SAVE THE DATE! 

CDOC All Members Meeting 

October 15, 2024 |11 am - 12:30 pm

CDOC All Members Meetings are held for all of our members to be more connected with the coalition and learn more about all CDOC activities. These meetings also serve as a venue for information exchange and provide opportunities for open dialogue. The fall meeting will inform our coalition on upcoming learning opportunities, Cancer Plan Revision updates, and collaborative opportunities.

Save the date for this meeting. Registration information and the agenda is forthcoming.

We welcome your contribution to these meetings! Please let us know if you have something you would like to see on the meeting agenda. Direct your contributions, suggestions, or comments to cdocshare@gmail.com.

To contribute to the October 15th meeting agenda, please send your comments by September 27th.

Cancer Plan Revision Corner



Beginning this month, CDOC will provide updates and reminders for the 2026-2035 State Cancer Plan Revision. For this State Cancer Plan revision process, we have recruited ten subcommittees with almost 120 volunteers. We are excited to welcome a large volume of subject matter experts that will contribute to each section of the 2026-2035 State Cancer Plan.On September 10th, we hosted the CDOC Cancer Plan Revision Quarterly Check-in Webinar that provided high-level updates on each subcommittee's progress. If you missed the meeting, the recording will be posted on the Cancer Plan Revision Page.

Data Requests

Please send any cancer plan revision related data requests to sheila.seno@cdph.ca.gov. Note that data requests may take up to 2 weeks. 

Upcoming Holidays

CDOC Staff will be out of the office for the following holidays:

• November 11th - Veteran's Day
• November 28th - Thanksgiving
• December 25th - Christmas Day

Roster

The 2026-2035 Cancer Plan Revision Advisory Committee and Subcommittee Member Roster has been sent out to each subcommittee group. Please review the roster to ensure we have your name, organization, and contact information listed correctly. Please send any updates if needed to joyce.paraico@cdph.ca.gov.

Let Us Know How You Use

The State Cancer Plan!

Spotlight your project or a cancer control member on the CDOC member project spotlight page!



To nominate a project or an outstanding member, click here.

2021-2025 State Cancer Plan Corner

September 2024 Cancer Plan Corner Highlight

Chapter 1 : Burden of Cancer (Childhood Cancer)

and

Chapter 8: Early Detection & Screening (Prostate Cancer)

Read more about the burden of cancer for children on page 44 and prostate cancer in the early detection and screening chapter on page 95 in the 2021-2025 State Cancer Plan.

Please visit the CDOC website to read more on the cancer plan's Burden of Cancer and Early Detection & Screening chapters. You may also read more about the specific chapters here.

Contact info: cdocshare@gmail.com

September 26: Triage Cancer Webinar "Medicare 101" TriageCancer.org/Webinars  

Sep 30 - Oct 2: GLMA Annual Conference on LGBTQ+ Health

Oct 18:  College of American Pathologists Webinar - Future of Cancer Data Summit

Oct 22: PCORI Event - 2024 PCORI Annual Meeting

October 29: Triage Cancer Webinar "Paying for Prescription Drugs" TriageCancer.org/Webinars  

October 25 & 26: Triage Cancer Conference this FREE online event is great for anyone in the cancer community wanting a better understanding of how to navigate legal and practical issues, minimize the financial impact of a cancer diagnosis, and reduce stress. https://triagecancer.org/conferences

REGISTER BY 9/12!

Western Colorectal Cancer Consortium Conference (WC4)

The third “annual” Western CRC Consortium Conference (WC4) will be held as a hybrid event (in-person and virtual) hosted at the UC Davis Conference Center on September 26-27, 2024.

Our partners at the GW Cancer Center have Prostate Cancer and Adolescent & Young Adults Cancer awareness toolkits to implement evidence-based practices. Visit the GW Cancer Control TAP website to learn more.

CDPH Announces Grants to Improve Vaccine Confidence for Under-Vaccinated and Hard-to-Reach Populations

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Immunization Branch is excited to grant $1.9 million in three Requests for Applications (RFAs) to increase vaccine confidence in under-vaccinated and hard-to-reach populations in California.

For questions, please contact VaccineConfidenceRFA@cdph.ca.gov.

Eligible entities include California:

• Non-profit organizations
• Community-based organizations (CBOs)
• Federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (FQHCs)
• Multi-county entities (health care providers operating in multiple counties) (MCEs)
• Community clinics.
• Local Health Departments are ineligible but encouraged to share this announcement with eligible partners.

Applicants may partner with other agencies or organizations to deliver any element of the proposed project, including providing vaccinations. Applicants may include administrative entities that subgrant project elements to specialized organizations. The applicant entity assumes all responsibility for partner entities, subgrantees, and their work. 

Projects must be completed by June 30, 2025. Please share this communication with organizations that could benefit from this funding.

1. Improve Vaccine Confidence for Hard-to-Reach Populations, including Rural Communities

Up to five (5) grants of up to $306,000 each will be awarded. Eligible California entities will develop and implement local projects to:

·    Improve vaccine confidence in under-vaccinated and hard-to-reach California communities and

·    Increase vaccination or facilitate referrals to vaccination resources.

·    At least one award will be given to projects focusing on residents in rural California.

·    Strong consideration will also be given to proposals addressing COVID-19 vaccine inequities among underserved populations such as Latinx, Black, Native American, migrant farmworkers, people with disabilities, people experiencing homelessness, immigrants/refugees and people living in Healthy Places Index (HPI) Quartile 1 regions of California.

·    Activities must include vaccination against COVID-19 vaccination but may also include vaccination against influenza or respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

Visit California Communities RFA page for additional details and RFA application materials.

2. Improve Vaccine Confidence via Adolescent Peer-to-Peer Outreach

Up to eight (8) grants of $25,000 will be awarded to Eligible Entities to employ, recruit, and train adolescents (ages 14-18) to develop and implement youth engagement and education campaigns to improve vaccine confidence and access among adolescents across California. 

·    Efforts must address vaccination against COVID-19 and human papillomavirus (HPV) but may also include other vaccinations (e.g., flu, Tdap, MenACWY, MenB).

Visit the Adolescent RFA page for additional details and RFA application materials.

3. Improve Vaccine Confidence to Latinx or Immigrant Communities working with Community Health Workers

One (1) grant of up to $200,000 will be awarded to train and educate promotores or community health workers (CHWs) to increase vaccine confidence in their communities.

·    Training must emphasize increasing COVID-19 vaccine confidence among persons who are Hispanic, Latinx and/or immigrants residing in Healthy Places Index Quartile I regions of California.

·    Additional training on RSV and flu vaccines is highly encouraged but not required.

·    Promotores or CHWs should develop a culturally-sensitive outreach plans for Hispanic, Latinx and/or immigrant communities.

Visit Latinx or Immigrant Communities RFA page for additional details and RFA application materials.

For questions, please contact VaccineConfidenceRFA@cdph.ca.gov.

We need your help to change the future of cancer as we know it. Support our goal of reaching 100,000 Black women for VOICES of Black Women, a pivotal long-term study led by the American Cancer Society (ACS). This groundbreaking initiative will help us better understand health conditions like cancer to learn how to improve overall health and well-being among Black women. ACS is looking to mobilize local partners to share the study with their networks.

If you are interested in learning more about how you or your organization can support VOICES, please reach out to bridget.freeley@cancer.org for or if you have questions about the study, you can also contact thevoices@cancer.org.

NCI Addressing Barriers to Healthcare Transitions for Survivors of Childhood and Adolescent Cancers (due 10/11)

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Evidence for Action: Innovative Research to Advance Racial Equity (due 11/1)

Prevent Cancer. Cancer Prevention Works Summer 2024 issue is out now! In the latest edition of Cancer Prevention Works, you'll learn exactly what a skin check entails, what you need to know about skin cancer if you have a darker skin tone, alcohol's role in increasing cancer risk and key updates from the Hill on cancer prevention legislation. Explore this and more in your Summer issue. Read here.

The UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and The California Prostate Cancer Coalition (CPCC) co-hosted the 4th Annual Patient Conference on Prostate Cancer at the UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay. A stellar faculty, including Eric Small, MD; Peter Carroll, MD, MPH; Matt Cooperberg, MD, MPH; Mack Roach III, MD; June Chan, ScD; Rahul Aggarwal, MD; and Thomas Hope, MD, presented at the conference. View the event recording here.

Funding Opportunity: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Evidence for Action: Innovative Research to Advance Racial Equity (Open Until Filled)

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) - support resources available. Visit their website to learn more click here

Assessment Instruments for Measuring Community Engagement Validated instruments to assess meaningful community engagement including Trust. To learn more click here. 

Cancer affects everyone, but it does not affect everyone equally. LGBTQ+ individuals face unique obstacles in accessing health care, leading to disparities in cancer prevention and treatment. Explore the resources on the Prevent Cancer Foundation Website to find information on cancer screenings, tools to talk to your health care providers and much more.  

Fact Sheet: ACS Cancer in People who Identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, or Gender Non-conforming

Dr. Mandi Pratt-Chapman Advances Work on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data in Cancer Continuum Mandi Pratt-Chapman, PhD, Associate Director, Community Outreach & Engagement, has co-authored a paper in the American Society of Clinical Oncology Journal on the significance of SOGI data in cancer research. She also gave an interview with The American Journal of Managed Care, which highlights factors affecting adequate, accessible health care for transgender patients and what she sees as the most pressing need to address in this community, and explores the potential for policy-level changes to benefit transgender patient care and experiences in clinical settings.

City of Hope – The California Cancer Care Equity Act (CCCEA) The California Cancer Care Equity Act (SB 987, Chapter #608, 2022), which took effect January 1, 2023, expands access to optimal cancer care for historically disadvantaged Californians by requiring Medi-Cal managed care plans (MCMCPs) to make a good faith effort to contract with National Cancer Institute-designated and other specified cancer centers so that patients with a complex cancer diagnosis may more easily access care at these centers. The law also authorizes Medi-Cal members diagnosed with a complex cancer to request a referral to any of those centers and requires MCMCP to notify all members of their right to do so. You may read more about it here.

NEW! Prevent Cancer - Prevention in Action: “Cancer Moonshot funding announced.”  Last month, as part of the Cancer Moonshot, President Biden and the First Lady announced $150 million in Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) awards to develop technologies that will allow surgeons to provide more successful tumor-removal surgeries for people facing cancer. This announcement follows other recent cancer prevention and early detection efforts by the administration. In early August, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded $9 million to 18 HRSA-funded health centers to enhance access to life saving cancer screenings in underserved communities. This initiative is part of the Accelerating Cancer Screening grants--established under the Biden Cancer Moonshot in 2022--aiming to improve patient access to cancer screenings and treatment through partnerships with National Cancer Institute-Designated Cancer Centers. Additionally, ARPA-H launched the POSEIDON program to develop new technologies for multi-cancer early detection (MCED) tests, potentially enabling at-home cancer screenings to improve outcomes for millions. In a related move, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed a new rule to allow Indian Health Services and Tribal facilities to receive separate payments for high-cost drugs for Medicare patients, facilitating better cancer treatment and other health care services in Tribal communities.     

NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE (NCI). “FDA Approves HPV Tests That Allow for Self-Collection in a Health Care Setting.” On May 14, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expanded the approvals of two tests that detect cancer-causing types of human papillomavirus (HPV) in the cervix. Both tests are used as part of screening for cervical cancer. Under these expanded approvals, people can now be offered the option to collect a vaginal sample themselves for HPV testing if they cannot have or do not want a pelvic exam. However, the collection, which involves a swab or brush, must be done in a health care setting, such as primary care offices, urgent care, pharmacies, and mobile clinics. The tests included in the approvals are Onclarity HPV, made by Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD), and cobas HPV, made by Roche Molecular Systems. Read more here.

CDC's PREVENTING CHRONIC DISEASE. “State and Regional Trends in Incidence and Early Detection of Lung Cancer Among US Adults, 2010–2020.” Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in both male and female adults in the US. Overall incidence rates of lung cancer continue to decline following historical declines in cigarette smoking, estimated to account for roughly 90% of lung cancer cases. However, disparities in incidence persist among certain racial and ethnic groups and between sexes. For example, recent reports have shown rates remaining stable among female non-Hispanic Asian and Pacific Islander (NH-API) people and female non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native (NH-AIAN) people. State and regional trends in lung cancer incidence and the proportion of cases diagnosed at localized-only stage have not been recently described. This study measured geographic trends in incidence and the proportion of new cases diagnosed at localized-only stage, among male and female adults and by race and ethnicity, from 2010 through 2019. Read more here.

CDOC is made up of a diverse group of stakeholders that engage in important and impactful work we'd like to showcase. We have a new process for submitting your trainings, events, articles, grant opportunities, and more.  

We kindly ask you to email us any content by the 15th of each month to cdocshare@gmail.com. If there is time-sensitive information (e.g. upcoming training) that you would like to share, we will do our best to include, but cannot guarantee that it will make the newsletter or announcements.  

Submission requirements: 

• Include a title
• Include the exact verbiage you'd like for us to include. Please do not include an attachment and ask us to share, a title and verbiage must be included.
• Include a contact person for any inquiries   
• Include any attachments in a pdf file if possible

We appreciate your patience and support at this time, and we look forward to your submissions.