CANCER CONTROL CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Cancer
Issues and Challenges
The 12th Maryland State Council on Cancer
Control Conference
November 16, 2005
7:45 – 8:30: Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 8:50: Call to Order, Welcome and Remarks
· S. Anthony McCann, Secretary, Maryland Dept. of Health & Mental Hygiene
· J. Richard Lilly, M.D., Chair, Maryland State Council on Cancer Control
8:50 – 9:15: The Burden of Cancer in Maryland
· Diane Dwyer, M.D., Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
9:20 – 10:30: Environmental Issues and Cancer
·
Cancer
and the Environment: Reflections from Cancer Alley
Thomas Burke, Ph.D, MPH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg
School of Public Health
·
Second-hand Smoke and Cancer: An Emerging Story
Anthony
Alberg, P.h.D., MPH., Johns Hopkins
Bloomberg School of Public
10:30-10:40: Morning Break
10:40-11:45: Cancer Screening and Detection: Best Practices
Alison Ehrlich, M.D., MHS, George Washington University
· Prostate Cancer Screening and Early Detection: What is the best approach?
William Nelson, M.D., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
11:45-12:15: Emerging Issues in Cancer Control: The Cancer Center Perspective
· Martin Abeloff, M.D., Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
· Kevin Cullen, M.D, Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center
12:30 – 1:30: Networking Lunch
1:35-3:00: Patient
Navigation: Getting Our Patients What They Need in A Confusing Healthcare
Environment
· NCI
Patient Navigation Program & Federal Law Overview
A. Roland Garcia, Ph.D., Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities
Catherine Brady-Copertino, R.N., M.S.N., O.C.N., Holy Cross Hospital
·
Patient
Navigation Models
Jessica
Turgon, M.B.A. & Stacey B. Stephens, LCSW – C, University of
Maryland, Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer
Center
·
Patient Navigation Story
Mary Burke,
Breast Cancer Survivor
3:00-3:15: Summation and Adjournment
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