Mandi Pratt-Chapman, Ph.D., associate center director for patient-centered initiatives and health equity at the GW Cancer Center, recently co-authored a paper that highlighted the need for education and training to help healthcare professionals meet the needs of sexual and gender minority (SGM) prostate cancer survivors. Read the paper.
Lynt B. Johnson, MD, MBA, is Professor of Surgery and Executive Director of the GW Liver and Pancreas Institute for Quality. In this podcast, one of a series of educational health podcasts from GW, Dr. Johnson discusses types of liver cancer, risk factors, treatment options, and utilization of a multi-disciplinary care approach. Listen to the podcast.
UPCOMING EVENTS
10/8 and continuing: Living Beyond Breast Cancer Workshop Series: Knowledge is Power Learn more and register
10/12 NCCN Webinar: Know What Your Doctors Know: Metastatic Breast Cancer Learn more and register
10/12-10/13: Association of American Cancer Institutes Annual Meeting Learn more and register
CDC’s Perspective on Cancer Prevention, Treatment, and Care—Even During a Pandemic This podcast from the Oncology Nursing Society addresses the CDC’s initiatives for cancer prevention and screening during the COVID-19 pandemic and flu season.
Meeting the 2020 Standards for Optimal Cancer Care: Survivorship Program: Standard 4.8 - This is one in a series of webinars that focus on new requirements for Commission on Cancer-accredited cancer programs.
NCCN Policy Summit Explores How to Lower Costs for Cancer Care Read a summary of a recent virtual summit on innovative ways to lower cancer care costs.
National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship This updated website provides information focused on patient advocacy, including resources, tools and personal stories.
Protecting Young People From E-Cigarettes A new feature article from the CDC looks at the issue of youth e-cigarette use.
Should People with Cancer and Cancer Survivors Get the Flu Vaccine?Information from the CDC for patients and survivors about getting flu shots.
WHAT WE'RE READING
ACS’s Updated Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines Explained - Read the summary or guidelines
GI Symptoms Linked to COVID-19 an Added Concern for Patients with Cancer- Read the press briefing or article
Healthcare Must Focus More on Patient Safety, Report Urges- Read the press briefing or report
Patient Perception Survey Shows Lack of Education, Assessment of Cancer-Related Fatigue- Read the press briefing or article
