October–November 2013
Cancer Stakeholder
>> National Institute of Health blog, ”Personalized Cancer Vaccine Enters Human Trials,” p. 2 >>The Department hosts webinar, “Advances in Testing for Breast Cancer Predisposition and Considerations in the Delivery of Genetic Services in Diverse Populations,” p. 3 >> Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) funding opportunity for a centers of excellence program, p. 5
Florida Department of Health, Comprehensive Cancer Control Program
PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT:
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month!
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ccording to the state’s cancer registry, the Florida Cancer Data System, 14,045 females in the state were diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010, the most recent year of data. The good news is that since 2000, the mortality rate of breast cancer in Florida has been declining, most significantly in those aged 65 and older. A mammogram is the best test for finding breast cancer early, sometimes up to three years before it can be felt. Early breast cancer does not reveal signs or cause symptoms, but as it grows it can change how the breast looks and feels.
Symptoms may include: > A new lump in the breast > A lump that has changed > A change in the size or shape of the breast > Pain in the breast or nipple that does not subside > Flaky, red, or swollen skin anywhere on the breast > Blood or any other type of fluid coming from the nipple that is not milk when nursing a baby.
There are several breast cancer screening resources available to Florida women. > Medicare insurance (1-800633-4277) provides mammograms to women age 65 and older without copay. > The Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program offers a limited number of screenings to uninsured, low-income
women aged 50–64 who qualify. For more information call the Florida Department of Health in your county, the American Cancer Society National Hotline (1-800-2272345) or visit the website.
> Susan G. Komen for the Cure (1-877-465-6636) provides mammograms for low-income women under age 50 in many parts of the state.
In this issue: State Update, 2 Tools & Resources, 3 Funding Opportunities, 4 Events, 6 Collaboratives, 6
November is National Lung Cancer Awareness Month and November 21st is the 38th Annual Great American Smokeout (GASO). The Florida Department of Health and Tobacco Free Florida are celebrating the GASO, sponsored by the American Cancer Society (ACS), by encouraging Floridians to commit to being tobacco-free for 24 hours and to start a quit plan for good. Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of disease and premature death. Each year in Florida, an estimated 26,800 adults die from smoking-related illnesses. For every person who dies from a smoking-related illness, another 20 suffer from one or more serious smokingrelated illnesses. The good news is there are now more former smokers than current smokers in the state. Since 2007, there are nearly 500,000 fewer smokers in Florida. ACS reports more than half of the 45 million smokers in the U.S. have attempted to quit in the past year. See page 2 for resources to help smokers quit!
October–November 2013 Cancer Stakeholder
Using tobacco is expensive. . . quitting does not have to be.
State Update The Comprehensive Cancer Control (CCC) Program recently entered into the second year of contracts with part-time regional cancer control collaborative coordinators as part of a statewide effort to reduce the burden of cancer in Florida. The CCC Program is currently working with five local Health Councils and one Area Health Education Center (AHEC), located strategically throughout the state, to expand and build the capacity of collaboratives. The collaboratives work together with the state’s cancer council and the Cancer Control and Research Advisory Council to implement local initiatives to address the goals of the Florida
Cancer Plan. In the past year, the CCC Program has established two new collaboratives in the Northeast (Jacksonville) and the East Central (Orlando) areas. For information about what the collaborative in your area is doing, visit their websites listed on page 6. If you’d like more information on the goals and priority strategies addressed in the Florida Cancer Plan, email cancer@doh.state.fl.us.
Cancer in the news “U.S. Task Force Makes Recommendations for Lung Cancer Screening”—American Cancer Society, July 30, 2013 “Cancer Patients Want More Shared-Decision Making About Their Treatment”—Science Daily, Aug. 6, 2013 “African-American Women Less Likely to Receive HPV Vaccine Than Whites”—Science Daily, Aug. 27, 2013 “Obesity Combined With Exposure to Cigarette Smoke May Pose New Health Concerns”—Science Daily, Sept. 11, 2013
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“Personalized Cancer Vaccine Enters Human Trials”—NIH Director’s Blog—Sept. 17, 2013
Tobacco Free Florida (TFF) has three free and easy ways to quit. The right help, resources and support, can give you the best chance to quit for good. TFF’s 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 (1-877822-6669) to speak with a Quit Coach who will help you asses 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 you 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 individuals age 18 and older, if medically appropriate. Text2Quit is a free service that sends up to 300 motivational texts before, during and after you 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 normal Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. workday and several classes are scheduled outside of this time frame. To register, call 1-877-848-6696.
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Tools & Resources
> CancerCare presents the following free Connect® Education Workshops, all are from 1:30–2:30 p.m. EST. Sessions are free and preregistration is required. Oct. 4: “Update on Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia” 1,2 Oct. 11: “Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer” 1,2
(CPEU) for Registered Dietitians (RDs). You can participate in Connect® Education Workshops via telephone or 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.
plant the seeded tomato to grow their own tomatoes. On the back of the card, there is information on the four behavioral pillars of cancer prevention as described in the National Cancer Institute’s Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) Brief. To request free copies of these tomato seed cards, email Ali Polsky with the quantity desired and how you plan to disseminate them. Supplies are limited.
to and from treatment, prosthesis and wigs, or child care and/or elder care necessitated by treatment. To apply, patients should call the Financial Aid Fund division of the Patient Advocate Foundation at (855) 824-7941. Additional details of this program can be found in the press release text below or at www.patientadvocate. org/gethelp
“Living with Myelofibrosis” Workshop Series, Oct. 9: Part II—Coping with the Stress of > The Centers for Medicare & Caregiving When Your Loved Medicaid Services are > The Radiation Co-Payment One Has Myelofibrosis 1,2 hosting online Health Small Grant Financial Aid Insurance Marketplace “Living with Prostate Cancer” The U.S. Preventive Services > fund, launched by the Trainings this summer on Workshop Series, Oct. 15: Part Task Force released today its Patient Advocate topics including: Health II—Caregivers: Coping with a final Recommendation Foundation, is a new Insurance Marketplace 101, Loved One’s Metastatic Statement on primary care financial assistance program Understanding the Health Prostate Cancer 1,2 interventions to prevent for patients battling prostate Insurance Marketplace, and Oct. 25: “Caring for Your tobacco use in children and cancer. Supporting patients Small Business Health Bones When You Have Breast adolescents. To view the with a prostate cancer Options Program Overview Cancer” 1,2 recommendation and the diagnosis, this financial aid Training. View the flyer with evidence on which it is Oct. 28: “Managing Eye and fund grants $1,000 per year links for online trainings based, click here. Vision Changed Related to to cover a patient’s cohere. Cancer Treatments: A Guide payments associated with > The Komen Treatment for People Living with prescribed radiation therapy Assistance Program Cancer” 1,2 during treatment. Each Financial Aid Fund, a new patient must meet income Nov. 18: “Liver Cancer: your patient services program health guidelines and provide Treatment Update and care launched by the Patient provider treatment documentation in Managing the Costs of Advocate Foundation, now order to finalize the Treatment.” provides breast cancer application process. Grants Nov. 19: “Advances in the patients access to financial are provided on first-come, 1,2 Treatment of Lung Cancer” support in the form of grants > The Comprehensive Cancer first-served basis and will be to offset treatment related Nov. 20: “Current Perspectives Control Program has distributed until funds are expenses. Financially and on the Treatment of developed a two-sided card depleted. Patients who are medically qualified patients Colorectal Cancer” 1,2 to remind Floridians how to interested in applying for may use the one-time grant live a healthy lifestyle and 1—Approved for one financial assistance should of $300 to cover expenses reduce their risk of cancer. Contact Hour to Social start by calling this division for lymphedema care and The tomato cutout on the Workers. toll free at (855) 824-7941. supplies, durable medical card is made of plantable 2—Submitted for approval equipment, transportation paper embedded with for one Continuing costs associated with getting tomato seeds. Recipients can Professional Education Unit Directions: Tear seed paper into 1 inch pieces and plant in soil 1/2 inch deep. Keep soil moist at all times until seedlings turn to sturdy plants, then water as needed. Once ripe, pick, eat, and enjoy tomatoes as part of a healthy diet!
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October–November 2013 Cancer Stakeholder
Funding Opportunities
Let’s Move Salad Bars to Schools is an initiative for any school, public or private, participating in the National School Lunch Program to apply for a startup award to help pay for salad bar equipment. Visit the website for details about the benefits of salad bars, resources to help roll out salad bars in schools and to apply online.
CVS Caremark provides CVS/pharmacy gift cards to community-based organizations whose missions are vital to helping children and families in markets where we live and work. Click here to apply.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is interested in supporting conferences that help to further its mission to improve the quality, safety, efficiency and effectiveness of health care for all Americans. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. See the grant announcement for more information or to apply.
The Childhood Obesity Rapid Response Fund is providing a funding opportunity to 501(c)3 organizations to support promising ongoing public policy change campaigns. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and range from $5,000 to $75,000. For more information, see their website or contact Aaron Doeppers.
Boeing is interested in promoting the economic well-being and health of vulnerable communities through job training programs, social enterprises, programs that bring business to low-income communities, collaborations that coordinate health care services and economic self-sufficiency, community-based programs that address disparities in healthcare and projects that improve the efficiency of health and human services systems, including food, housing and healthcare. Apply online here.
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Wells Fargo is interested in supporting programs and organizations whose chief purpose is to benefit low– and moderate-income individuals and families. Grants are
available for projects to keep communities strong, diverse, and vibrant in the areas of community development, education, human services, arts and culture, civic engagement and the environment. Applications are accepted online on a rolling basis.
Cancer Prevention, Control, Behavioral Sciences and Population Sciences Career Development Award: To support the career development of junior investigators with research of health professional doctoral degrees who want to become cancer-focused academic researchers in cancer prevention, cancer control, or the behavioral or population sciences. Applications will be accepted through Jan. 7, 2015.
Bioengineering Research Grants: To foster the development of an innovative technology, model, technique, design or method that has the potential for significant impact on biomedical research by infusing principles and concepts from the qualitative sciences. Applications open on May 5 and will be accepted through May 8, 2016.
Annie’s Grants for Gardens: For community gardens, school gardens and other educational programs that connect children directly to gardening. Funds can be used to buy gardening tools, seeds or other needed supplies. $500 for new gardens, $1500 for existing gardens.
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Funding Opportunities Feed the Children S.E.E.D. Program: In addition to providing seed packets to Title 1 schools through our Kid's School Basics program, Feed the Children is also providing seed packets to schools across the country that are starting or continuing a school garden or outdoor classroom. Schools can email Tina Thompson directly for more information.
Fiskars Project Orange Thumb: Supports community garden groups in the U.S. with grants of up to $1,500 for tools and materials and up to $800 for gardening related materials such as plants, seeds or mulch.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) posts funding opportunities online and also offers online technical assistance (recorded webinars) on topics including:
> Preparing a Grant Application > Tips for Writing and Submitting Grant Proposals > Grant Application Review Process > Learn About the Grant Life Cycle
The first Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) has been released under the Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) initiative for a centers of excellence program. Biomedical research is becoming more data-intensive as researchers are generating and using increasingly large, complex and diverse data sets. This era of “Big Data” taxes the ability of biomedical researchers to locate, analyze and interact with these data (and more generally all biomedical data) This era of “Big and associated software due to the lack of tools, accessibility and Data” taxes the training. In response to these new ability of challenges in biomedical research, biomedical the National Institute of Health (NIH) researchers to has developed the Big Data to locate, analyze, and Knowledge (BD2K) Initiative. Under interact. . . this FOA, BD2K Centers of Excellence are sought to conduct research to advance the science and utility of Big Data in the context of biomedical and behavioral research, and to create innovative new approaches, methods, software, tools and related resources. The Centers will advance the ability of the biomedical research enterprise to use Big Data by producing tools and resources from early-stage to mature development that will be broadly useful to the research community. General information about BD2K can be found at the website, where you can “Join the BD2K Listserv.”
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) issues this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to encourage research project grant applications employing behavioral and social science theories, concepts, and methods to improve understanding of the causes of disparities in health and disability among the various populations of the United States and to develop and test interventions for reducing and eventually eliminating health disparities. The purpose of this FOA is to encourage behavioral and social science research on the causes and solutions to health and disabilities disparities in the U. S. population. Emphasis is placed on research in and among three broad areas of action: 1) public policy, 2) health care and 3) disease/disability prevention. Particular attention is given to reducing “health gaps” among groups. Applications that use an interdisciplinary approach, investigate multiple levels of analysis, incorporate a life-course perspective and/or employ innovative methods such as systems science or communitybased participatory research are particularly encouraged. For full announcements click here (R01) and here (R21).
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October–November 2013
Events
Cancer Stakeholder
About the Cancer Stakeholder The MD Anderson Cancer Center is hosting a Symposium on Cancer Research, Genomic Medicine Oct. 4–5 in Houston, TX. The MD Anderson Cancer Center is hosting the 9th Annual Physicians Board Review Course in Palliative Care Oct. 8–10 in Houston, TX. The Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics is hosting a Centers for Disease Control Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Conference Oct. 10–11 in Chicago, IL. The Colon Cancer Alliance is hosting their 2013 National Conference: Empower YOU. Impact YOUR COMMUNITY. Oct. 11–12 in Miami, FL. The MD Anderson Cancer Center is hosting the 17th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Supportive Care, Hospice and Palliative Medicine Oct. 11–12 in Houston, TX. The MD Anderson Cancer Center is hosting the 17th Annual Palliative Care Conference Oct. 11–12 in Houston, TX. Today’s Caregiver is hosting their Fearless Caregiver Conference Oct. 17 in Fort Lauderdale, FL. The MD Anderson Cancer Center is hosting Advances in Cancer Survivorship Practice: A Conference for Health Care Professionals Oct. 31–Nov. 1 in Houston, TX. The Florida State University College of Medicine is hosting a Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training Nov. 4–6 and a Quit Smoking Now Facilitator Training Nov. 7 in Tallahassee, FL. The American Institute for Cancer Research is hosting their Annual Research Conference on Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity and Cancer Nov. 7–8 in Bethesda, MD. The Florida Rural Health Association is hosting their Annual Summit—Setting the Healthcare Table for Rural Florida Nov. 20–22 in Gainesville, FL. Holy Cross Hospital is hosting the 2014 Winter Oncology Symposium Jan. 25, 2014 in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Moffitt Cancer Center is hosting the 2014 Oncology Nursing Conference Feb. 20–21, 2014 in Tampa, FL.
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. To be added to the contact list for any of these collaboratives, send an email request to Cancer@doh.state.fl.us.
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Contact the Editor Ali Polsky, MPH, is the editor of the Cancer Stakeholder. Contact her with questions or concerns regarding this newsletter or to include your information in a future issue: Ali.polsky@flhealth.gov or call (850) 245-4444, x3857.
Funding This newsletter was funded by Cooperative Agreement U58/DP003872 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the CDC.