title: The Emergency Care of Patients With Cancer: Setting the Research Agenda.
abstract: To identify research priorities and appropriate resources and to establish the infrastructure required to address the emergency care of patients with cancer, the National Institutes of Health's National Cancer Institute and the Office of Emergency Care Research sponsored a one-day workshop, "Cancer and Emergency Medicine: Setting the Research Agenda," in March 2015 in Bethesda, MD. Participants included leading researchers and clinicians in the fields of oncology, emergency medicine, and palliative care, and representatives from the National Institutes of Health. Attendees were charged with identifying research opportunities and priorities to advance the understanding of the emergency care of cancer patients. Recommendations were made in 4 areas: the collection of epidemiologic data, care of the patient with febrile neutropenia, acute events such as dyspnea, and palliative care in the emergency department setting.
authors.affiliation: Office of Emergency Care Research, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, New York, NY. Electronic address: jeremy.brown@nih.gov.
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Corita
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Grudzen
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.
authors.forename: Demetrios N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Kyriacou
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine and Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Ziad
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Obermeyer
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine and Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Tammie
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Quest
authors.affiliation: Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD.
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rivera
authors.affiliation: Palliative Care Services, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stone
authors.affiliation: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.affiliation: Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD.
authors.forename: Nonniekaye
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shelburne
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D004493:Education; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000379:methods*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D014481:United States