455P Concordance of baseline RAS mutational status (ms) between tissue and cell-free DNA (cfDNA) and association with overall response rate (ORR) in first-line (1L) metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) patients (pts): PERSEIDA study (cohort 2) (NCT02792478)

Evaluation of Spanish hospitals participating in the Quality Oncology Practice Initiative program.

222 Background: Measuring and tracking quality of care is highly relevant in today’s healthcare. The Quality Oncology Practice Initiative (QOPI) program is a referral for evaluating oncology practices worldwide. The ECO Foundation (Excellence and Quality in Oncology), a collaboration of oncology experts from the major Spanish hospitals involved in cancer treatment, reached an agreement with ASCO (American Society of Clinical Oncology) to include Spanish hospitals in its QOPI program. Methods: We analyzed the results of the QOPI core module measures from 19 Spanish hospitals submitting their data in nine rounds (from Fall 2015 to Fall 2019). Results: Of the 19 hospitals, 15 participated mor…

The future of precision medicine, strengths and weaknesses: An expert position paper.

e18879Background: Precision medicine (PM) is an emerging field. Guidelines are needed to develop this approach in an efficient and sustainable way. Methods: Twenty-one Spanish top oncologists met t...

Non-clinical needs of cancer patients in Spain under different perspectives: A comparative study.

e18266 Background: Patients with cancer and their caregivers express unmet needs beyond the clinical approach to cancer. The ECO Foundation (Quality and Excellence in Oncology) and the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC) have promoted a qualitative research study with the objective to compare the perceptions of newly diagnosed and 2-3 years after diagnosis cancer patients, caregivers, oncologists, nurses and social workers in relation to a set of non-clinical needs expressed by cancer patients and caregivers, and to obtain concrete and feasible proposals for improvement aimed at satisfying these needs. Methods: A multidisciplinary group of experts developed a questionnaire containing…