Overview
This joint programme by the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) and Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (SSHSPH) represents a shared vision to deepen our understanding of and mitigate the burden of cancer at the population level. Through interdisciplinary collaboration, groundbreaking research, and a commitment to education, we strive to make significant contributions to reducing the burden of cancer, focusing on critical areas such as social determinants of risk, treatment access and outcome, survivorship, and end-of-life care.
This programme specifically aims to address health disparity issues and enhance prevention efforts across clinical and community settings, ultimately benefiting individuals, communities, and the healthcare system.
Themes and goals
Cancer Health Disparities: Understand and model the effect of factors that contribute to cancer health disparities and address the unequal burden of cancer and varying outcomes of care across the population. Examples:
- Individuals at risk of late presentation
- Access to evidence-based tools for cancer detection and care
- Patterns and outcome of care, and continuing of care
- Barriers to communicating and implementing best practices and guidelines
Preventive Strategies: Develop and test suitable patient‐ and community‐based prevention strategies to inform population programs for patient care and mitigation of the burden. Examples:
- Optimizing the delivery of continuing cancer care across healthcare settings
- Addressing needs of healthcare providers for patients transitioning to community‐based care