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Nurse scientist who put patient-reported outcomes into cooperative group radiation trials.
Deborah Watkins Bruner is Senior Vice President for Research at Emory University and Vice Chair of NRG Oncology. A nurse scientist specialising in patient-reported outcomes and radiation oncology nursing, she pioneered integrating patient-reported outcomes and quality of life measures into NRG and RTOG trials, notably in prostate and head and neck cancer. Her papers include a Journal of Clinical Oncology analysis of the issues in integrating patient-reported outcomes into National Cancer Institute network trials and a JAMA Oncology phase 3 comparison of quality of life with hypofractionated versus conventional radiotherapy in low-risk prostate cancer. She continues to shape trial design in cooperative group research.
Shares NRG Oncology, Prostate cancer.
Shares JAMA Oncology, Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.
Shares JAMA Oncology, Prostate cancer.
Shares JAMA Oncology, Prostate cancer.
Shares NRG Oncology, Prostate cancer.