April–May 2015
Cancer Stakeholder
>> April: National Gardening Month >> May: Melanoma Monday (May 4) Don’t Fry Day (May 22) National Skin Cancer Awareness Month
Florida Department of Health, Comprehensive Cancer Control Program
PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT:
April is National Gardening Month
ow is the perfect time to start that spring garden but don’t forget to protect yourself! While outdoors avoid exposure when the sun’s rays are the strongest, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Remember to apply sunscreen with SPF 15
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or higher, wear a hat, sunglasses and long sleeves. Don’t forget to reapply the sunscreen every two hours. To learn more, please visit the American Institute for Cancer Research From Seed to Plate: DIY Salads.
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In this issue: State Update, Tobacco Free Florida, 2 Cancer Survivor Tips, 3 Healthiest Weight Florida, 4 Cancer in the News, 5 Funding Opportunities, 6 Tools & Resources, 7 Events, 8 Collaboratives, 8
May is National Skin Cancer Awareness Month Sun’s Up Cover Up Campaign The Comprehensive Cancer Control Program is collaborating with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to implement a sun safe awareness pilot project with 10 state parks this May. The purpose of the project is to raise awareness among park patrons on sun safe behaviors. Participating state parks include: St. Andrews, Dr. Julian G. Bruce St. George Island, Fort Clinch, Little Talbot Island, Honeymoon Island, Bahia Hondak, Bill Baggs Cape Florida, Sebastian Inlet, Anastasia and Delnor-Wiggins. Park rangers will be providing the park visitors sun-safety materials and informing patrons about how to protect themselves from the sun’s harmful rays.
April & May 2015 Cancer Stakeholder
State Update Four Florida Hospitals Recognized As Cancer Centers of Excellence State Surgeon General and Secretary of Health Dr. John Armstrong announced four Florida cancer centers that have earned the first ever distinction as state-designated Cancer Centers of Excellence. This designation recognizes these organizations for demonstrating commitment to excellence by providing patient-centered coordinated care for those undergoing cancer treatment and therapy in Florida. The recipients include the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Mayo Clinic Florida, University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and University of Florida Health Cancer Center, which includes University of Florida Health Shands Hospital, University of Florida Health Proton Therapy Institute and Orlando Health's Orlando Regional Medical Center. Florida’s 2015 legislative session convened Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at 10 a.m. and will adjourn on May 1, 2015. Current bills that may influence cancer efforts: House Bill 438 - Requiring the Department of Health to establish a palliative care consumer and professional information and education program; requiring the department to publish certain educational information and referral materials about palliative care on the department website; requiring the department to consult with the Palliative Care and Quality of Life Interdisciplinary Task Force; creating the Palliative Care and Quality of Life Interdisciplinary Task Force within the Department of Health; specifying the purpose of the task force; requiring the task force to meet at least twice each year, etc. The department does not take a position on pending legislation. For more information, visit Online Sunshine.
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Tobacco use is the single greatest preventable risk factor for cancer mortality worldwide, causing an estimated 22 percent of cancer deaths per year. In 2014, 1.6 million of the 7.4 million cancer deaths worldwide were due to tobacco use.1 Tobacco use kills more than 5 million people a year worldwide.2,3 If current patterns persist, smoking will kill more than 8 million people a year by 2030, of which more than 80 percent will occur in low- and middle-income countries. Every year on May 31, the World Health Organization and the public health community mark World No Tobacco Day to highlight the health risks associated with tobacco use and advocate for effective policies to reduce tobacco consumption. Here in Florida, there has been notable success in reducing tobacco use. Since Tobacco Free Florida launched in 2007, more than 126,140 Floridians have successfully quit tobacco using one of the program’s 3 Free & Easy Ways to Quit.4 In fact, there are more former smokers in Florida than there are current smokers.5 However, more than 1.7 million Florida adults who do smoke, report that they want to quit completely.6,7,8 With the help of Tobacco Free Florida, which offers residents free quit resources, smokers can double their chances of successfully quitting.9 Tobacco kills one in every two long-term users.10 The good news is that if you quit now, you can help reverse the damage. There are plenty of reasons to quit smoking and although it is difficult, it is not impossible Tobacco Free Florida offers 3 Free & Easy Ways to Quit: CALL: Call the Florida Quitline at 1-877-U-CAN-NOW to speak with a Quit Coach® who will help you assess your addiction and help you create a personalized quit plan. CLICK: Tobacco Free Florida’s online cessation tool can be accessed at tobaccofreeflorida.com/webcoach COME IN: Local face-to-face help is available with the help of Area Health Education Centers, find one near you at tobaccofreeflorida.com/ahec For more information, please visit www.tobaccofreeflorida.com.
1. WHO Global Report. Mortality Attributable to Tobacco. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2012. Available at: http://www.who.int/tobacco/publications/surveillance/fact_sheet_mortality_report.pdf 2. World Health Organization. WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2011. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2011 3. World Health Organization. WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2011. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2011 4. Professional Data Analysts (PDA). Numbers served and quitters FY08-FY13. Provided De. 2014. 5. CDC. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Prevalence and Trends Data, 2013. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health. 6. 15,524,970 Florida adults: Florida QuickStats. U.S. Census Bureau. U.S. Department of Commerce http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/12000.html 7. 16.8 percent (or 2,608,195) Florida adults smoke were current cigarettes: CDC. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Prevalence and Trends Data, 2013. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health. 8. 68.8 percent (1,794,438) report they want to quit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Quitting Smoking Among Adults—United States, 2001–2010. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2011;60(44):1513–19 9. Fiore MC, Jaen CR, Baker TB, et al. Treating tobacco use and dependence: 2008 update. Clinical practice guideline. Rockville, MD: US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service; 2008. Available at http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/tobacco/treating_tobacco_use08.pdf. 10. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progress: A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2014.
April & May 2015 Cancer Stakeholder
Cancer Survivor Tips: Palliative Care
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alliative care can provide cancer patients relief from the symptoms and pain of cancer. Palliative care is provided by specially-trained health care professionals who help to support a cancer patient with their daily activities and help to improve their quality of life. Teams of palliative care specialists typically include doctors, nurses, social workers and other professionals. Research has shown that introducing palliative care to newly diagnosed lung cancer patients has led to significant improvements in both quality of life and mood.
Talk to your doctor about palliative care and symptom management or search the Palliative Care Provider Directory.
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April & May 2015 Cancer Stakeholder
Healthiest Weight Florida
Healthiest Weight Florida is a publicprivate collaboration bringing together agencies, institutions, organizations and communities to help Florida’s children and adults make consistent, informed choices about healthy eating and active living. The initiative works closely with partners to leverage existing resources to maximize reach and impact. These partners include the business community, hospitals, volunteer coalitions, nongovernmental organizations, non-profit agencies, and federal, state and local government agencies. Here are a list of ongoing and upcoming events and programs: Nature Play Prescription Program was created to improve children and family health by encouraging more outdoor activity. Developed through a partnership between the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the Florida Department of Health and Get Outdoors Florida!, the program is an opportunity to encourage children to spend more time outside, increase physical activity and reduce their likelihood to be overweight. Distributing specially designed prescription pads to local health offices
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across Florida, health care professionals could “prescribe” exercise to their patients. The prescription would serve as a free day pass for one vehicle to any Florida state park. This program promotes a healthy lifestyle for children by being physically active outside and utilizing what Florida has to offer. In honor of National Public Health Week and 125 years of public health service, a multiday celebration was held April 6–12, 2015 at the capitol building in Tallahassee. Since February 20th, 1889, the Florida Department of Health has been working to improve the health of Floridians. The Department’s efforts to reduce the threat of illness and disease led to the creation of many public health programs such as Tobacco Free Florida and Healthiest Weight Florida, influencing Florida’s social and economic infrastructure by improving quality of life. Launched in January of 2015, the interactive campaign Healthy Promise Florida allows Floridians to pledge to living a healthy life. Participants can post their healthy promise and an optional personal photo to an online message board and also view photos and promises
posted by other Floridians who have committed to living longer and healthier lives. The State Surgeon General’s Healthy is Weight Community Champion Recognition Program highlights best practices made by communities all over Florida that create environments where the healthy choice is the easy choice. Healthiest Weight Florida recognizes these communities by designating the municipalities as Healthy Weight Community Champions. In 2015, there were 65 communities recognized, a significant increase from 38 communities in 2014.
To learn more about these and other exciting events and programs visit www.healthiestweightflorida.com/.
April & May 2015 Cancer Stakeholder
Cancer in the News GENERAL CANCER RELATED ARTICLES Public Comment: Draft Research Plan for Ovarian Cancer Screening—US Preventive Services Task Force, March 2015. 2014 Research Roundup: 10 Key Breakthroughs and Insights—American Cancer Society (ACS), Dec. 29, 2014 Statistics Report: 1.5 Million Cancer Deaths Avoided in 2 Decades – ACS, Dec. 31, 2014. PREVENTION RELATED ARTICLES Foundation Urges Responsible Food Marketing to Kids— ACS, Jan. 20, 2015. Red Meat, a Sugar, and Cancer—American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR), Jan. 21, 2015 More Sitting Time Increases Risk of Early Mortality, Cancer—AICR, Jan. 21, 2015 Results of sun-safety mobile app featured in JAMA Dermatology —Medical News Today (MNT), Feb. 2, 2015. Study links coffee intake with reduced risk of endometrial cancer—MNT, Feb. 6, 2015. Text messages a new tool in the fight to prevent skin cancer, Australia—MNT, Feb. 6, 2015. Featured Brochure: 3 Ways to Prevent Cancer—AICR, Feb. 9, 2015. AICR Unveils New Cancer Awareness Campaign— AICR, Feb. 9, 201. HPV vaccination not linked to riskier sex, study finds— Science Daily, Feb. 9, 2015.
Couples More Likely to Make A cancer false alarm could discourage people from Healthy Changes Together checking out future —ACS, Feb. 11, 2015. symptoms—Science Daily, Is There a Cancer-Cholesterol Feb. 11, 2015. Connection? —AICR, Feb. 18, Ground-breaking lung can2015. cer breath test in clinical Daily cola “raises cancer risk” trial—Science Daily, Feb. 14, due to caramel coloring— 2015. MNT, Feb. 20, 2015. Better informed women less How New Dietary Guidelines likely to want a breast Report Aligns with Cancer mammogram, study shows— Prevention —AICR, Mar., 5, Science Daily, Feb. 17, 2015. 2015. Mammography screening: Metabolic Risk Factors Also Patient pamphlets do not afIncrease Risk for Cancers — fect willingness to particiMAICR, March 4, 2015. pate—Science Daily, Feb. 20, Discounts Boost Both 2015. Healthy and Unhealthy Food Sales —AICR, March 4, 2015. SURVIVORSHIP RELATED Sugary Beverages and CanARTICLES cer Risk—MNT, March 18, “1 in 2 people will develop 2015. cancer in their lifetime”— Eating Vegetarian (+Fish) MNT, Feb. 4, 2015. Lowers Colorectal Cancer Vital Signs: Disparities in Risk—AICR, March 18, 2015. Nonsmokers' Exposure to Secondhand Smoke — UnitACCESS TO CARE RELATED ed States, 1999–2012— CenARTICLES ters for Disease Control and Key factor discovered in for- Prevention, Feb. 6, 2015.
Many Colorectal Cancer Survivors May Need Exercise Supervision—AICR, Feb. 18, 2015. Injectable, “self-healing” hydrogel may offer simpler form of long-term drug delivery—MNT, Feb. 20, 2015. Two out of 3 people with invasive cancer are surviving 5 years or more—Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), March 13, 2015.
mation of metastases in Physician-controlled decimelanoma—Science Daily, Jan. sions in cancer care linked to 22, 2015. lower quality rating by patients, study finds— Study: Targeted Biopsy Improves Accuracy of Prostate Science Daily, Feb. 12, 2015. Cancer Diagnoses—ACS, Jan. Stroke survivors may be at 27, 2015. higher risk of having cancer—Science Daily, Feb. Innovative new app for 12, 2015. clinical skin cancer diagnosis launches—MNT, Feb. 5, 2015. Cancer experience presents time for lifestyle changes in Ninety percent approve of cancer screening but screen- both survivors and family ing uptake is lower—Science members—Science Daily, Feb. 17, 2015. Daily, Feb. 11, 2015. Education risk assessment, not mandatory screening, best for women with dense breast tissue—Science Daily, Feb.11, 2015
New study reveals how to improve chemotherapy use in prostate cancer—Science Daily, Feb. 17, 2015.
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April & May 2015 Cancer Stakeholder
Funding Opportunities
The American Cancer Society, in parallel with the National Palliative Care Research Center, is soliciting applications for pilot/exploratory research grants in palliative care of cancer patients and their families. These grants will generate the pilot data necessary to maximize an investigator's chances of competing successfully for larger grants. Click here to apply. Closing date 10/15/15. The Role of Health Policy and Health Insurance in Improving Access to and Performance of Cancer Prevention, Early Detection, and Treatment Services is a call for research that evaluates the impact of the many changes now occurring in the healthcare system with a particular focus on cancer prevention, control and treatment. Efforts focusing on improving access to care may also impact inequities that contribute to health disparities. Click here to apply. Closing date 10/15/15.
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Health Infrastructure Investment Program invites applications from investigators interested in conducting basic, mechanistic research into the biologic/genetic causes of cancer health disparities. These cooperative agreement research awards (U01) will support is soliciting applications for the Health Infrastructure Investment Program for
existing Health Center Program grantees to increase their patient capacity and to provide additional comprehensive primary and preventive health services to medically underserved populations through the alteration/renovation, expansion, or construction of a facility. Click here to apply. Closing date 4/21/15 Health Trust makes grants for projects that advance healthy living, healthy eating and healthy aging and place a strategic focus on health promotion and disease prevention, and closely align with grant criteria. Click here to apply. Closing date 4/27/15. Cancer Education Grants Program funds innovative educational efforts that would help to reduce cancer incidence, morbidity, and mortality, and that would improve the quality of life of cancer patients. Click here to apply. Closing date 5/8/15. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality provides grant awards on a cyclical basis based on the following priority areas: improve health care quality by accelerating implementation of Patient Centered Outcomes Research; make health care safer; increase accessibility by evaluating expansions of insurance coverage and improve health care affordability, efficiency and cost transparency. Click here to learn more.
Cycle deadlines are 6/5/15 and 10/5/15. The Department of Health and Human Services FOA will support highly innovative and promising research that tests multi-level intervention programs of 1 to 2 years in length that are designed to increase health-enhancing physical activity. Click here to apply. Closing dates 6/5/15 and 2/5/16.
Behavioral Interventions to Address Multiple Chronic Health Conditions in Primary Care is a FOA which seeks proposal that use a multi-disease care management approach to behavioral interventions with high potential impact to improve patient-level health outcomes for individuals with three or more chronic health conditions. Click here to apply. Closing date 5/8/17.
April–May 2015 Cancer Stakeholder
Tools & Resources
The American Association for Cancer Education has launched a webinar series and made the first two webinars freely available to all interested cancer education professionals (all are from 1:30-2:30 p.m. EDT). April 22: Planning Evaluation of Cancer Education *No CEU credit will be offered for participation in the webinars. CancerCare presents the following free Connect® Education Workshops (all are from 1:30—2:30 p.m. EST): All sessions are free and pre-registration is required. April 15: Emerging Therapies in Hodgkin and T-Cell Lymphomas1,2 April 21: Precision Medicine: Implications for the Treatment of Prostate Cancer1,2 April 28: Medical Update on Ovarian Cancer1,2 May 1: New Perspectives in the Treatment of Advanced Skin Cancer: Basal Cell & Squamous Cell Cancers1,2 May 12: Advances in the Treatment of Metastatic Prostate Cancer1,2 May 15: Emerging Treatments for Metastatic Melanoma1,2 May 26: For Caregivers: Coping with a Loved One’s Metastatic Prostate Cancer1,2 You can participate by listening to this workshop on the telephone or via live streaming through the Internet. For more information or to register online, visit CancerCare online or call 1-800-813-HOPE (4673). Missed a Connect Education Workshop? Listen to past workshops as podcasts through CancerCare's website
> Professional Oncology Education—MD Anderson Cancer Center designed an educational series for health care practitioners which includes lectures, courses and case studies provided by experts on key areas of professional education, prevention, patient care and survivorship. This series includes: n Introduction to Clinical Oncology Course n Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Course n Survivorship – Introductory Lectures n Bone Health in Cancer Survivors n Breast Cancer Survivorship n Colorectal Cancer Survivorship n Tobacco Cessation Course
Screening for Colorectal Cancer: Optimizing Quality–CDC’s Division of Cancer Prevention and Control has made available two continuing education courses for physicians, nurses, and other health professionals. One version is intended for primary care providers, and the other is intended for clinicians who perform colonoscopies. The CDC also offers resources for addressing skin cancer control: What Comprehensive Cancer Control Programs Can Do About Indoor Tanning Among Minors and Sun Safety for America’s Youth Toolkit. 1 Submitted for approval for one Continuing Professional Education Unit for Registered Dietitians 2 Submitted for one Contact Hour to Social Workers 3 Approved for one Contact Hour to Social Workers
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April–May 2015 Cancer Stakeholder
Events Johns Hopkins Cancer Survivorship: Improving Outcomes, Enhancing Care Symposium in Baltimore, Md. on April 17, 2015. Stomach Cancer Education Symposium & Webinar in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. on April 18, 2015. American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2015 in Philadelphia, Pa. on April 18–22, 2015. The Medical Team Summit at the 2015 National Council Conference in Orlando, Fla. on April 20–22, 2015.
2015 Community Oncology Summit in Orlando, Fla. on April 23–24, 2015. Together in Hope 2015 in Houston, Texas on April 24–26, 2015. Annual Tobacco Documents Workshop in San Francisco, Calif. on May 8, 2015. How to Start a Successful Breast Radioactive Seed Localization Program in Your Institution in Houston, Texas on May 9, 2015. Assessing and Improving the Interpretation of Mammograms in Washington, D.C. on May 12–13, 2015.
egional Cancer Control Collaboratives exist across the state and work to bring public and private partners together to reduce the burden of cancer. For information about what your regional collaborative in your area is doing, visit their websites listed below.
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>Northwest Florida Cancer Control Collaborative
> Northeast Florida Cancer Control Collaborative Facebook: NEFCCC
>North Central Florida Cancer Control Collaborative
> East Central Florida Cancer Control Collaborative
7th Annual “GREAT STRIDES TOGETHER” in Hollywood, Fla. on May 15, 2015.
> Southeast Florida Cancer
Target Cancer Metabolism 2015 in Boston, Mass. on May 26–28, 2015.
> Facebook: SoFla Fighting
Health Choice Network 2015 Educational Conference in Boca Raton, Fla. on June 5–7, 2015.
> Southwest Florida Cancer
Metabolism and Cancer in Bellevue, Wash. on June 7–10, 2015. 2015 Musculoskeletal Oncology in Islamorda, Fla. on June 12–14, 2015. AACR Precision Medicine Series: Integrating Clinical Genomics and Cancer Therapy in Salt Lake City, Utah on June 13–16, 2015. Best of ASCO® 2015 Annual Meeting in Orlando, Fla. in June 27–28, 2015. Gynecologic Oncology Group in Denver, Colo. on July 15–19, 2015. 14th Annual International Congress on the Future of Breast Cancer® in Huntington Beach, Calif. on July 16–18, 2015. 16th Annual International Lung Cancer Congress® in in Huntington Beach, Calif. on July 30 – August 1, 2015.
Control Collaborative Cancer Control Collaborative
> The Southeast American Indian Council (SEAIC) focuses on needs assessments, preventive education and quality of life for American Indians. Membership is open to anyone of American Indian heritage. Email Dewey Painter or call him at (904) 208-0857 for an application or for more information.
To be added to the contact list for any of these collaboratives, send an email request to Cancer@flhealth.gov.
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Health Choice Network 2015 Educational Conference in Boca Raton, Fla. on June 5-7, 2015.
For any questions or concerns regarding this newsletter or to include your information in a future issue:
Metabolism and Cancer in Bellevue, Wash. on June 7-10, 2015.
Sam.Mooneyhan@flhealth.gov (850) 245-4444, EXT 3857.
16th Annual International Lung Cancer Congress® in Huntington Beach, Calif., on July 30–August 1, 2015 NCCN 10th Annual Congress: Hematologic Malignancies in San Francisco, Calif. on Oct. 16–17, 2015.
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Collaboratives
13th Annual School of Breast Oncology® in Atlanta, Ga. on Nov. 5–7, 2015.