A Conference Grant for Special Programming on Decision Making in Cancer

描述（由申请人提供）：该补助金的目的是为医学决策学会（SMDM）提供支持，以在2009年至2011年的每次年会（2009年加利福尼亚州好莱坞; 2010年加拿大多伦多; 2011年伊利诺伊州芝加哥）上举办一次特别研讨会、一次短期课程、一次口头摘要会议和一次海报摘要会议。这一系列特别会议将致力于与癌症决策有关的基础和应用研究。在过去的十年里，癌症预防、治疗和临终关怀取得了巨大的进步。这与癌症生物信息学的进展相结合。虽然这些进展有望改善患者的生活质量，但人们越来越认识到，迫切需要开发和改进让患者参与癌症决策的方法。该补助金中提出的特别计划将有助于突出癌症和医疗决策前沿的研究，汇集不同临床和研究学科的研究人员，并有助于推进癌症控制基础和应用决策的研究议程。未来三年的专题研讨会将包括：1）癌症决策建模; 2）医疗决策的理论基础; 3）个性化癌症护理：预后工具和决策辅助工具的创新。在每届年会期间，将选定由该赠款支助的短期课程，以补充每一年的特别专题讨论会。特别摘要会议将有助于汇集癌症医疗决策的最新研究，并确定未来的研究方向。SMDM是一个专业协会，由来自多个专业的医生，护士，数学，经济学，公共卫生，卫生政策，决策分析和工程等学科的学者以及来自联邦，州和私营部门的成员组成，他们致力于促进合理和系统的方法来改善个人和公共健康，并为社会卫生政策提供信息。SMDM年会是开放的，任何人都可以注册参加。 公共卫生相关性：在过去十年中，癌症预防、治疗和临终关怀取得了巨大进展。这与癌症生物信息学的进展相结合。虽然这些进展有望改善患者的生活质量，但人们越来越认识到，迫切需要开发和改进让患者参与癌症决策的方法。这笔赠款旨在为医学决策学会年会上的癌症特别方案提供多年资金。该补助金中提出的特别计划将有助于突出癌症和医疗决策前沿的研究，汇集不同临床和研究学科的研究人员，并有助于推进癌症控制基础和应用决策的研究议程。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this grant is to provide support to the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) to host one special symposium, one short course, an oral abstract session, and a poster abstract session at each of the Annual Meetings from 2009 through 2011 (2009 Hollywood, CA; 2010 Toronto, Canada; 2011 Chicago, IL). This series of special sessions will be devoted to the basic and applied research related to decision making in cancer. Great advances have been made in cancer prevention, treatment, and end-of-life care over the past decade. This has been coupled with advances in cancer bioinformatics. While these advances have the promise of improving the quality of life of patients, there is increasing recognition of the critical need to develop and improve ways of engaging patients in cancer decision making. The special programming proposed in this grant will help to highlight research at the cutting edge of both cancer and medical decision making, bring together investigators of different clinical and research disciplines, and help to advance the research agenda in basic and applied decision making in cancer control. The special symposia for the coming three years will include: 1) Decision Modeling in Cancer; 2) Theoretical Foundations of Medical Decision Making; and 3) Individualizing Cancer Care: Innovations in Prognostic Tools and Decision Aids. During each annual meeting, the short course that will be supported by this grant will be selected to complement the special symposium for each given year. The special abstract sessions will help to bring together the latest research on medical decision making in cancer and identify future directions for research. The SMDM is a professional society of physicians from multiple specialties, nurses, academics from disciplines such as mathematics, economics, public health, health policy, decision analysis and engineering, as well as members from the federal, state, and private sectors who dedicate their work to promoting rational and systematic approaches to improving individual and public health, and informing societal health policy. The SMDM Annual Meeting is open, and anyone can register to attend. Public Health Relevance: Great advances have been made in cancer prevention, treatment, and end-of-life care over the past decade. This has been coupled with advances in cancer bioinformatics. While these advances have the promise of improving the quality of life of patients, there is increasing recognition of the critical need to develop and improve ways of engaging patients in cancer decision making. This grant seeks to provide multi-year funding for special programming in cancer at the annual meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making. The special programming proposed in this grant will help to highlight research at the cutting edge of both cancer and medical decision making, bring together investigators of different clinical and research disciplines, and help to advance the research agenda in basic and applied decision making in cancer control.