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Location:

YouTube Stay Stream

Organized By:

Oncology Middle of Excellence

Twitter: #ConversationsOnCancer 
Sponsored by the U.S. Meals & Drug Administration (FDA)

Registration required to attend: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GMRWVWM

Background:

April is Nationwide Minority Well being Month created to cut back well being disparities and lift consciousness about bettering the well being of racial and ethnic minority communities. In March 2023, the White Home additionally proclaimed April as Nationwide Most cancers Management Month to encourage larger most cancers prevention and early detection.  In appreciation of each, FDA/OCE’s Dialog on Most cancers sequence is that includes voices of various most cancers advocacy teams to steer this month’s public panel dialogue entitled, “Energy in Numbers, Growing Most cancers Consciousness Whereas Reducing Disparities”.

Most cancers has touched practically each American household, and it stays the second main reason for demise in the USA after coronary heart illness. Most cancers claims the lives of over 600,000 People a 12 months.  Provided that greater than a 3rd of all most cancers instances are preventable, lowering individuals’s publicity to danger elements is vital.  OCE helps community-based most cancers discount and prevention and efforts to enroll a various scientific trial inhabitants.  Many minority-supported most cancers advocacy teams are working year-round encouraging most cancers screenings, educating sufferers and households facilitating trial participation and offering affected person navigation assist. This installment of Conversations on Most cancers is devoted to them.

Through the 90-minute public dialogue the most cancers advocacy teams will particularly define: 

• Enhancing community-based entry to most cancers scientific trial participation.
• Decreasing obstacles to most cancers screening for individuals dwelling in minority and/or rural communities. 
• Educating individuals dwelling in under-served communities about affected person navigation entry and peer assist alternatives.  

Webcast Info: 

A free-of-charge webcast of this public panel dialogue shall be supplied. Registration for the webcast is required on the hyperlink above.

FDA plans to publish archived webcast of this Conversations on Most cancers program at: https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/project-community/conversations-cancer

Contact:

For any inquiries concerning this program, please ship an e-mail to: OCE-Engagement@fda.hhs.gov