Decision Support for Head and Neck Cancer Therapy

Grant

• Longitudinal Spatial-Nonspatial Decision Support for Competing Outcomes in Head and Neck Cancer Therapy
• PI: G. Elisabeta Marai. Co-PI: Xinhua Zhang
• Collaborators: University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (Dave Fuller, PI) and University of Iowa (Guadalupe Canahuate, PI)
• Sponsor: National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute
• Grant Number: 1 R01 CA258827-01
• Start Date: March 1, 2021
• End Date: February 28, 2026
• Award Amount: $2,797,868

Overview

The National Cancer Institute awarded UIC funding to continue research in head and neck cancer therapy. UIC PI, EVL faculty and Computer Science associate professor Liz Marai, together with co-PI Xinhua Zhang, is joined by collaborators from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and the University of Iowa to develop a longitudinal decision support tool that assists clinicians in selecting treatments that balance survival and side-effect responses to cancer therapy. The project leads to better insights into the biological and therapeutic factors related to cancer survival and toxicity, allowing personalization of care at the individual level.

Original news post: NIH Awards Longitudinal Spatial-Nonspatial Decision Support for Competing Outcomes in Head and Neck Cancer Therapy