Review

. 2023 Jan:9:e2200305.

doi: 10.1200/GO.22.00305.

Cancer Survivorship in the Indo-Pacific: Priorities for Progress

Bogda Koczwara¹, Alexandre Chan^{2

3}, Michael Jefford^{4

5

6}, Wendy W T Lam^{7

8}, Carolyn Taylor⁹, Claire E Wakefield^{10

11}, Nirmala Bhoo-Pathy¹², Bishal Gyawali¹³, Gregory Harvet¹⁴, Yan Lou¹⁵, C S Pramesh¹⁶, Miyako Takahashi^{17

18}, Yu Ke¹⁹, Raymond Javan Chan²⁰

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Oncology, Flinders Medical Centre, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.
² School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, Irvine, CA.
³ Department of Oncology Pharmacy, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore.
⁴ Department of Health Services Research, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
⁵ Australian Cancer Survivorship Centre, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
⁶ Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
⁷ Jockey Club Institute of Cancer Care, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
⁸ Centre for Psycho-oncology Research and Training, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
⁹ Global Focus on Cancer, South Salem, NY.
¹⁰ School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Medicine & Health, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, Sydney, Australia.
¹¹ Behavioural Sciences Unit, Kids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, Australia.
¹² Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence Based Practice, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
¹³ Queen's Global Oncology Program, Department of Oncology, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada.
¹⁴ Department of Paediatrics, Centre Hospitalier Territorial, Nouméa, New Caledonia.
¹⁵ School of Nursing, Department of Medicine, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.
¹⁶ Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India.
¹⁷ Japan Cancer Survivorship Network, Tokyo, Japan.
¹⁸ Iwate Medical University, Iwate, Japan.
¹⁹ Tokyo Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
²⁰ Caring Futures Institute, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Bedford Park, Australia.

PMID: 36749908
PMCID: PMC10166466
DOI: 10.1200/GO.22.00305

Review

Cancer Survivorship in the Indo-Pacific: Priorities for Progress

Bogda Koczwara et al. JCO Glob Oncol. 2023 Jan.

. 2023 Jan:9:e2200305.

doi: 10.1200/GO.22.00305.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Oncology, Flinders Medical Centre, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.
² School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, Irvine, CA.
³ Department of Oncology Pharmacy, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore.
⁴ Department of Health Services Research, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
⁵ Australian Cancer Survivorship Centre, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
⁶ Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
⁷ Jockey Club Institute of Cancer Care, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
⁸ Centre for Psycho-oncology Research and Training, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
⁹ Global Focus on Cancer, South Salem, NY.
¹⁰ School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Medicine & Health, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, Sydney, Australia.
¹¹ Behavioural Sciences Unit, Kids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, Australia.
¹² Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence Based Practice, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
¹³ Queen's Global Oncology Program, Department of Oncology, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada.
¹⁴ Department of Paediatrics, Centre Hospitalier Territorial, Nouméa, New Caledonia.
¹⁵ School of Nursing, Department of Medicine, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.
¹⁶ Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India.
¹⁷ Japan Cancer Survivorship Network, Tokyo, Japan.
¹⁸ Iwate Medical University, Iwate, Japan.
¹⁹ Tokyo Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
²⁰ Caring Futures Institute, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Bedford Park, Australia.

PMID: 36749908
PMCID: PMC10166466
DOI: 10.1200/GO.22.00305

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Bogda Koczwara

Employment: Australian Radiology Clinics

Alexandre Chan

Consulting or Advisory Role: Blueprint Medicines, Lilly, Hengrui Medicine

Carolyn Taylor

Travel, Accommodations, Expenses: Novartis, Pfizer

Other Relationship: Pfizer

Nirmala Bhoo‐Pathy

Honoraria: Roche, Novartis

Speakers' Bureau: Roche, Novartis

Research Funding: Pfizer, Novartis, Zuellig Pharma

Bishal Gyawali

This author is a member of the JCO Global Oncology Editorial Board. Journal policy recused the author from having any role in the peer review of this manuscript.

Consulting or Advisory Role: Vivio Health

C.S. Pramesh

This author is a member of the JCO Global Oncology Editorial Board. Journal policy recused the author from having any role in the peer review of this manuscript.

Stock and Other Ownership Interests: Aurobindo

Miyako Takahashi

Honoraria: Takeda, Chugai Pharma, Pfizer, AstraZeneca Japan, Kyowa Kirin International, Shionogi

Yu Ke

Employment: GlaxoSmithKline

No other potential conflicts of interest were reported.

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The inter-relationship between care delivery, data monitoring, and research in cancer survivorship. PRO, patient reported outcomes.

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