SS 39 - HSR 1: Moving Beyond the Beam: Health Services Research in Policy, Practice, and Payment?

Moderator(s)

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  Lia Halasz, MD

  University of Washington-Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
  Seattle, Washington, United States
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  Patricia Santos, MD, MS

  Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  New York, NY

Presentations:

• 5:15 PM – 5:25 PM ET

  Inappropriate Denials for Radiation Therapy in Medicare Advantage Plans: An Independent Review Entity and Call for Action
  

  Presenter: Jared Pasetsky, MD – New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia Campus
• 5:25 PM – 5:35 PM ET

  Intrafraction Virtual Reality-Based Environment Modifications Impact on Procedural Anxiety, Heart Rate and External Beam Radiotherapy Experience
  

  Presenter: Conley Kriegler, MD – University of Alberta
• 5:35 PM – 5:45 PM ET

  Cost-Effectiveness of Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy vs. Thermal Ablation for Primary Renal Cell Carcinoma: Analysis of the FASTRACK II Trial
  

  Presenter: Shankar Siva, PhD, MBBS, FRANZCR – Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
• 5:45 PM – 5:55 PM ET

  Medical Misinformation about Cancer Recurrence Risks in Patients with Breast Cancer Who Received Radiation
  

  Presenter: Fumiko Chino, MD – MD Anderson Cancer Center
• 5:55 PM – 6:05 PM ET

  Prevalence of Control Arm Overperformance as a Contributing Factor to Optimism Bias in Phase 3 Oncology Clinical Trials
  

  Presenter: Ansel Nalin, MD, PhD – MD Anderson Cancer Center
• 6:05 PM – 6:15 PM ET

  Discussant
  

  Discussant: Robin Yabroff, PhD, MBA – American Cancer Society