Program Co-Leaders Joseph Neglia, M.D., M.P.H., (left) and
Beth Virnig, Ph.D..

Cancer Outcomes and Survivorship (COS) addresses a range of issues including initial care and care quality through treatment, survivorship, and survival. The development of a cancer center-wide program for outcomes and survivorship will add an important facet to existing therapeutic and research programs.

When fully implemented, COS will:

• provide patients with care that recognizes the unique challenges of survivorship
• support a core of research
• create educational opportunities across the professional and patient cancer community, and
• provide a career pathway for oncologists, health services researchers, epidemiologists, economists, social scientists, nurses, pharmacists and others who have a vested interest in improving the short and long-term experience of cancer patients.

The COS research, while diverse, focuses on four programmatic areas:

• Quality of Care
• Chronic Disease Outcomes
• Functional Outcomes and Quality of Life
• Health Disparities in Outcomes of Care

Program Vision

Our vision is to develop a premier Survivorship Program that excels in three separate, but related, areas:

1. the conduct of high quality research that will advance the field of Outcomes and Survivorship,
2. providing comprehensive and innovative clinical care for the cancer survivor, and
3. a resource for the education of survivors, health care providers, and the community. 

Program News

Carlin named head of Division of Biostatistics at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health

Long-Term Follow-Up Clinic launched for survivors of adult cancers
Like survivors of childhood cancer, some adults who survive cancer may face residual health issues from the chemotherapy and other treatments. The Masonic Cancer Clinic, staffed by University of Minnesota Physicians, now offers a Long-Term Follow-Up Clinic to help survivors of adulthood cancer with late-effects of treatment, such as second cancers, cardiovascular issues, and lung and bone problems. The new adulthood-cancer survivor clinic is directed by Anne Blaes, M.D., and complements the services offered through the childhood cancer Long-Term Follow-Up Clinic directed by Daniel Mulrooney, M.D. Both are members the Cancer Outcomes and Survivorship Research Program.