Beth Israel Medical Center Receives Major American Cancer Society Grant Toward Improving Pain Management in Chinese Cancer Patients
Posted on: Monday, 22 June 2009, 07:00 CDT
"This grant allows us to examine a method to improve health care access and the practice capacity of community oncologists to deliver state-of-the-art pain interventions to the growing population of Chinese cancer patients," said
"This is the first known study to bring QI to the large population of Chinese cancer patients," said
This five-year
"The Asian community has been actively supporting the American Cancer Society's research efforts by participating in various fundraising activities," said
"Receiving this grant highlights the continuing strong relationship
Chinese Americans, the largest Asian subgroup in the U.S. with 3.6 million people, have a high rate of cancer, particularly nasopharyngeal, liver, and stomach. Chinese Americans are represented by a growing number of recent immigrants (50 percent) who are economically disadvantaged and medically underserved. Patients commonly present with advanced illness and have a higher risk for poorly controlled pain. Although QI methodologies have the potential to improve pain control, there is a lack of QI programs in pain and symptom management for this population.
"This study will bring benefits to Chinese American cancer patients by improving pain treatment and understanding barriers to care," said Kin Lam, MD, Director of Community Oncology for the Asian Services Center. "We are grateful to cancer patients in the community for supporting this work. Without them, our research in this area would not be possible."
The Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care at Beth Israel Medical Center offers a broad array of therapies for chronic pain of all types. The highly trained medical team includes pain specialists with backgrounds in Neurology, Rehabilitation Medicine, Anesthesiology, and Psychology. The department is part of the nonprofit hospital system in
The American Cancer Society is the nationwide community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy and service. For more information or to volunteer, call the American Cancer Society at (800) 227-2345 or visit it's Web site at www.cancer.org.
SOURCE Beth Israel Medical Center
Source: PR Newswire
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