{"324061":{"#nid":"324061","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New Surveillance Process for Detection of Liver Cancer Could Improve Survival Rate","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of liver cancer, is the fastest growing cause of cancer-related death in the United States.\u0026nbsp; While early detection of HCC through regular surveillance can improve survival, the optimal surveillance policies are unknown as of now.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn collaboration with MD Anderson Cancer Center, ISyE\u2019s \u003Cstrong\u003ETurgay Ayer\u003C\/strong\u003E and team are proposing a novel modeling framework to determine the most cost-effective practical policies from a societal perspective to detect liver cancer.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn contrast to existing policies, the model considers surveillance policies that are stratified by patients\u0027 liver condition and age. The research team carefully calibrated the model parameters based on the best evidence from previously published observational studies. The results demonstrate that their proposed policies are more cost-effective than the recommended one-size-fits-all policies. Furthermore, unlike current surveillance policies, expanding surveillance to non-cirrhotic patients has great potential to improve survival outcomes and cost-effectiveness.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHepatocellular carcinoma, the most common type of liver cancer, is the fastest growing cause of cancer-related death in the United States. In collaboration with MD Anderson Cancer Center, ISyE\u2019s \u003Cstrong\u003ETurgay Ayer\u003C\/strong\u003E and team are proposing a novel modeling framework to determine the most cost-effective practical policies from a societal perspective to detect liver cancer.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"In collaboration with MD Anderson Cancer Center, ISyE\u2019s Turgay Ayer and team are proposing a novel modeling framework to determine the most cost-effective practical policies from a societal perspective to detect liver cancer."}],"uid":"27868","created_gmt":"2014-09-11 10:43:56","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:17:04","author":"Lizzie Millman","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-09-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-09-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73308":{"id":"73308","type":"image","title":"Turgay Ayer","body":null,"created":"1449177990","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:30","changed":"1475894676","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:36","alt":"Turgay Ayer","file":{"fid":"193747","name":"turgayayer_graybg.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/turgayayer_graybg_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/turgayayer_graybg_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":285854,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/turgayayer_graybg_1.jpg?itok=vSmt0QCV"}}},"media_ids":["73308"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"398","name":"health"},{"id":"102801","name":"health \u0026 humanitarian systems"},{"id":"85891","name":"HHL"},{"id":"102781","name":"hhs"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"102901","name":"liver cancer"},{"id":"13749","name":"Turgay Ayer"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}