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News from the NEFCCC - January 2014 In This Issue

NEFCCC UpdatesSun Safety Workgroup

FL DOH NewsFunding Opportunity

WebinarsConferences

Cancer News/RecentReports

Next Meeting January 15

8:00 am Community Hospice

Northeast FloridaCancer Resource

Guide

January is....

Cervical Cancer Awareness Month

NEFCCC Updates Happy New Year! The first meeting of 2014 will be Wednesday, January 15 from 8:00 am - 9:00 amJoin us as we plan for the year ahead! Location: Community Hospice Earl B. Hadlow Center for Caring4266 Sunbeam RoadJacksonville, FL 32257

For more information about the NEFCCC, visit the website atwww.neflcancercollaborative.org. The Northeast Florida Cancer Resource Guide is online!The Northeast Florida Cancer Resource Guide is an online directory of cancer-related resources for patients, family members, caregivers, and healthcareproviders. When you list your organization in the Northeast Florida Cancer ResourceGuide, you will be provided with a user account to update your listing at any time. We invite you to list your organization for free and help us to make the guide ascomprehensive as possible. Click here to create a listing.

Sun Safety WorkgroupAccording to the Florida State Cancer Plan, Florida has the secondlargest number of melanoma cases in the country with an estimated4,430 cases in 2008. The NEFCCC is in the process of forming aworkgroup to promote sun safety awareness and skin cancerprevention. For more information or to join the workgroup, e-mailchristie_hawn@hpcnef.org.

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Cancer Center of Excellence Award: Created by the Florida Legislature in 2013,the award will recognize providers that exceed service standards and excel inproviding quality, comprehensive and patient-coordinated care. Click here for moreinformation and to view the performance standards. Cancer Stakeholder is an e-newsletter which includes FL DOH cancer updates,cancer tools and resources, funding opportunities, events, research, and otherinformation about cancer. The December-January issue of Cancer Stakeholderbe viewed here.

Funding Opportunity The Florida Breast Cancer Foundation is currently offering scientific grants of upto $200,000, for up to a maximum of 2 years, for innovative projects in the areas of:epidemiological studies of breast cancer, possible links between breast cancer andthe environment, and psycho-immunological research. The application deadline isJanuary 31, 2014. Click here for scientific RFP.

WebinarsNCI Research-to-Reality Cyber-Seminar: Using News/Social Media for CancerControl and Prevention:Tuesday, January 21, 2:00 pmJoin the Research to Reality's November cyber-seminar focusing on the use ofinnovative social media tools in research. Haley Justice-Gardiner, Amy R. Allen, andKevin Linn will discuss the interventions and tools they developed and implementedto reach target populations, specifically US Latinos, women in Appalachia, andCanadian LGBTQ populations respectively, using social media. Click here for moreinformation and to register.

Florida Department of Health Webinar: "You are the Key to HPV CancerPrevention: Update on CDC Vaccine Communications"Thursday, January 30, 12:00 pm A free webinar hosted by the Florida Department of Health. Click here to join theonline meeting. To join the teleconference, call 1-888-670-3525 and use passcode297-003-0833#.

Conferences Winter Oncology Symposium: Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale is hostingthe 2014 Winter Oncology Symposium featuring the latest advances for malignantand hematologic diseases, women's cancers, genetics, and survivorship on January25, 2014. Click here for more information and to register for the conference. Oncology Nursing Conference: Moffitt Cancer Center will host the FourteenthAnnual Nursing Conference - Current Perspectives in Oncology Nursing on February20-21, 2014. This conference is designed to provide information pertinent to thepractice of oncology nurses at all stages of their careers. This clinically orientedprogram offers a review and update of issues important to oncology nurses andnurses interested in oncology. Click here for more information and to register for theconference.

Cancer Survivorship Research Conference: The 7th Biennial Cancer SurvivorshipResearch Conference, "Advancing Survivorship Care through MultilevelCollaborations," will be held at the Westin Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta, Georgia, fromJune 18-20, 2014. This meeting will serve as a forum for researchers, clinicians,cancer survivors, advocates, program planners, policy-makers, and public healthexperts to learn about current and emerging cancer survivorship research, and willhighlight the important role of collaboration between and across individuals andagencies to improve cancer survivorship outcomes. Click here for more informationand to register for the conference.

Cancer News / Recent Reports Lung cancer death rates continue to fall, helping drive decrease in overall cancerdeath rates http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/newsfromnci/2013/ReportNationDec2013Release

NIH-funded study shows increased survival in men with metastatic prostate cancerwho receive chemotherapy when starting hormone therapy http://www.nih.gov/news/health/dec2013/nci-05.htm

Florida has more tanning salons than McDonald's restaurants http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/12/26/3838976/tanning-beds-flourish-in-florida.html

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