Andrea L. Cheville, M.D.

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Summary

I focus on the delivery of supportive care services to optimize the functionality and quality-of-life for patients with cancer in all disease stages.

My research goals are:

• Identifying novel strategies to protect critical elements of the lymphatic system during primary cancer treatments; and facilitating lymphatic healing in order to reduce risk of developing secondary lymphedema.
• Developing novel models for the delivery of supportive cancer care that overcome traditional logistic, geographic and cost barriers.
• Clarifying the physiologic mechanisms by which symptom burden, physical functioning and stress reciprocally interact in order to develop improved treatment approaches.