Clarke JM and Helft PR. Long-Term Survival of a Patient with Well

Professional Memberships

8. Clarke JM and Helft PR. Long-Term Survival of a Patient with Well

Manuscripts in preparation

1. Helft PR , Ratain MJ, Hlubocky F, Daugherty CK. Use of Internet information by advanced cancer patients enrolled in early clinical trials of experimental agents.

2. Eckles RE, Helft PR . Cancer patients’ attitudes toward the future research uses of their stored tissue: Summary of a focus group study.

3. Eckles RE, Fredland V, Helft PR . The influence of hospital ethics committees on United States courts.

4. Lewis-Gilbert A, Kwo P, Tector J, Helft PR . New paradigms in liver transplant organ allocation.

5. Miracle D, Torke A, Helft PR . The ethics of human mothers’ milk banking: A review and research agenda.

6. Wocial L, Bledsoe PD, and Helft PR . Nurse Ethicist: Bridging Clinical, Education and Research Ethics in a Complex Health Care Institution. . Abstracts

1. Helft PR , Hlubocky F, Gordon EJ, Ratain MJ, Daugherty CK. Hope and

Awareness of Prognosis in Advanced Cancer Patients (abstract). Proceedings of the Central Society for Clinical Research Combined Annual Meeting, Chicago, 1999.*

2. Helft PR , Hlubocky F, Gordon EJ, Ratain MJ, Daugherty CK. Hope and the Media in Advanced Cancer Patients (abstract). Proceedings of ASCO, 2000. No.

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3. Helft, PR , Hlubocky F, Wren K, Ratain MJ, Daugherty CK. Hope and Use of Media Information by Advanced Cancer Patients Enrolled in Early Clinical Trials (abstract). Berzelius Symposium 54: Medicine and the Media. Stockholm, Sweden, August, 2000.*

4. Helft, PR , Hlubocky, F, Ratain, MJ, Daugherty, CK. Hope and awareness of prognosis among advanced cancer patients enrolled in early clinical trials (abstract). Proceedings of ASCO. Volume 20, 2001.*

5. Helft PR, Schilsky, RL, Kindler, HL, Bertucci, D, DeWitte, MH, Martino, HK,

Friedman, CJ, Erickson, JC, Lambert, JM, Ratain, MJ. A Phase I Study of SB-

408075 Administered as a Single Intravenous Infusion Once Weekly in Patients

6. Helft PR , Hlubocky F, Daugherty CK. Oncologists views of Internet use among cancer patients (pts) (abstract). Proceedings of ASCO. Volume 21, 2002.*

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Helft PR , Johnson Calley CS, Williams KW. Use of the Internet among underserved cancer patients (pts) in an urban county hospital. Proceedings of ASCO. 2003; 22: 545.

8. Brooks JA, Jain NP, Werner EA, Helft PR , Fineberg NS, Rieger KM, Einhorn LH, Kesler KA. Transthoracic esophagectomy with complete lymph node dissection following neoadjuvant therapy for advanced cancer: Retrospective analysis evaluating postoperative complications and predictors of survival.

Proceedings of ASCO. 2003; 22: 315

9. Mantravadi RVP, Fineberg N, Ansari R, Fox E, Helft PR , Kesler K, Hanna N, Einhorn LE, Stoner C, Govindan R, for the Hoosier Oncology Group. A phase II study of cisplatin, 5-fluourouracil, radiation and celecoxib in patients with resectable esophageal cancer: Preliminary results from the Hoosier Oncology Group (HOG). Proceedings of ASCO. 2003; 22: 291

10. Mantravadi P, Fineberg N, Ansari R, Fox E, Helft P, Kesler K, Hanna N, Einhorn L, Stoner C, Govindan R. A Phase II Study of Cisplatin, 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU), Radiation (RT) and Celecoxib in Patients with Resectable Esophageal Cancer (EC): Preliminary Results from the Hoosier Oncology Group (HOG). Supplement Oncology News International, October 2003.

11. Kesler KK, Brooks J, Werner EA, Jain NP, Helft PR , Rieger KM, Fineberg NS, Einhorn LE, Brown JW. Transthoracic esophagectomy with en-bloc celiac and periesophageal lymph node dissection for locally advanced esophageal cancer: a retrospective analysis to identify factors for survival. Proceedings of the American Academy of Thoracic Surgeons, 2004.

12. Brooks J, Werner E, Jain NP, Helft PR, Zon RT, Fineberg NS, LeBlanc JK, McHenry LH, Einhorn LE, Kesler KK. A retrospective analysis to identify

variables predictive of achieving a pCR after neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy for locally advanced esophageal cancer. (Submitted) Proceedings of ASCO, 2004.*

13. Porter J, Murry D, Dropcho S, Seitz DS, Helft PR , Yoder C, Fife K, Sweeney C.

A dose escalation and pharmacokinetic (PK) trial of weekly docetaxel combined with daily erlotinib in adult cancer patients. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 22 (Sup 14):156s, July 15, 2004.

15. Helft PR, Croop J, Cromer S, Weir C, Peacock M. Significant risk studies and

15. Kesler KA, Helft PR , Werner EA, Jain NP, Brooks JA, DeWitt JM, LeBlanc JK, Fineberg NS, Einhorn LH, Brown JW. A retrospective analysis of locally

advanced esophageal cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy followed by surgery and surgery only. (Submitted) Proceedings of the Southern Thoracic Surgical Assocation. 51

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Southern Thoracic Surgical Association Annual Meeting, Cancun, Mexico, 2004.

16. Moore AM, Cardenes H, Johnson CS, Helft P , Seitz D, Stephens A, Tai DF, Loehrer PJ. A Phase II Study of Gemcitabine in Combination with Radiation Therapy in Patients With Localized, Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology 22 (14): 339s-339s 4105 Suppl. S, Jul 15 2004

17. Nebesio CL, Yuraitis MM, Helft PR , Goulet RJ, Billings SD. Metastatic esophageal carcinoma masquerading as inflammatory breast carcinoma.

Proceedings of the American Society of Dermatopathology. 2004.

18. Hlubocky FJ, Helft PR , Daugherty CK: Hope, decision making, and use of the internet and other media among cancer clinical trials participants. Proc Amer Soc Clin Oncol 24: A, May 2005*

19. Helft PR . Cancer Patients’ Attitudes Toward Future Research Uses of Stored Tissue: Results of a Mail Survey Study. Seventeenth Annual Dorothy J. MacLean Fellows Conference. November 12, 2005.*

20. Helft PR , Eckles RE, Kempf J, Johnson-Calley CS, Brooks J, Meslin EM. Cancer patients' attitudes toward future research uses of their donated tissue: Preliminary results of a mail survey study. Annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, May, 2006.

21. Loehrer PJ, Yiannoutsos CT, Dropcho S, Burns M, Helft PR , Chiorean EG. A phase II trial of pemetrexed in patients with recurrent thymoma or thymic

carcinoma. Annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, May, 2006.

22. Morrell ED, Qi R, Brown BP, Drabiak K, Helft PR . DNR patterns in hospitalized patients 16 years after the Patients Self Determination Act (PSDA). Toronto Bioethics Conference, 2007.*

23. Helft PR , Qi R, Brown BP, Drabiak K, Morrell ED. DNR patterns in cancer patients (pts) 16 years after the Patient Self Determination Act (PSDA).

Submitted, Annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, June,

2007.*

Dorothy Jean MacLean Conference. The MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, the University of Chicago. Chicago 2007.*

25. Torke AM, Sachs GA, Helft PR , Petronio S, Callahan CA. The Burden of Decision Making for Hospitalized Older Adults. Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting. Pittsburgh, 2008.*

26 Wocial L, Bledsoe PD, and Helft PR . Nurse Ethicist: Bridging Clinical, Education and Research Ethics in a Complex Health Care Institution. Nursing Ethics and Health Care Policy: Bridging Local, National, and International Perspectives. July 17-19, 2008.Yale University School of Nursing. New Haven, Connecticut.*

27. Bandy RL, Helft PR , Torke AM. Socio-demographic and Medical Characteristics from a Descriptive Cohort Study of Incapacitated Patients with Requiring Court- appointed Guardians. American Society of Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting, 2009.

28. Helft PR , Terry C, Uhrich M. Nurses’ views of oncologists’ prognosis-related communication. Annual Meeting, American Society of Clinical Oncology, Orlando, FL. 2009.*

29. Helft PR , Terry C, Uhrich M. Nurses’ views of oncologists’ prognosis-related communication. Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center Cancer Research Day, 2009.*

30. Uhrich M, Terry C, Helft PR . Oncology nurses’ (RNs) experiences of prognosis related communication (PRC): A mail survey of ONS members. Indiana

University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center Cancer Research Day, 2009.*

31. Bandy R, Helft PR , Torke AM. Socio-demographic And Medical Characteristics From A Descriptive Cohort Study Of Adult, Incapacitated Patients Requiring Court-appointed Guardians. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities, Washington, D.C., 2009.*

32. Salih Z, Boyle D, Meslin EM, Gaffney M, and Helft PR . Development of a Bioethics Curriculum in a Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Program.

Annual Meeting of the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities, Washington, D.C., 2009.*

*Selected for presentation

Current Grants

American Cancer Society Clinical Research Training Grant PBP-105416. ($717,000) Helft (PI). William Tierney (Sponsor). January 1, 2005 – December 31, 2009. Impact of Internet Information on Patients & Oncologists.

Walther Cancer Institute Collaborative Cancer Control Initiative at Indiana University.

Helft (Co-PI). 1/07-12/09 ($250,000) A Web Portal for Linking IUCC Patients, Clinicians, and Researchers.

Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation. 2007-. Helft-PI. ($5,400,000). Sustainability endowment grant for the Charles Warren Fairbanks Center for Medical Ethics.

Clarian Values Fund. Helft (PI). 2008-2010 ($80,000). Ethical Communication Skills for Surgical Residents.

Grants Submitted and Under Review

NINR R21NR011342-01. Helft (PI) ($500,000). Prognosis related communication in oncology nurses.

Past Grants

The Greenwall Foundation. Program in Medical Ethics. Advanced Cancer Patients and the Media: Hope or Anxiety? New York, New York. July 1, 2000 – June 30, 2001.

American Society of Clinical Oncology, Young Investigators Award. Impact of Internet and Media Information on Cancer Communications. July 1, 2001 – December 31, 2004 MO1 RR00750 Year 30. Helft (Sub-investigator, 10% effort) 2002-2006. General Clinical Research Center Program Grant. NCRR-mandated Research Subject Advocate position within the GCRC

The Clarian Values Fund. Helft (PI). 2003-2005 ($80,000). Patients’ attitudes toward storage and use of human biological materials.

Veterans Administration Health Services Research and Development. Laura Jones, PhD (PI), Helft (Consultant). April 1 - Sept 30, 2008. Developing Validated Algorithms to Identify Cancer in Existing VA Databases.

Veterans Administration Health Services Research and Development. 2008. Haggstrom (PI). Helft (Consultant). Colorectal Cancer Survivorship and Surveillance Care.

The Methodist Health Foundation. Helft (PI). 2006-2008 ($250,000). Support grant for

the Fairbanks Center for Medical Ethics Program in Nursing Ethics.

Indiana State Department of Health. 2007. ($50,000). Meslin (PI). Helft (Co-I). Ethics of Pandemic Influenza Planning.

Indiana State Department of Health. 2008. ($250,000). Meslin (PI). Helft (Co-I). Ethics of Pandemic Influenza Planning.

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