BREAKFAST SESSIONS

This session will present the outcomes of a national initiative to define and implement a Core Outcome Set (COS) to cancer care in Australia, and provide practical guidance for integrating patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and patient-reported experience measures (PREMs) into routine clinical practice.

Developed through extensive engagement with clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and people with lived experience of cancer, the COS established a nationally agreed set of outcomes and experiences that should be consistently measured across cancer types. Building on this, a comprehensive mapping of existing PROMs and PREMs to the COS has been undertaken, identifying areas of alignment, gaps, and recommended measures to support implementation.

The session will focus on translating this work into practice. Attendees will be introduced to practical pathways for aligning existing PROMs and PREMs with the COS, and to implementation supports designed to assist services at different stages of maturity.

Through presentations and a panel discussion, this session will explore what this means for clinicians and services, and how the COS can be used to support more consistent, patient-centred, and outcomes-focused cancer care across Australia.

• The need for consistent, patient-centred outcome measurement in cancer care.

• Development of a national Core Outcome Set

• Mapping existing PROMs and PREMs to the COS

• Practical pathways to implementation

• Implementation supports and tools

• Next steps for services and clinicians

• Sarah Weller, Movember, Global Director of Prostate Cancer

• Huw Rees; Movember; Program Manager, Pan Cancer Initiative

• Adam Lambert; Cancer Australia; Head, Evidence, Priority Initiatives, and Communication

• Imogen Ramsey; Flinders University; Research Fellow*

• Sandra Nolte; Associate Professor; Monash University*

• Carolyn Mazariego; Senior Research Fellow; University of New South Wales*