部（H&N）癌症治疗的选择越来越多地受到“硬”终点（如生存期）以外的考虑因素的指导。生活质量（QOL）结果受到了广泛关注。然而，用于测量和报告生活质量结果的方法存在很大差异，这使得很难比较机构和研究者之间的结果，并导致关于生活质量的结论不一致。有一个及时的和相关的需要，建立国家和国际协议的共同方法测量和报告生活质量的H&N癌症。我们有三个会议的目标：确定在头颈癌研究中收集的QOL结果类别（以及每个类别中适当量表的示例）;建立报告QOL和QOL差异的标准;并确定头颈癌QOL研究的引人注目的新方向。 我们建议于2002年10月9日至11日在弗吉尼亚州姆克林举行这次会议。为了增加参与，我们计划将本次会议与第六届国际头颈癌研究研讨会重叠。该会议每4年举行一次，吸引了大量国际领先的头颈癌临床医生和科学家，并将于2002年10月10日开始。我们已经确定了一个核心发言人小组来发挥领导作用。领导者和参与者将有不同的背景，来自北美，南美，亚洲，澳大利亚/新西兰和欧洲。我们有来自男性和女性，高级和初级研究人员以及各种学科的优秀代表，包括耳鼻喉科医生，普通外科医生，颌面外科医生，医学肿瘤学家，放射肿瘤学家，语言病理学家，头部和颈部护士，心理学家，心理测量学家和临床流行病学家。