What We Do
Working in partnership with patient organizations, researchers, clinicians, and the healthcare system, PACRT aims to empower cancer patients by putting them in the center of cancer research, and improving prevention, diagnosis, care, treatment, and technology for quality living.
PACRT seeks to create a network of “expert patients” available for advisory boards, ethics committees, research design input, and clinical feedback to achieve the best possible cancer care, research progress, and access to treatments for cancer patients.
PACRT advocates for the cancer patient perspective to be solidly in the nexus of practice, policy and research for best prevention, treatment and outcomes.
PACRT sees the role of cancer patient advocates as:
· Educating patients and doctors about enhancing their interactions.
· Voicing the patient’s perspective.
· Connecting patients, clinicians and researchers.
· Contributing to the decision-making process in all matters of cancer research and access to cancer treatment.
PACRT's view on innovation in clinical practice:
· Patients expect and demand the best treatments and access to best care.
· Physicians improve their results by partnering with patients and actively listening to them.
· Patients take charge of their cancer experience and improve decision-making by developing a constructive relationship with doctors and researchers.
· Medical school students benefit by putting the patient in the center of their studies.
PACRT thinks breakthroughs in cancer research and treatments can occur more rapidly when partnering with patient advocates to:
· Facilitate faster transfer of scientific knowledge from the laboratory to the patient and vice versa.
· Improve the publication culture and reward structure of scientific and academic research.
· Include patient advocates as partners of scientific councils and advisory groups in focusing research.
· Utilize patient tissue and other patient health data for research more efficiently.
Working in partnership with patient organizations, researchers, clinicians, and the healthcare system, PACRT aims to empower cancer patients by putting them in the center of cancer research, and improving prevention, diagnosis, care, treatment, and technology for quality living.
PACRT seeks to create a network of “expert patients” available for advisory boards, ethics committees, research design input, and clinical feedback to achieve the best possible cancer care, research progress, and access to treatments for cancer patients.
PACRT advocates for the cancer patient perspective to be solidly in the nexus of practice, policy and research for best prevention, treatment and outcomes.
PACRT sees the role of cancer patient advocates as:
· Educating patients and doctors about enhancing their interactions.
· Voicing the patient’s perspective.
· Connecting patients, clinicians and researchers.
· Contributing to the decision-making process in all matters of cancer research and access to cancer treatment.
PACRT's view on innovation in clinical practice:
· Patients expect and demand the best treatments and access to best care.
· Physicians improve their results by partnering with patients and actively listening to them.
· Patients take charge of their cancer experience and improve decision-making by developing a constructive relationship with doctors and researchers.
· Medical school students benefit by putting the patient in the center of their studies.
PACRT thinks breakthroughs in cancer research and treatments can occur more rapidly when partnering with patient advocates to:
· Facilitate faster transfer of scientific knowledge from the laboratory to the patient and vice versa.
· Improve the publication culture and reward structure of scientific and academic research.
· Include patient advocates as partners of scientific councils and advisory groups in focusing research.
· Utilize patient tissue and other patient health data for research more efficiently.
