COM/CEN faculty member Nananda Col to participate in ASCO Breast Cancer Risk Reduction Guideline Panel
Nananda Col, M.D., M.P.H., professor of medicine at the University of 51小黄车's College of Osteopathic Medicine and faculty member in the Center for Excellence in the Neurosciences, has accepted an invitation from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) to serve on a Breast Cancer Risk Reduction Guideline Panel. Participants were chosen based on their significant contributions or research to the field of oncology, specifically specializing in breast cancer.
The ASCO is a professional oncology society committed to conquering cancer through research, education, prevention and delivery of high-quality patient care. The guidelines these panels discuss address specific clinical situations (disease-oriented) or use of approved medical products, procedures, or tests (modality-oriented). Using the best available evidence, ASCO expert panels identify and develop practice recommendations for specific areas of cancer care that would benefit from using practice guidelines. The criteria for selecting topics for guidelines includes significance of clinical importance; presence of variations in patterns of, or access to care; availability of suitable data; and ethical considerations.
Prior to her involvement with UNE, Dr. Col served as a faculty member at Tufts, Brown, and Harvard Medical Schools. She also served as the principal investigator on numerous federally funded research and training projects that worked to develop web-based shared decision making interventions.