Series on the Lancet Oncology Commission on Global Cancer Surgery-Action 3: Research
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Chandrakanth Are1, Makayla Schissel2, Premila Leiphrakpam3
1Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA. care@unmc.edu.
Background:
Cancer surgical research is essential to discover newer treatment options, enhance survival, improve quality of care, and more importantly, impede the rising global cancer burden. The inability to conduct cancer surgical research can have detrimental health and economic effects at the individual and societal levels. It is well known that there are several barriers to conducting cancer surgical research, and these barriers are exacerbated in low-resource settings. The second Lancet Oncology Commission on Global Cancer Surgery Action on research helps to address these barriers and outline strategies that promote cancer surgical research on the global stage.
Methods And Results:
This study used the principles of Implementation Science taken from the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) to help develop the content and increase the likelihood of success in implementing the recommendations in this Action.
Conclusion:
The Annals of Surgical Oncology Series on the second Lancet Oncology Commission on Global Cancer Surgery hopes to enhance the visibility of the eight critical Actions within this important Commission to the primary stakeholders, the surgeons. The authors hope this Action on research will help to address these barriers and implement resource-stratified solutions to build individual, institutional, and system-wide capacity for cancer surgical research. These efforts should lead to the development of a robust cancer surgical research infrastructure that will eventually translate to improved patient and population outcomes.
