An outcome is a quantifiable result or a report card. An outcome reviews the goals and "what happened" when goals were met or not met. We have all heard the following:

"The surgery was a success but the patient died." Thus, death from surgery was the outcome.

"The cancer was killed by chemotherapy" but the side affects of the drugs toxicity on the heart evoked a deadly heart attack on the golf course the week chemotherapy ended.

Outcome research looks at the efficacy of a treatment plan or treatment course and asks, "What was the effect of the treatment or service?"
It reviews the factors after surgery, treatment course, medications etc.

• Data looks at factors influencing effectiveness on patient services.
• Data looks at life and death factors.
• Data looks at quality of life before, during, and after treatment.
• Data delivers a report card.

Cancer Care Foundation is a service foundation that exists to promote quality-based care and cost outcomes throughout the entire continuum of cancer care and services. It maps and marks results at every level of care the patient or consumer has undergone. It will provide the information, but it is the consumer who is free to make the choice based on informed decision-making. Consumers often pay more for less without outcome information and never know the difference.

With the use of cancer outcomes, the consumer has knowledge to effectively engage and endorse a cancer treatment team with a proven record. The consumer is provided meaningful cancer research that is both cost effective and quality driven. The professionals at the Cancer Care Foundation are dedicated to consumer education that promotes the highest principals of integrity, value and compassion. In essence, the Cancer Care Foundation assists consumers with treatment option "report cards" that have positive outcomes promoting the highest attainable level of physical, psycho-social and spiritual wellness.

Cancer Care Foundation explores treatment options that are medically directed based on advocacy, while minimizing risk and promoting cost effective quality conscious approaches. We consult with medical services that hold excellent credentials under the direction of Board Certified physicians. Cancer Care Foundation has assembled panels of well respected physicians and nurses who are experts in the management of complex cancer diagnosis.

Outcome research drives quality cancer care. Consumers, as well as payors, have a right to know what they are endorsing when they are purchasing cancer care services.