Greetings!
We hope you enjoy this holiday season and have a very happy new year. Thank you for your continued interest in PAC3. Please enjoy this month's edition of the Portal. Please feel free to forward this to your friends or colleagues by clicking the link below.  |
HHS Releases Healthy People 2020
 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the Healthy People 2020 goals and objectives. New features such as a focus on health disparities and new topic areas like genomics have also been added. HHS has also included new tools for developing and implementing programs to address the goals of Healthy People. Read more about the cancer objectives and find community interventions listed from the CDC's Guide to Community Preventive Services.
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 Group Education Recommended for Increased Breast Cancer Screening
The Task Force on Community Preventive Services recently updated its revisions of some interventions. All Task Force recommendations and findings remained the same across the interventions that had updated reviews, with the exception of "using group education to increase breast cancer screening." The Task Force updated its recommendation from "insufficient evidence" to "recommended". The CDC's Community Guide is posting Task Force statements as they become available.
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Surgeon General Reports: Inhaling Tobacco Causes Immediate Harm
 The 2010 Surgeon General Report, "How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease", is now available online. The evidence in the report shows that there is no risk-free level of exposure to tobacco and even low levels of exposure can trigger heart attacks. The CDC has created a 20 page booklet for consumers describing the implications of the Surgeon General Report and what it means. Click here for the CDC's Report.
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Improvements in Long-term Survival of Blood Cancers Found
According to transplant patient outcomes from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, marrow and stem cell transplantation refinements to treat blood cancers reduced the risk of treatment related complications and death. Researchers at the center conducted a review of outcomes for 1,418 patients from 1993-1997 and compared them with 1,148 patients who had the same procedures between 2003 and 2007. The findings show that improvements in marrow and stem cell transplantation treatments have led to better outcomes for patients.
Click here to read more.
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Prostate Hormone Treatments May Raise Risk of Colorectal Cancer
A large, retrospective population study suggests that prostate cancer treatments that lower male sex hormones may increase the risk of colorectal cancer. Men undergoing treatment to lower their testosterone and PSA levels experienced an increased risk of colorectal cancer of about 20 to 40 percent. This research was conducted in Switzerland and the findings were published online in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Click here to read more. |
High BMI Linked to Higher Risk of Death
Having a body mass index (BMI) higher than 30 or being obese increases your risk of dying, regardless of other risk factors like cancer. More and more Americans are overweight or obese. Currently, 17% of women and 11% of men are severely obese, or have a BMI greater than 40. Read more here. |
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CONTINUING EDUCATION
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 News from the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium Teleconference
Thursday, January 6, 2011
12:00PM - 1:15PM
This free program will provide updates from one of the largest breast cancer research meetings.
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The Science of Research on Discrimination and Health Workshop
February 2-4, 2011
Bethesda, Maryland
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Multilevel Interventions in Health Care: Building the Foundation for Future Research
March 4-5, 2011
Las Vegas, Nevada
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National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)
16th Annual Conference
March 9-13, 2011
Hollywood, Florida
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Save the Date: Dialogue for Action on Colorectal Cancer Screening: Prevention Now for a Healthier Tomorrow
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
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PAR-10-278
Deadline: March 10, 2011
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For PAC3 updates and contact information, please visit http://www.pac3.org/NewContacts.asp
Fox Chase Cancer Center I Office of Health Communications and Health Disparities I 510 Township Line Rd. Cheltenham, PA 19012 I December 15 2010
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Announcements
January Observances
Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
Radon Awareness Month
Thyroid Awareness Month
Highest Incidence for Late-Stage Cancer in Pennsylvania: Breast and Colorectal Cancer
A press release from the CDC indicated cancers are still diagnosed at a late-stage despite available screenings. Click here to read more.
Kaiser Foundation Updates State Level Data
The Kaiser Family Foundation has updated its state-level analyses of racial and ethnic health disparities for women.
New AHRQ Website For Men
Healthy Men is a new AHRQ website that helps men learn what preventive medical tests they need and when to get them. The website includes the latest
recommendations on screening for colorectal cancer, abdominal aortic aneurysms, and other diseases.
Pennsylvania Cancer Registry Website Announced
This website contains information on the cancer reporting law and regulations; reporting requirements for hospitals, pathology laboratories, other reporting sources; education and training; and a link to the Department's cancer statistics and reports. The website can be accessed here or you can Google Pennsylvania Cancer Registry.
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PA Patient Navigator Network Blog
Visit the Pennsylvania Patient Navigator Network (PPNN) blog here and register to make comments on posts or pages.
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Tell Us What You Think!
In an effort to be responsive to membership, we would like to hear what information would be most useful to you in this newsletter and on the website. Please contact us with your thoughts and suggestions.
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