Leading Innovation For Cancer Treatment Burden (LIFT) Network
By uniting researchers, clinicians, patients and advocates, the LIFT Network aims to transform the cancer care experience so that no patient is forced to choose between healing and hardship.
Upcoming LIFT Network Events
- May 20, 1-2pm: OCS Director’s Series - Waiting Rooms and Lost Days: Measuring the Time Costs of Cancer Care, Rachel Vogel and Julian Wolfson, Webinar
- June 1, 4:30-6PM: Oral Abstract 1111, “Beyond the clinic: comprehensive assessment of time burdens in cancer care”, ASCO Annual Meeting, Rachel Vogel, Chicago, IL
- June 8, 2pm: Oral Abstract, “Association of County-Level Medical Debt and Timely Treatment Initiation Among Individuals Newly Diagnosed with Cancer”, AcademyHealth Annual Meeting, Jingxuan Zhao and Helen Parsons, Minneapolis, MN
- June 12: Survivorship Picnic, 5-8pm, Rosland Park, Edina, MN
Network Spotlight
A recent commentary published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute by LIFT Network Members Rachel Vogel, Helen Parsons, Patricia Jewett and Arjun Gupta, highlights the intersecting time, administrative, and financial burdens of a cancer diagnosis. The commentary presents a research agenda to map, measure, evaluate, and mitigate these burdens during cancer treatment and survivorship. Read more here.