Trial Reveals Benefits of ‘Stepped’ Palliative Care for Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer
Findings suggest that this is an effective and more scalable means to deliver palliative care to improve patients’ quality of life.
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The Cancer Outcomes Research and Education Program (CORE) is a unique, collaborative research team with members from oncology, nursing, palliative care, psychiatry, and psychology. CORE's breadth of experience as investigators and clinicians enables the team to integrate multiple perspectives into a transdisciplinary research platform.
Our interdisciplinary team is committed to pioneering research and education, shaped by the insights of patients and caregivers, to humanize health care and enhance the journey and outcomes of those impacted by cancer throughout their care trajectory.
Our objectives are to:
By advancing the science and practice of cancer care, we will ensure that all individuals affected by cancer receive the highest quality, state-of-the-art care that is personalized to their physical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs.
CORE faculty, in collaboration with researchers and educators at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, host multiple training workshops for junior investigators from around the world:
CORE is a unique, collaborative research team with members from oncology, nursing, palliative care, psychiatry, and psychology.
Dr. Temel discusses the now standard of care for all patients diagnosed with a serious cancer to receive care from both an oncologist and a palliative care clinician. She also talks about the Cancer Outcomes Research & Education Program and how she views mentoring as an investment in the future.
Dr. Jamie Jacobs discusses the CORE program with Billy Costa, and how her specialty, cognitive behavioral therapy, applies to the cancer experience.
Dr. Jennifer Temel discusses the value of mentoring and the CORE program.
NEJM: Early palliative care for patients with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer.
In this video, lead authors Jennifer Temel, MD and Vicki Jackson, MD, MPH discuss the findings of this landmark study.
A Decade of Discovery at the Mass General Cancer Center
In this video, meet three individuals, including Jennifer Temel, MD, who have a gift for developing the Everyday Amazing relationships that make the Mass General Cancer Center so special.
September 2019 MGH Palliative Care and Geriatrics Medicine Grand Rounds
CORE member Nneka Ufere, MD, presented her work “End-Of-Life Care with End-Stage Liver Disease” at the MGH Palliative Care and Geriatrics Medicine Grand Rounds.
2017 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting
CORE members (l-r) Areej El-Jawahri, MD, Daniel Lage, MD, Jamie Jacobs, PhD, Joseph Greer, PhD, Jennifer Temel, MD, and Ryan Nipp, MD at the 2017 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL.
Dr. Vicki Jackson appointed as inaugural incumbent of the Blum Family Endowed Chair in Palliative Care
(l-r) MGH President Peter L. Slavin, MD; Marjorie Blum; Betty Ann Blum; and CORE faculty member Vicki Jackson, MD, MPH celebrating Dr. Jackson’s appointment as the inaugural incumbent of the Blum Family Endowed Chair in Palliative Care, September 13, 2018.
1st Annual “Bridging the Divide: Mental Health and Cancer Care” Symposium
Members of CORE and the MGH Center of Psychiatric Oncology and Behavioral Sciences (l-r) Donna Greenberg, MD, Amy Corveleyn, MSW, LICSW, Carlos Fernandez-Robles, MD, Kelly Irwin, MD, and Joseph Greer, PhD, at the 1st Annual “Bridging the Divide: Mental Health and Cancer Care” Symposium in May 2017.
“the one hundred” 2017
(l-r) Sanja Percac-Lima, MD with CORE faculty members Inga Lennes, MD, Elyse Park, PhD, Areej El-Jawahri, MD, and Kelly Irwin, MD at the MGH Cancer Center’s “the one hundred” 2017 gala on June 15, 2017 at the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel.
Dr. Daniel Lage named a 2016 Conquer Cancer Foundation Medical Student Rotation Award
CORE Director Jennifer Temel, MD and CORE faculty member Areej El-Jawahri, MD with CORE member Daniel Lage, MD (center) at the 2017 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL. Dr. Lage is a 2016 Conquer Cancer Foundation Medical Student Rotation Award recipient.
Dr. Jennifer Temel awarded 2017 Award for Excellence in Scientific Research
Jennifer Temel, MD receives the 2017 Award for Excellence in Scientific Research from the American Association of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
Relay for Life 2017
CORE research team members at Relay for Life 2017 in East Boston, MA.
Lauren Fields awarded “Best Student Poster” at 2017 American Psychosocial Oncology Society conference
Research assistant Lauren Fields presents a poster at the 2017 American Psychosocial Oncology Society annual conference in Orlando, FL. Lauren was awarded “Best Student Poster” at the conference.
2018 MGH Clinical Research Day
CORE research coordinators at the 2018 MGH Clinical Research Day.
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Findings suggest that this is an effective and more scalable means to deliver palliative care to improve patients’ quality of life.
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