One of the recent innovations in the unit includes the implementation and development of the Centre for Health Economics in Cancer (CHEC) led by Dr. Stuart Peacock, D Phil from the United Kingdom. Stuart joined the BC Cancer Research Centre in 2005 and has been developing a group of researchers to complete research in the field of Health Economics in Cancer. CHEC currently consists of the following members:

• Paulos Teckle, PhD
• Kimberly van der Hoek, MHSc
• Bonnie McCoy, MA
• Karissa Johnston, PhD Candidate
• Zahra Musa, MHA Candidate
• Lindsay Hedden, MHSc Candidate
• Barbara Poole, PhD Candidate

Research Projects

• Priority Setting Methods in Cancer
• Non Small Cell Lung Cancer and Erlotnib
• Estimating the social value of a Quality Adjusted Life Year (QALY): equity weights for QALYs and priority setting
• Economic Issues in Oral Cancer
• Lymphoma
• Economic Evaluation of Human Papilloma Virus Testing In Cervical Cancer Screening

Publications in preparation by the CHEC team

• Johnston K, Musa Z, Peacock S. Economics of oral cancer screening and treatment. British Journal of Cancer
• Peacock S, Mitton C, Ruta D, Donaldson C, Bate A, McCoy B. Priority setting, pragmatism, and economics: guidelines from the programme budgeting and marginal analysis (PBMA) framework. Public Money and Management
• van der Hoek K, Peacock S, Taylor SCM, Johnston K, Melosky B. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (CEA) of 3rd-line erlotinib therapy versus best supportive care for advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in British Columbia (BC). Journal of Clinical Oncology
• Peacock S, Teckle P, Tsuchiya A. The social value of a cancer QALY. Journal of Clinical Oncology
• Johnston K, Musa Z, Peacock S. Is it cost-effective for dentists to screen for oral cancer? Journal of the Canadian Dental Association

Abstracts accepted for presentation at the Annual BC Cancer Conference November 29 - December 1, 2007

• Priority Setting Methods in Cancer- Steps in developing a culture of rational decision-making. Z Musa, B McCoy, S Peacock
• Economic Issues in Oral Cancer Screening. K Johnston, Z Musa, S Peacock, M Rosin
• Estimating Health Benefits to non-smokers of reduced exposure of environmental tobacco smoke. P Teckle, M Sutton, A Ludbrook

Conferences hosted by the CHEC team

Downloads

• What do we know about weighting QALYs?
• Decision-Maker Perspective on Valuing Health Outcomes for Policy Decisions
• Valuing (and weighting) health for policy decisions: controversies and challenges
• The social value of public health
• How much should we spend on a QALY?
• Q methodology and (how) should we weight QALYs?
• Workshop Report: Valuing Health Outcomes for Policy Decisions

Links

 http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/ABCCA/link/2007/november2007.htm#thelink3