Cancer Research Center

About

Our research in oncology encompasses the full spectrum of cancer care including cancer prevention, screening and early detection, diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship, as part of the Metro-Minnesota Community Oncology Research Consortium (MMCORC). Areas of focus for our group include electronic monitoring of symptoms and use of cannabis in oncology patients. Aims of the center are to promote access to clinical trials, to share the results this research, and to advance the science of cancer treatment and care delivery. 

Affiliation

people

Faculty Position
  • Anderson, Daniel M., MD, MPH, Principal Investigator, Metro-Minnesota Community Oncology Research Consortium 2003 -
  • Blazar, Michael B., MD, Research Investigator & Oncologist 2019 -
  • Chen, Cathleen, MD, Hematologist/Oncologist
  • Demel, Kurt C., MD, MBA, Investigator, Metro-Minnesota Community Oncology Research Consortium
  • Ganesan, Chitra, MBBS, Hematologist/Oncologist
  • Publications While At HealthPartners

    selected publications

    Journal Article
  • Association of financial wellness with patterns of medical cannabis use and patient-reported outcomes in adults with cancer
    Cannabis (Research Society on Marijuana). 2025
  • Feasibility of structuring electronic health record data to facilitate real-world data research: ICAREdata methods applied to multicenter cancer clinical trials
    Cancer. 2025
  • Symptom monitoring with electronic patient-reported outcomes during cancer treatment: final results of the PRO-TECT cluster-randomized trial
    Nature Medicine. 2025
  • Data quality in a survey of registered medical cannabis users with cancer: nonresponse and measurement error
    Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Monographs. 2024
  • PRESTO: a phase III, open-label study of intensification of androgen blockade in patients with high-risk biochemically relapsed castration-sensitive prostate cancer (AFT-19)
    Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2024
  • Chapter
  • Anemia and red blood cell disorders
    Immigrant Medicine. 2007
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