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September is National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

By: Jodie Kavensky, NormaLeah Ovarian Cancer Initiative September is National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. Hopefully my words will resonate with someone who is or has been impacted by this disease. My life’s mission is to  empower women to be vigilant self-advocates for their own health. I’m not a cancer survivor, but as a caregiver and pre-vivor,…

5 Reasons You Don’t Want to Miss the 2019 Iowa Cancer Summit

By: Tessa Allred, Iowa Cancer Consortium Did you know the 2019 Iowa Cancer Summit is only 53 days away? Believe us, it snuck up on us too! As summer is winding down, Consortium staff have been busy preparing an agenda sure to educate and inspire cancer control work in Iowa. Each year, the Summit draws…

Welcome Ashley Ezzio to the Care for Yourself (CFY) Program

Originally written by: Ellen Maahs, MPH, CPH Implementation Coordinator Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program Iowa Department of Public Health Minor edits made by: Rachel Schramm, MS, CHES Communications and Outreach Coordinator Iowa Cancer Consortium The Iowa Department of Public Health announced a new staff member has been added to the Care for Yourself…

Iowa Cancer Summit: 2019 Call for Speakers/Topics

Written by: Rachel Schramm Communications and Outreach Coordinator Iowa Cancer Consortium The Iowa Cancer Consortium will host the annual Iowa Cancer Summit on September 24, 2019 in Ankeny, Iowa. The Summit brings together professionals and advocates from all disciplines and corners of the state to discuss and learn more about the burden of cancer in…

Ask Them About Cancer

The nation’s first presidential caucus means that Iowans have a unique opportunity to talk to presidential candidates about important cancer control issues. As a cancer control advocate, please consider the following question if you find yourself with this opportunity in the coming months: “The past few years have seen remarkable progress in our efforts to…

Staff Blog: Top 10 Cancer Control Resources

Written by: Iowa Cancer Consortium Staff At the Iowa Cancer Consortium, our staff works on a variety of projects and communications related to cancer control. And therefore, we are part of many newsletter lists and cancer coalitions that keep us up-to-date with reliable information about what is happening nationally. We put together a collection of…

Lung Cancer Screening in Iowa

Written by:  Richard M. Hoffman, MD, MPH Professor of Internal Medicine  and Epidemiology Director, Division of General Internal Medicine University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine/Iowa City VA Medical Center Lung cancer screening generated considerable national attention when the National Lung Screening Trial published results in 2011, showing that screening with low-dose CT (LDCT) scans reduced lung…

Ovarian Cancer Advocacy

Written by: Bridget Toomey, CPC, CPB Project Manager Patient Financial Services University of Iowa Health Care On March 5th 2019, over 150 ovarian cancer advocates made their way to the United States Capitol in Washington D.C. to meet with their Senators and Representatives to ask for increased funding for ovarian cancer research and awareness. I was…

Interview with Colleen Reardon, Iowa Marrow Donor Program

  Tell me a little bit about your organization (Iowa Marrow Donor Program) and Be The Match. I work for the Iowa Marrow Donor Program. We actually pre-date Be The Match here at the University of Iowa Hospitals. We did our first unrelated transplant in 1981 and Be The Match started in 1987. We started…