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Website Aims to Guide Cancer Survivors in Finding Comfort Care

December 1, 2004 | Program Result

The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship developed a section of the coalition's Web site to provide information on palliative care for people living with cancer, their families and their caregivers.

Video Teaches Doctors to Reach Across Cultural Boundaries to Talk about Cancer

May 1, 2002 | Program Result

During 2000 and 2001, staff from Harvard University School of Public Health and its Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention produced an educational videotape designed to help health care providers improve the quality of care they provide to patients from different cultural backgrounds.

Two Breast Cancer Survivors Produce a Video of, by and for Breast Cancer Patients

October 1, 2001 | Program Result

Starting in July 1999, Medical Media Associates, Buffalo, N.Y., developed and evaluated the first of a series of videos for breast cancer patients: "Woman to Woman: A Video Series for Breast Cancer Patients." The videos were intended to provide psychosocial support as well as medical information.

Cancer Survivor Updates Her First Book to Reflect Changes in Treatment Options

October 1, 2000 | Program Result

Natalie Davis Spingarn - a 25-year survivor of cancer, an activist in the field of cancer survivorship and a medical journalist - wrote a revised edition of a book, Hanging in There: Living Well on Borrowed Time.

World-Class Cancer Care for New Jersey

April 1, 2008 | Program Result

Starting in January 1998, New Brunswick Affiliated Hospitals designed, created and constructed a comprehensive, state-of-the-art regional cancer treatment center located in New Brunswick, N.J.

Making Pain Relief a Reality for Cancer Patients in Four States

June 25, 2008 | Program Result

In 2002, the Alliance of State Pain Initiatives engaged with the American Cancer Society to ensure that pain management became a core perpetual component of the society's mission.

In Indiana Project, Economically Disadvantaged Cancer Patients Get Supportive Counseling, Medical Equipment and More

February 10, 2007 | Program Result

Cancer Services of Allen County in Ft. Wayne, Ind., developed its Client Advocate Program, which provides supportive counseling, case management and wheelchairs and other medical equipment to people living with cancer.

New Measures to Gauge the Quality of Mammography Centers

July 27, 2009 | Program Result

During 2002 and 2003, researchers at the National Quality Forum were asked to facilitate the identification of topics for performance measure development useful for the consumer in selecting mammography centers.

National Cancer Pain Initiative Resource Center Supports State-Level Initiatives as They Implement Pain Management Practices

January 28, 2009 | Program Result

Faculty and staff at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health established the Resource Center, to support the growth and development of State Pain Initiatives.

Cancer Conference Holds "Anti-Tobacco Day" to Address Tobacco Issues for Minorities

September 1, 2003 | Program Result

A 2002 Intercultural Cancer Council conference in Washington, the "Eighth Biennial Symposium on Minorities, the Medically Underserved and Cancer," included an Anti-Tobacco Day.

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