2021 in Review

Our staff and partners had a busy 2021. Below are select articles and presentations featuring PAF and NAPF staff and/or data insights from the Patient Insight Institute

Articles 

Rocque GB, Williams CP, Andrews C, Childers TC, Wiseman KD, Gallagher KD, Tung N, Balch A, Lawhon VM, Ingram SA, Brown T, Kaufmann T, Smith ML, DeMichele A, Wolff AC, Wagner L. “Patient perspectives on chemotherapy de-escalation in breast cancer”. Cancer Med. 2021 May;10(10):3288-3298.  

Open access link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33932097/ 

Biddell CB, Wheeler SB, Angove RSM, Gallagher KD, Anderson E, Kent EE, Spees LP. “Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Financial Consequences of Cancer-Related Employment Disruption”. Frontiers in Oncology. Vol. 11 2021: 127: 449‐ 457.  

Open access Link: https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fonc.2021.690454 

Caston N,  Lawhon V, Smith K, Gallagher K, Angove R, Anderson E, Balch A, Azuero A, Hung C, Rocque G. “Examining the association among fear of COVID‐19, psychological distress, and delays in cancer care”. Cancer Medicine (2021). 

Open access link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/cam4.4391 

Zeybek B, Webster E, Pogosian N, Tymon-Rosario J, Balch A, Altwerger G, Clark M, Menderes G, Huang G, Azodi M, Ratner ES, Schwartz PE, Santin AD, Andikyan V. “Financial toxicity in patients with gynecologic malignancies: a cross sectional study”. J Gynecol Oncol. 2021 Nov;32(6):e87.  

Open access link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8550931/ 

Kircher S, Braccio N, Gallagher K, Carlos R, Wagner L, Smith M, Balch A, Benson A. “Meeting patients where they are: policy platform for telehealth and cancer care delivery.” Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, 19(12), 1470-1474. 

Open access link: https://jnccn.org/view/journals/jnccn/19/12/article-p1470.xml 

Conference Abstracts 

Presentations 

V Lawhon, N Caston, K Smith, K Gallagher, C Huang, Andres Azuero, E Anderson, R Angove, A Balch, G Rocque. “Fear of COVID-19: Effects on mental health in under-resourced patients with cancer”. ASCO Quality of Care Symposium. Boston, MA, September 24-26, 2021. 

https://ascopubs.org/doi/abs/10.1200/JCO.2020.39.28_suppl.152 

A Richardson, K Gallagher, E Anderson, R Angove. “Dealing with Social Distancing: Evaluating the impact of COVID-19 fear on care disruption and telehealth utilization in patients living with HIV/AIDS”. ANAC 2021 Conference. Washington DC, November 11-13, 2021. 

Posters 

B Zeybek, E Webster, N Pogosian, J Tymon-Rosario, D Mauricio, J Harold, G Menderes, G Altwerger, J Malette, M Luther, L Baker, A Balch, M Clark, G Huang, M Azodi, E Ratner, P Schwartz, A Santin, V Andikyan. “Financial toxicity in patients with gynecologic malignancies”. 2021 Society of Gynecologic Oncology 52nd Annual Meeting on Women's Cancer. March 22-25, 2021. 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0090825821009501 

C Biddell, S Wheeler, R Angove, K Gallagher, E Anderson, E Kent, L Spees. “Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Financial Consequences of Cancer-Related Employment Disruption”. 2021 Academy Health Annual Research Conference. Washington DC, June 14-17, 2021. 

C Williams, G Rocque, N Caston, K Gallagher, R Angove, E Anderson, J De Moor, M Halpern, R Gidwani. “Associations between Financial Hardship and Insurance Coverage Status in Individuals with Cancer during the COVID-19 Pandemic”. 2021 Academy Health Annual Research Conference. Washington DC, June 14-17, 2021. 

U Roy, N Martin, J Schrag, L Shivakumar, K Gallagher, L Dropkin, M Molina, L Redway, L Boehmer. “A United States study focused on patients’ understanding of attitude toward and barriers to the use of biomarker testing for NSCLC”. 2021 World Conference on Lung Cancer, September 8 – 14, 2021. 

K Smith, N Caston, V Lawhon, K Gallagher, R Angove, E Anderson, A Balch, A Azuero, C Huang, G Rocque. “Association of Fear of COVID-19 with Delays in Care or Treatment Interruptions in Patients with Cancer”. ASCO Quality of Care Symposium. Boston, MA, September 24-26, 2021. 

https://ascopubs.org/doi/abs/10.1200/JCO.2020.39.28_suppl.98 

S Ingram, N Caston, C Andrews, R England, C Williams, A Azuero, K Gallagher, R Angove, E Anderson, A Balch, F Fletcher, E Eaton, R Gidwani, G Rocque. “Hesitancy and malignancy: Vaccine hesitancy among individuals with cancer”. ASCO Quality of Care Symposium. Boston, MA, September 24-26, 2021. 

https://ascopubs.org/doi/abs/10.1200/JCO.2020.39.28_suppl.148 

N Caston, C Williams, K Gallagher, R Angove, E Anderson, A Balch, G Rocque. “Patient-reported unfair treatment within the health care system.” ASCO Quality of Care Symposium. Boston, MA, September 24-26, 2021. 

https://ascopubs.org/doi/abs/10.1200/JCO.2020.39.28_suppl.115 

Panels/Speaking Engagements 

R Angove. “From Collection to Outcomes-- Patient Engagement across the RWD/RWE Process”. Real World Evidence Digital Week, Informa Connect, Online Event, March 23, 2021. 

R Angove. “Patient Perspectives on Data Needs”. Building Data Capacity for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research; Workshop 1, The National Academies of Science-Engineering-Medicine. Online event. May 3, 2021.