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Brighton & Sussex Medical School

Sussex Health Outcomes Research & Education in Cancer (SHORE-C)

SHORE-C

The central aims of SHORE-C are to evaluate the health outcomes of patients, especially those treated for cancer. The academic background of SHORE-C members is primarily neuropsychology, experimental, social and health psychology not clinical psychology or psychiatry. This distinction influences both the areas in which they conduct research as well as the theoretical and methodological orientation of the group. SHORE-C's broad psychosocial research portfolio covers 3 main areas:

1. Clinical trials of cancer therapy

This includes the development of reliable, validated patient reported outcome measures and the co-ordination of the psychosocial/QoL sub-studies within national and international clinical trials.

2. Supportive interventions

This involves the development and evaluation of interventions to ameliorate the side-effects and impact of a cancer diagnosis and its treatment on patients and their families.

3. Communication skills training

SHORE-C have a well-established evidence-based suite of communication skills training programmes and materials that are used worldwide and which have been shown to enhance the professional effectiveness and personal satisfaction of healthcare professionals. This in turn improves interactions with patients and healthcare professional colleagues, patient understanding about their diagnoses, management plans and clinical trial recruitment. SHORE-C also makes user-friendly information videos (DVDs and online) to assist patients contemplating entry into trials
Their eclectic research programme ensures that they have important and relevant data with which to inform the development of interventions and also to update the content of communication skills materials. Over the years they have built up an invaluable network of patient groups, clinicians, nurses and others in major cancer centres throughout the world that maximises their opportunities to recruit people into their studies and to disseminate findings widely.  Much of their research has influenced policy and practice in cancer.

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BACKGROUND IMAGE FOR PANEL

Research

Current Research at SHORE-C

Creation of a curriculum on quality of life (QOL) in oncology 

The European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Quality of Life Group has funded a two-year project to develop a comprehensive quality of life educational curriculum for anyone with an interest in quality of life in oncology. The educational programme will equip learners with the knowledge and skills to integrate quality of life into both clinical trials and routine cancer care. This international project is led by Dr Sally Wheelwright, University of Sussex, UK and Professor Michael Koller, University Hospital Regensburg, Germany and is supported by members of the EORTC Quality of Life Group. To ensure the curriculum and educational materials meet the needs and preferences of future users, we value the insights and feedback of anyone interested in quality of life in oncology. If you are willing to receive surveys, e.g. about which topics to include, preferences around course delivery and duration, and would like the opportunity to comment on the curriculum and course materials, please consider registering for our stakeholder database by filling in the form below.

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Other research at SHORE-C

  1. Improving patient understanding of GEP test results - IMPARTER4
  2. A phase III trial of surgery versus active monitoring for low risk DCIS trial - LORIS
  3. Positive sentinel node: adjuvant therapy alone versus adjuvant therapy plus clearance or axillary radiotherapy - POSNOC
  4. Quality of life after bladder cancer - Q-ABC
  5. Palliative Long-term Abdominal Drains versus Repeated Drainage in Untreatable Cirrhosis: A Randomised Controlled Trial  REDUCe2
  6. BRCA-DIRECT 2: SBRI (Small Business Project Initiative) Project  BRCA Direct 2
  7. Inclusive prehab for cancer patients I-Prehab
  8. Patient Roles and Responsibilities Scale (PRRS) - further development of the jobs and careers subscale PRRS - further development