Innovative Patient-Centered Care for Cancer

The current system of cancer care is not built to optimize for patients, according to our speakers. Clinical trials optimize for sponsor outcomes. Hospitals and clinics optimize for payer reimbursement. Translational research optimizes for publication impact. Electronic health records are optimized for billing efficiency.

Join us in-person as Mark Laabs (cancer survivor and founder of Rare Cancer Research Foundation, or RCRF) and RCRF President Marshall Thompson advocate for a better way.

Putting the patient at the center of the cancer research and care ecosystem requires new tools and capabilities. Patients are uniquely positioned - as both ultimate source and beneficiary of all cancer-related samples, data, and findings - to power a change in the way we approach oncology innovation in the clinic and in the laboratory. The first steps toward a patient-centered oncology research, collaboration, and clinical exploration program are possible today, and the RCRF is building toward a future that empowers all cancer patients to participate in and benefit from the promises of modern personalized medicine.

Moderator: Gerald Anthony Harris, Quantum Planning Group

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