Anca Prica

Dr. Anca Prica is a staff hematologist at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, and associate professor in the division of hematology at University of Toronto, appointed in 2014. She did her initial medical training in Toronto, and her clinical training in Internal Medicine and Hematology in the University of Toronto Program.  She then did a 2 year fellowship in Malignant Hematology and a Masters in Health Research Methodology at McMaster University, with research interests in quality of life and economic evaluations.  Her clinical work focuses in both lymphoproliferative and plasma cell disorders, as well as autologous stem cell transplantation and CAR-T therapy.  Her research interests focus on health services research, particularly economic evaluations and decision analyses for oncologic questions, examining resource use and cost of care, as well as toxicity of chemotherapies, and their effects on quality of life and caregiver burden. She also conducts studies using administrative data through ICES, to answer questions about outcomes, toxicities and access to care in lymphoma patients, including for specialized therapies such as autologous stem cell transplant and CART therapy.