An evidence based approach that underpins all Northern Cancer Network activity. While the Network will not necessarily lead many research projects it will identify areas for investigation and refer these to research partners.

The Auckland Cancer Research Network is a key partner of the Network, fostering collaborative cancer research between various research groups and individuals. Click here for further information.

Lung Cancer Research Project

The Network is currently leading one research project:Identification of barriers to the early diagnosis and management of people with lung cancer in primary care and description of best practice solutions.  Led by Dr Wendy Stevens, the Network is conducting a 3 year research project to assess the barriers (within primary care and at the primary-secondary interface) to the early diagnosis of lung cancer, and to develop recommendations for service change. The project is being conducted within the Auckland and Lakes regions.

Work to date has included a literature review and the development of questions for patient interviews, General Practitioner and health service surveys, and a clinical audit of the lung cancer pathway. The research phase of the project will commence in early 2010.

Click here for further information on the research project.