Ten Essential Practices for Developing or Reforming a Biostatistics Core for a NCI Designated Cancer Center

JNCI Cancer Spectrum

Özbek, Umut¹  Moshier, Erin L²  Parsons, Ramon²  Mazumdar, Madhu³ 

[1] Biostatistics Shared Resource Facility, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY;Center for Biostatistics, Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY;Institute for Healthcare Delivery Science, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, NY

关键词: cancer;    biometry;    best practice;    consultation;    awards and prizes;   

DOI  :  10.1093/jncics/pky010

学科分类：肿瘤学

来源: Oxford University Press

【 摘 要 】

There are 69 National Cancer Institute (NCI) designated Cancer Centers (CCs) in the United States. Biostatistical collaboration is pivotal in cancer research, and support for a cancer biostatistics shared resource facility (C-BSRF) is included in the award. Although the services and staff needed in a C-BSRF have been outlined in general terms and best practices for biostatistical consultations and collaboration in an academic health center have been agreed upon, implementing these practices in the demanding setting of cancer centers interested in pursuing or maintaining NCI designation remains challenging. We surveyed all C-BSRF websites to assess their organizational charts, governance, size, services provided, and financial models and have identified 10 essential practices for the development of a successful C-BSRF. Here, we share our success with, and barriers to, implementation of these practices. Showcasing development plans for these essential practices resulted in an NCI score of “Excellent to Outstanding” for our C-BSRF in 2015, and performance metrics in 2016–2017 demonstrated notable improvement since our original Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG) application in 2014. We believe that the essential practices described here can be adapted and adjusted, as needed, for CCs of various sizes and with different types of cancer research programs.

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC-ND