June–July 2014
Cancer Stakeholder
>> Department of Health Cancer Program is hosting June 25 webinar presented by Rebecca V. Nellis, Esq. from Cancer and Careers and Monica Fawzy Bryant, Esq. from Triage Cancer.
Florida Department of Health, Comprehensive Cancer Control Program
PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT:
Annual National Cancer Survivors Day unday, June 1, 2014 marked the 27 Annual National Cancer Survivors Day. On this day, Florida partners celebrated and honored the over 1.15 million cancer survivors in the state and provided opportunities for cancer survivors to connect with other survivors, celebrate milestones and recognize the health care providers, family and friends who have supported them along the way. The day included community outreach events that raise awareness and showcase the plethora of support networks for current and recently diagnosed survivors. Over 1.67 million new cancer cases will be diagnosed in the United States in 2014, with 114,560 of those being Floridians. For more information visit http://www.ncsd.org/. Additional cancer survivor education can be found in the Tools and Resources section of this newsletter (see pg 3).
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If you were not able to participate on the May 22nd webinar with Dr. Katie Baker who presented “NCI Research: Skin Cancer Prevention in High Risk Populations for Skin Cancer Awareness” please go to the Florida Coalition of Oncology Nurse Navigators (FCONN) website, where it and numerous other cancer webinars have generously been archived.
State Update: The Florida 2014 Legislative Session The Florida 2014 Legislative Session concluded May 2, 2014 at 10:40 p.m. The legislature passed a historic $77.1 billion dollar
budget for the state. Governor Scott has final authority to sign off on the bills. The following cancer bills were enrolled (passed) and as of publication, await final approval: HB 511 Cancer Control and Research: Reduces the membership of the Cancer Control and Research Advisory Council (CCRAB) and modifies the appointment process; requires CCRAB to collaborate with the Biomedical Research Advisory Council to formulate and annually review and recommend to the State Surgeon General a statewide research plan to be known as the “Florida Cancer Control and Research Plan”; CCRAB to develop and annually review a statewide “Florida Cancer Treatment Plan.” Click here for more information.
In this issue: Tools & Resources, 3 Funding Opportunities, 3 Events, 6 Collaboratives, 6
HB 5203 Cancer Centers: Designates provisions as “Florida NCI Cancer Centers Act”; requires DOH to distribute funding to certain cancer centers; provides a formula for determination of
allocations; provides criteria for designation of tiers for cancer centers. Click here for more information. SB 224 Alternative Nicotine Products: Tobacco and Nicotine Product Regulation; Allowing alternate signage requirements where a dealer that sells tobacco products also sells nicotine products or nicotine dispensing devices; prohibiting the selling, delivering, bartering, furnishing, or giving of nicotine products or nicotine dispensing devices to persons under 18 years of age; prohibiting self-service merchandising where a retailer sells nicotine products or nicotine dispensing devices. Click here for more information. SB 1030 Low THC Cannabis: Authorizing specified physicians to order low-THC cannabis for use by specified patients; authorizing state universities with both medical and agricultural programs to conduct specified research on lowTHC cannabis; authorizing the department to submit a budget amendment request to use excess funds in the Biomedical Research Trust Fund to implement this act. Click here for more information.
Final versions of the enrolled bills are being posted on Online Sunshine.
June–July 2014 Cancer Stakeholder
Cancer in the News How many “Get Screened” messages does it take? Evidence from colorectal cancer screening promotion in the United States, 2012—National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), March 2014 Cancer patients with insulin-treated diabetes have four times higher mortality compared to cancer patients without diabetes—Science Daily, March 13, 2014 Noninvasive colorectal cancer screening tool shows unprecedented detection rates— Science Daily, Mar 19, 2014 Morning rays keep off pounds—Science Daily, April 2, 2014 Body Fat a Factor in Ovarian Cancer Risk— American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR), April 3, 2014 Zombie cancer cells eat themselves to live— Science Daily, April 5, 2014 What's the Appeal? Testing Public Service Advertisements to Raise Awareness About Gynecologic Cancer—NCBI, April 7, 2014 The Topic Is Cancer—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), April 14, 2014 Costs and benefits of an organized fecal immunochemical test-based colorectal cancer screening program in the United States—NCBI, April 15, 2014 Source of most cases of invasive bladder cancer identified—Science Daily, April 20, 2014 American Indian and Alaska Native death rates nearly 50 percent greater than those of non-Hispanic whites—CDC, April 22, 2014 Palliation is rarely a topic in studies on advanced cancer—Science Daily, April 24, 2014 Breast cancer, brain tumors not caused by viruses, study finds—Science Daily, April 29, 2014
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Overestimation of radiation exposure may keep women from critical screening—Science Daily, May 7, 2014
With the right help, resources and support, you can have the best chance to quit. Tobacco Free Florida’s (TFF) quit services can double your chances of quitting any form of tobacco for good. Each person is different and so is their nicotine addiction. TFF can help you choose a path to quitting that works for you! With TFF you can Call, Click, or Come in. Call: Phone 1-877-U-CAN-NOW (1877-822-6669) to speak with a Quit Coach who will help you assess your addiction and help you create a personalized quit plan. Quit coaches are available 7 days a week, 24 hours a day and available for tobacco users age 11 and older. Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) is available free of charge to age 18 and older, if medically appropriate. Text2Quit is a free service that sends up to 300 motivational texts before, during and after your quit. Click: Enroll in Web Coach, an online program for tobacco users age 13 and older, which helps you create a personalized web-based quit plan that you follow at your own pace and in private. Motivational and educational emails will be sent to you throughout your quit plan. NRT is available free of charge to age 18 and older, if medically appropriate. Text2Quit is a free service that sends up to 300 motivational texts before, during and after your quit. Come In: Visit the Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Network’s website to find and sign up for inperson tobacco cessation provided in a group format throughout Florida. Courses are held in local community locations, vary in length, and are taught by trained tobacco cessation specialists who provide the information and tools needed to become tobacco free. NRT is available free of charge to age 18 and older, if medically appropriate. AHEC courses are available during the Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. workday and several classes are scheduled.
ABOVE: Team Up to Quit campaign poster.
Let’s Team Up to Quit! Quitting smoking is hard, but having professional support can make it easier. In fact, when patients work with their health care providers they are more successful in their quit attempts. A number of referral resources exist in Florida to support providers and their patients. Patients can also be referred directly to TFF for free help. Providers interested in referring patients, can download and complete the fax referral form located here and fax it to: 1-866-6887577. Once patients are in the system, Tobacco Free Florida can follow up with them and help them overcome their nicotine addiction as a team. For more information on how health care providers can help their patients quit smoking, visit www.TobaccoFreeFlorida.com/ healthcare.
June–July 2014
Tools & Resources
Cancer Stakeholder
> Florida Department of Health is hosting a free webinar titled Missed a Connect Education Workshop? Listen to past “Balancing Work and Cancer” on June 25, 2014, at 2:00 p.m. EST. Featured Speakers: Rebecca Nellis, Vice President, Cancer and Careers; Monica Bryant, Chief Operating Officer, Triage Cancer.
To join the online meeting, click here To join the teleconference, call 1-888-670-3525 and use passcode: 297-003-0833#
> CancerCare presents the following free Connect® Education Workshops (all are from 1:30—2:30 pm EST). All sessions are free and pre-registration is required.
June 17: Advances in the Treatment of Lung Cancer1,2 June 24: Advances in the Treatment of Metastatic Prostate Cancer1,2 June 25: Recognizing the Different Stages of Your MPN: Understanding Why Your Doctor May Need to Adjust Your Treatment Over Time2,3 June 27: For Caregivers: Coping with a Loved One’s Metastatic Prostate Cancer1,2 June 30: Gastric Cancer: Current Perspectives and Treatment Options2,3 July 9: Living with Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST): Treatment Update2,3 1—Approved for one Contact Hour to Social Workers 2—Submitted for approval for one Continuing Professional Education Unit for Registered Dietitians 3—Submitted for one Contact Hour to Social Workers 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). Past workshops are archived here.
workshops as podcasts through CancerCare's website. > Cancer Survivorship and Cancer Control: Working Towards a Coordinated Approach—The Research to Reality cyberseminar will describe a survivorship care plan, strategies to improve their implementation and the role comprehensive cancer control plans to address the unique needs of cancer survivors by leveraging traditional and nontraditional partners. Speakers: Dr. Birken, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill & Ms.Thorsness, Public Health Specialist, Alaska Department of Health
> Cancer Survivorship E-Learning Series—Made available by National Cancer Survivorship Resource Center, this series is a free continuing education program that provides a forum to educate primary care providers (e.g., general medicine physicians, physician assistants, nurses) who may have cancer survivors patients about how to better understand and care for survivors. No cost continuing education credits are available for each 1-hour module. The audience will learn about caring for survivors of adultonset cancers, including: Module 1: The Current State of Survivorship Care and the Role of Primary Care Providers Module 2: Late Effects of Cancer and its Treatments: Managing Comorbidities and Coordinating with Specialty Providers Module 3: Late Effects of Cancer and its Treatment: Meeting the Psychosocial Health Care Needs of Survivors Module 4: The Importance of Prevention in Cancer Survivorship: Empowering Survivors to Live Well Module 5: A Team Approach: Survivorship Care Coordination
Funding Opportunities Voices for Healthy Kids is an initiative which aims to engage, organize and mobilize people to improve the health of their communities and reverse the childhood obesity epidemic. Funding opportunities will advance coordinated state, local and tribal public policy issue advocacy campaigns focused on childhood obesity priorities. Click here to apply. Rolling request for applications (RFA) process.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) with interest in funding research projects that will build a knowledge base of individuals’ personal health information management needs and practices and the design principles related to these activities. Click here to apply. Closing date 7/5/14.
National Institutes of Environmental Health Science (NIEHS) is encouraging investigators to submit unsolicited project applications for three Community Partnerships to Advance Research funding opportunities. These projects would partner with communities using community engaged research methodologies that will enhance relationships and lead to better interventions and positive health outcomes. Click R15 or R21 to apply. Deadlines: 6/25/14 (R15); 6/16/14 (R21).
NIEHS and Environmental Protection Agency intend to publish a joint FOA to solicit applications for Children’s Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Centers. The purpose of this program is to support a multidisciplinary program of applied and basic research along with an active community outreach translation effort to examine and translate the effects of early exposure to environmental hazards on children’s health and wellbeing. Click here for more information. Estimated close date 07/2014. Funding Opportunities continued p. 4
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Funding Opportunities Quantum Foundation is interested in funding organizations which provide health care, help people who need health care, and educate others about health care in Palm Beach County. Funding is provided on two levels. Click here to apply. Letter of intent 7/11/14 or 8/29/14. Health Foundation of South Florida's supports grants that impact the health status of residents in Broward, MiamiDade and Monroe Counties. Health status impacts include primary care, behavioral health, preventive health measures and healthy eating active communities. Click here to apply. Closing date 8/11/14. AHRQ is interested in funding a diverse set of projects that develop, test and evaluate various simulation approaches for the purpose of improving the safe delivery of health care. Applications that address a variety of simulation techniques, clinical settings, provider groups, priority populations, patient conditions and threats to safety are welcomed. Click here to apply. Cycle dates for January, May, September Expires 9/26/16. Smart and Connected Health Program is funding projects which accelerate the development and use of innovative approaches that would support the much needed transformation of healthcare from reactive and hospitalcentered to preventive, proactive, evidence-based, person-centered and focused on well-being rather than disease. Click here to apply. Proposal deadline 10/10/14.
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American Cancer Society (ACS) released a RFA for Pilot and Exploratory Projects in Palliative Care of Cancer Patients and Their Families. This RFA provides funding for investigators performing pilot and exploratory research studies whose purpose is to test interventions, develop research methodologies, and explore novel areas of research in palliative care of cancer patients and their families. A condition of funding is a clearly defined plan as to how the investigator will use the results of the project to develop larger, extramurally funded research projects. Click here for more information. Closing date 10/15/14.
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ACS Professional Development Grants to support pursuit of doctoral degree in Cancer Nursing and career development for primary care physicians. Initial awards for graduate students pursuing doctoral study are made for up to two years with the possibility of a two-year renewal. There is a stipend of $15,000 per year. Click here to apply. The primary care physician award is made to support pursuing an academic career with an emphasis on cancer control. Awards are for three years and for up to $100,000 per year. Click here to apply. Closing date 10/15/14. Small Grants Program for Cancer Epidemiology is an FOA that provides support for pilot projects, testing of new techniques, secondary analyses of existing data, development and validation of measurement methods, linkage of genetic polymorphisms with other variables related to cancer risk and development of innovative projects for more comprehensive research in cancer etiology and epidemiology. Click here to apply. Closing date 11/16/14. Exploratory Grant Award to Promote Workforce Diversity in Basic Cancer Research invites applications by investigators from diverse backgrounds underrepresented in basic and biomedical cancer research. The National Institute of Health (NIH) recognizes a unique and compelling need to promote diversity in the NIH-funded research workforce. Click here to apply. Closing date 11/20/14. National Cancer Institute (NCI) Funding Opportunities: NCI’s Provocative Questions applications must be focused on addressing one particular research problem. Categories: Group A cancer prevention and risk Group B mechanisms of tumor development or recurrence Group C cancer detection, diagnosis, and prognosis Group D cancer therapy Group E clinical effectiveness Click here for more information. Close date 6/20/14.
Exploratory and Developmental Grant to Improve Health Care Quality through Health Information Technology (IT) is to fund exploratory and developmental research grants that will contribute to the evidence base of how health IT improves health care quality. The funds support the use of a wide variety of research designs in order to generate information regarding the design and development, implementation, use, or impact of health IT on quality. Depending on the research design and intent of the project, applicants may receive support for: (1) pilot and feasibility or self-contained health IT research projects; (2) secondary data analysis of health IT research; or (3) economic (prospective or retrospective) analyses of a health IT project. Click here to apply. Closing date 11/17/16. Cancer Center Support Grants for NCIdesignated Cancer Centers to capitalize on all institutional cancer research capabilities, integrating meritorious programs in laboratory, clinical, and population research into a single transdisciplinary research enterprise across all institutional boundaries. Click here to apply. Closing date 1/18/17.
June–July 2014 Cancer Stakeholder
Events 7th Biennial Cancer Survivorship Research Conference is on June 18– 20, 2014 in Atlanta, Ga. American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Precision Medicine Series—Drug Sensitivity and Resistance: Improving Cancer Therapy in Orlando, Fla. on June 18–21, 2014.
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International Symposium on Supportive Care in Cancer 2014 is on June 26–28, 2014 in Miami, Fla.
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) at Florida Hospital Cancer Institute—2014 Best of ASCO Meeting on June 28–29, 2014 in Orlando, Fla. National Association of County and City Officials (NACCHO) Annual 2014 is on July 8–10, 2014 in Atlanta, Ga. Breast Cancer: New Horizons, Current Controversies is on July 10–12, 2014 in Boston, Mass. 10th Annual Integrative Oncology Training Conference for Acupuncturists, Massage Therapists and Yoga Teachers/Mind-Body Practitioners in Houston, Texas on July 18–20, 2014. 9th Annual New Orleans Summer Cancer Meeting titled “Achieving Best Patient Outcomes in Oncology by Applying Personalized Medicine and Novel Technologies” on July 18–20, 2014 in New Orleans, La. Harvard University, support from the National Institutes of Health and US Department of Affairs, is sponsoring a 5-day training called 2014 Training Institute for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health in Boston, Mass. on July 21-25, 2014
Hematology and Medical Oncology Best Practices is on Aug. 14–21, 2014 in Arlington, Va. 24th Annual Mayo Clinic Hematology/Oncology Reviews is on Aug. 6–9, 2014 in Amelia Island, Fla. Rivkin Center and AACR present the Ovarian Cancer Research Symposium in Seattle, Wash. on Sept. 8–9, 2014. Abstract deadline June 2, 2014.
Hematologic Malignancies: Translating Discoveries to Novel Therapies in Philadelphia, Pa. on Sep 20–23. Abstract deadline June 23, 2014. Cancer Survivor and Health Expo in Ocala, Fla. on Sept. 20, 2014. Advances in Melanoma: From Biology to Therapy in Philadelphia, Pa. on Sept. 20–23, 2014. Abstract deadline June 30, 2014. Symposia on Cancer Research 2014 in Houston, Texas on Oct. 9–10, 2014. AICR Annual Research Conference in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 29–31, 2014
Collaboratives R 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.
> Northwest Florida Cancer Control Collaborative
> Northeast Florida Cancer Control Collaborative
> North Central Florida Cancer Control Collaborative
> East Central Florida Cancer Control Collaborative
> Southeast Florida Cancer Control Collaborative Facebook: SoFla Fighting Cancer > Southwest Florida 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.
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