title: Hematology oncology practice in the Asia-Pacific APHCON survey results from the 6th international hematologic malignancies conference: bridging the gap 2015, Beijing, China.
abstract: This report serves as a snapshot of the state-of-knowledge in the Asia Pacific (APAC) Hematology Oncology community, and establishes a baseline for longitudinal investigations to follow changes in best practices over time. The objective of this study was to understand the approach to hematologic diseases, common standards of care and best practices, issues that remain controversial or debated, and educational or resource gaps that warrant attention. We used mobile application to disseminate and distribute questionnaires to delegates during the 6th international hematologic malignancies conference hosted by the APAC Hematology Consortium at Beijing, China. User responses were collected in an anonymous fashion. We report survey results in two ways: the overall responses, and responses as stratified between Chinese physicians and "Other" represented nationalities. Overall geographical concordance in survey responses was positive and strong. Perhaps more interesting than instances of absolute agreement, these data provide a unique opportunity to identify topics in which physician knowledge or opinions diverge. We assigned questions from all modules to broad categories of: patient information; diagnosis; treatment preference; transplantation; and general knowledge/opinion. On average, we observed a geographic difference of 15% for any particular answer choice, and this was fairly constant across survey modules. These results reveal utility and need for widespread and ongoing initiatives to assess knowledge and provide evidence-based education in real time. The data will be made more valuable by longitudinal participation, such that we can monitor changes in the state of the art over time.
authors.affiliation: Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Xiao Jun
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Kaiyan
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authors.lastname: Liu
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authors.lastname: Ritchie
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authors.affiliation: Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Jin
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authors.affiliation: Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: JianXiang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
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authors.initials: A
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authors.affiliation: Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Chenhua
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authors.lastname: Yan
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authors.forename: Daobin
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.
authors.forename: Daryl
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.affiliation: Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, S. Korea.
authors.forename: Dong Wook
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, Jiangsu, China.
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authors.affiliation: MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
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authors.affiliation: MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
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authors.affiliation: MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
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authors.affiliation: First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, China.
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authors.affiliation: Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Hematology, Lanzhou, China.
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authors.initials: LS
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authors.affiliation: Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Pankaj
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authors.lastname: Malhotra
authors.affiliation: Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Qian
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authors.affiliation: Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, Beijing, China.
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authors.affiliation: Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
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authors.affiliation: MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
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authors.affiliation: Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, India.
authors.forename: Vikram
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authors.lastname: Mathews
authors.affiliation: Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Wuhan Union Hospital, Wuhan, China.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: Institute of Hematology and Hospital of Blood Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Tianjin, China.
authors.forename: Zhijian
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.affiliation: General Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
authors.forename: Zonghong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.affiliation: MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Robert Z
authors.initials: RZ
authors.lastname: Orlowski
authors.affiliation: Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Chor Sang
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Chim
authors.affiliation: Royal North Shore Hospital, University of Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: Stephen
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authors.lastname: Mulligan
authors.affiliation: University Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: Miguel
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authors.lastname: Sanz
authors.affiliation: The Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Keiya
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authors.affiliation: MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Simrit
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mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D000068476:Beijing; D002681:China; D019337:Hematologic Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D006405:Hematology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Asia; hematology; leukemia; lymphoma; myeloma