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Small Group (Application of MLIs)</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/pro-ctcae/">PRO-CTCAE</a></li> <li><a href="/rapid-cycle/">Rapid Cycle Research</a></li> <li><a href="/media/cluster.html">Cluster Randomized Designs in Cancer Care Delivery Research</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-9 col-md-8"> <h2>Survivorship</h2> <p>HDRP promotes research that aims to understand the perspectives and facilitate health care delivery among people undergoing cancer treatment, other survivors, and their family members to optimize health and well-being. HDRP works very closely with the <a href="https://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/ocs">Office of Cancer Survivorship</a><a class="extlink" href="/extlinks.html"><img src="/images/dccps/external.gif" alt="External Web Site Policy" title="External Web Site Policy"></a> to promote research that enhances the quality and length of survival for all persons diagnosed with cancer. HDRP funds survivorship and caregiving grants and develops resources which includes data and tools for cancer care delivery research.</p> <div class="col-12 mb-4"> <div class="card-gray card-icon ms-sm-5"> <img src="/images/dccps/icon-2x-export.jpg" class="icon-border" alt=""> <h2 class="card-title"><a href="/impact/">Improving the Management of symPtoms during And following Cancer Treatment (IMPACT)</a></h2> <p>IMPACT is designed to evaluate the implementation of systematic symptom management in cancer care delivery.</p> <p class="small"> <strong>Contact:</strong><br> <a href="/about/staff/bios/smith.html">Ashley Wilder Smith, PhD, MPH</a> <br> <a href="/about/orb/">Outcomes Research Branch</a> </p> <a class="btn btn-action w-50 mb-4" href="https://impactconsortium.rti.org/">Learn more about the IMPACT Consortium</a><a class="extlink" href="/extlinks.html"><img src="/images/dccps/external.gif" alt="External Web Site Policy" title="External Web Site Policy"></a> <h2 class="card-title pt-3"><a href="/meps/">Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Cancer Survivorship Supplement</a></h2> <p class="small"> <strong>Contact:</strong><br> <a href="/about/staff/bios/mccarthy.html">Sharon McCarthy, MPH, MSW</a> <br> <a href="/about/harb/">Healthcare Assessment Research Branch</a> </p> </div> </div> <h2>Cancer Caregiving</h2> <p>Cancer caregiving includes informal supportive care that may be provided to individuals with a cancer diagnosis. Support is often physically, emotionally, socially, and financially demanding. 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