The following grant projects at Michigan State University have received funding from the MCC:

• Characteristics of Patients Who Enter Clinical Trials
  Purpose: To survey patients on Phase II and Phase III clinical trials to determine if patients perceive that their psychosocial supportive care needs are more adequately met and addressed when they participated in clinical trials as compared to those who do not participate in clinical trials. In addition, this project will employ a model that examines the psychosocial dispositions of patients and seeks to determine if these differences affect decisions to participate directly in a clinical trial, and if the patient’s psychosocial disposition influences his/her perception of the supportive care they receive.
  Principle Investigator: Aaron Scholnik, MD, FACP (e-mail: ascholnik@mgh.org)

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• Characteristics of Patients Who Enter Clinical Trials
  Purpose: To examine the factors identified by primary care providers that influence their decisions to offer and discuss clinical trials and to refer or not refer their patients to specialists (oncologists, radiologists, or cancer centers) who are likely to recommend cancer clinical trials.
  Principle Investigator: Aaron Scholnik, MD, FACP (e-mail: ascholnik@mgh.org)

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• A Standard Pathology Lexicon for Breast, Prostate, and Colorectal Cancers
  Purpose: To identify all of the common elements in the content and formats used by representative departments of pathology throughout the state for the reporting of specimens of breast, prostate and colorectal cancer. The final product will be a standardized lexicon for reporting pathology results in cases of breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer.
  Principle Investigator: Aaron Scholnik, MD, FACP (e-mail: ascholnik@mgh.org)

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last updated: 08/14/06

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