Gynecologic Cancer Resources to Share

Gynecologic Cancer Resources to Share from DCPC

September is Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month. CDC’s Inside Knowledge: Get the Facts About Gynecologic Cancercampaign, which educates women about the five main types of gynecologic cancer, has a wide variety of resources for sharing. These include audio and video public service announcements featuring celebrities talking about their gynecologic health experiences, posters, and shareable buttons and badges. Terri, an ovarian cancer survivor, tells her story in a new blog.

Two Opportunities for the Public’s Input

The United States Preventive Services Task Force is asking for public comment on its draft cervical cancer screening recommendations. Comments will be accepted until October 9.

Healthy People 2030 is accepting comments from the public on the proposed Healthy People 2030 framework through September 29. Healthy People is a set of goals for a healthier nation.

New Report in MMWR on Pediatric Leukemia

“Rates and Trends of Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia—United States, 2001–2014,” led by David Siegel, MD, MPH and co-authored by DCPC scientists, highlights demographic and geographic differences in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) rates and trends. The authors examined United States Cancer Statistics data to find that incidence of pediatric ALL increased during 2001 to 2008 overall and for Hispanics, but then was stable during 2008 to 2014. September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

State Teams Attend “80% by 2018” Trainings

Teams from 15 state Comprehensive Cancer Control teams got together to create plans for communication and partnership as part of a program by CDC and the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable to help 80% of eligible people get screened for colorectal cancer by 2018.

New NCI Publication on Tobacco Control

The National Cancer Institute has released a new publication, A Socioecological Approach to Addressing Tobacco-Related Health Disparities. It details research showing that progress in reducing tobacco use has not been equally successful across all racial, ethnic, social, and economic groups.

CDC Sponsors Webinar on Tobacco and Cancer-Related Insurance Benefits

Nuestras Voces: National Alliance for Hispanic Healthcare, a network funded by DCPC and CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health, will host a training webinar called “Tobacco and Cancer-Related Health Insurance Benefits in Marketplace Plans” on Thursday, September 21 from 1–2 p.m. Eastern time. Hispanics remain the group in the United States most likely to be uninsured, and this webinar will help public health workers explain health insurance enrollment and benefits to Hispanic communities.

DCPC’s Latest Publications BRCA genetic testing and receipt of preventive interventions among women aged 18–64 years with employer-sponsored health insurance in nonmetropolitan and metropolitan areas—United States, 2009–2014 Increasing awareness of gynecologic cancer risks and symptoms among Asian, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander women in the U.S.-Associated Pacific Island Jurisdictions Exploring barriers to the receipt of necessary medical care among cancer survivors under age 65 years Values and worries of ovarian cancer patients Healthcare access and cancer screening among victims of intimate partner violence Cervical cancer screening and prevention in 78 sexually transmitted disease clinics