Cancer Care Across the Continuum

Mission

The cancer care continuum team within the Department of Family and Community Medicine focuses on patient, provider and community-centered interventions to improve cancer prevention, screening and care across the continuum, particularly in vulnerable populations.

DFCM Research Team

  • Randa Sifri, MD (Lead)
  • Kristine Swartz, MD
  • Lara Weinstein, MD, MPH
  • Brooke Worster, MD

Recent Projects

  • Lung Cancer Screening in Primary Care (PA Department of Health)
  • Breast Cancer Screening in Older Women
  • Increasing CRC Screening Among Hispanic Primary Care Patients (Funder: PCORI)
  • Increasing Colon Cancer Screening among African Americans in Primary Care (Funder: American Cancer Society)
  • Mammogram Decision Support for Formerly Homeless Women with Serious Mental Illness (Funder: American Cancer Society)
  • Reasons for CRC screening non-adherence among African Americans in Primary Care (Funder: American Cancer Society)
  • Reducing Cancer Disparities by Engaging Stakeholders (RCaDES) (Funder: PCORI)