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Nurse Leader Helps Lead Battle against Breast Cancer in African American Women

September 29, 2011 | Story

As a young girl, RWJF Fellow Janice Phillips bore painful witness to the scourge of breast cancer; now she's a renowned leader of the campaign to end it.

In the Business of Giving Hope

January 10, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post

HCB: Speaking of your patients, you write in the book about some of them. Can you share how they’ve impacted you? Quinones-Hinojosa: I always focus on the things I can learn from my patients. How can I give them hope and how can I talk about brain s ...

Kids Kicking Cancer

January 1, 2012 | Toolkit

The mission of Kids Kicking Cancer is to ease the pain of very sick children while empowering them to heal physically, spiritually and emotionally. Their goal is to create a replicable template for to children's hospitals and communities throughout the world linking children with support from caring, well trained and motivated professionals and volunteers.

Lack of Follow-Up After Fecal Occult Blood Testing in Older Adults

February 14, 2011 | Journal Article

Current practices may be leading to too much screening for colorectal cancer in older patients and poor efforts to determine and prompt appropriate follow-up testing, according to this novel study.

Community Health Leader Honored for Creating a Valuable Resource for Rural Cancer Patients

July 20, 2011 | Story

Following her own struggle to access care in an underserved area, Sara O'Donnell helped design a program that's becoming a model for enhancing rural health care.

Harold Amos Scholar Advances Science on Prostate Cancer

July 18, 2011 | Story

Working with an international team, Levi Garraway's use of whole genome sequencing affords deeper understanding of disease, opens new avenues of inquiry and points way to better diagnoses and treatments.

RWJF Alum's Breast Cancer Speech is Heard Around the World

April 25, 2011 | Story

Lecture by Clinical Scholar alumna about a new breast cancer screening tool goes viral.

Understanding Racial Disparities in Cancer Treatment and Outcomes

July 1, 2010 | Journal Article

Patients, providers and the health care system all are contributing factors in higher cancer mortality among minorities.

Does Local Television News Coverage Cultivate Fatalistic Beliefs about Cancer Prevention

June 1, 2010 | Journal Article

In a study published online and in the June issue of the Journal of Communication, Niederdeppe finds that local television news audiences are more likely to hold confused, pessimistic beliefs about cancer prevention than those who do not watch local TV news. People who hold these kinds of beliefs are less likely to take proven steps to prevent cancer, he says.

The Loneliness of Fighting a Rare Cancer

January 1, 2010 | Journal Article

After her mother is diagnosed with gallbladder cancer, a journalist researches how to help find effective therapies for patients who get rare diseases.

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