Enhancing Observational Data Collection to Inform Cancer Research and Care

Enhancing Observational Data Collection to Inform Cancer Research and Care

10/22/2019

Audio described version: youtu.be/4AQVUqKcyWg The "real world" evidence that observational data provides has the potential to complement traditional sources of clinical trial evidence and allow researchers to answer questions at a population level and to guide sound public health policy and decision making in the health care setting. Dr. Robert Croyle, director, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS), discusses observational data available through the division for the research community, and the steps DCCPS is taking to enrich and expand that data. See the DCCPS 2019 report Enhancing Observational Data Collection to Inform Precision Cancer Research and Care at cancercontrol.cancer.gov/observational-data.html.