Grant ID | PP220017 |
Awarded On | February 16, 2022 |
Title | Leveraging Passport for Care to Reduce Childhood Cancer Survivorship Outcome Disparities in the Rio Grande Valley |
Program | Prevention |
Award Mechanism | Expansion of Cancer Prevention Services to Rural and Medically Underserved Populations |
Institution/Organization | Baylor College of Medicine |
Principal Investigator/Program Director | Maria Gramatges |
Cancer Sites | All Sites |
Contracted Amount | $983,276 |
Lay Summary |
Need: Childhood cancer survivors (CCS) are at risk for cancer therapy-related late effects. Evidence-based long-term follow-up guidelines for CCS are readily available and maintained by the Children's Oncology Group (COG). However, dissemination and uptake of these guidelines is suboptimal, especially among CCS not routinely followed in a Long Term Survivor (LTS) Clinic. Up to 50% of CCS have little to no recollection of their cancer diagnosis, let alone the treatments they received as children, information that is required to inform exposure-based risks and screening. Beyond these barriers and their risk for late effects, CCS are more likely to live in financial hardship and be under or uni... |