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Cancer Support Community: Cancer Experience Registry™

We know and value that people impacted by cancer have a unique story to tell whether as a person with cancer or a friend or family member providing them care.  The Cancer Experience Registry™ (CER) is an opportunity for patients, survivors, and caregivers to share about their concerns, quality of life, access to care, the…

Iowa Cancer Consortium Receives Sponsorship to Accelerate Health Equity Initiatives in Iowa

Iowa City, IA (July 12, 2023) – The Iowa Cancer Consortium, Iowa’s statewide comprehensive cancer coalition, was awarded a $70,000 sponsorship by biotechnology company Genentech. The sponsorship will support equity training and programmatic initiatives to equitably reduce the cancer burden in Iowa.   According to the Iowa Cancer Registry, Iowa is the only state in the…

El Protector Solar: Elementos Esenciales para una Protección Óptima

Authors (Autores): Carolina Gonzalez Bravo, BS & Nicole A. Negbenebor, MD Spanish Translation (Traducción al Español): Carolina Gonzalez Bravo, BS Los veranos en Iowa son conocidos por sus cálidas temperaturas. Ya sea yendo a un mercado de agriculturos, pasando el día en un campo de golf o pasando tiempo con tus seres queridos en un…

Sunblock Uncovered: Essentials for Optimal Protection

Authors: Carolina Gonzalez Bravo, BS & Nicole A. Negbenebor, MD The summers in Iowa are known for their warm temperatures. Whether it is going to a farmer’s market, spending the day at a golf course, or enjoying quality time with loved ones at a park– summer brings warmth and an opportunity to engage in outdoor…

Rumor Control: It’s still legal to teach about HPV and HPV vaccine in Iowa

During the 2023 Iowa Legislative session, a bill signed into law eliminated the state mandate requiring all school districts to provide education about the human papillomavirus (HPV), the HPV vaccine, and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in school.  The new law does not prohibit schools from teaching about HPV and AIDS, but rather removes the requirement…

Mohs Surgery: Skin Cancer Treatment

Written By: Nicole A. Negbenebor, MD, and Carolina Gonzalez Bravo, BS Nicole A. Negbenebor, MD, is a Mohs surgery fellow in the Department of Dermatology at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics (UIHC). As a Co-founder of the Skin of Color Community platform, Dr. Negbenebor shares a passion for increasing diversity in the dermatology…

Iowa Medicaid Unwinding: What you need to know

Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, state Medicaid offices were required to provide continuous healthcare coverage for all members to ensure that no one lost their coverage during the public health emergency.  Iowa was not allowed to disenroll anyone from Medicaid beginning March 18, 2020, regardless of their eligibility status. What is Medicaid Unwinding? Because state…

2022 Annual Report

As we look back upon our collective accomplishments and into the future, we would like to thank the Iowa Cancer Consortium’s Board of Directors, members, legislators and many partners across the state for making this work possible. View the report below by clicking to advance the pages. 2022 Iowa Cancer Consortium Annual Report

Introducing the Iowa Oncology Navigation Network (IONN)

By Courtney Vassiliades, Lori Pietig and Kelly Angell When a newly diagnosed cancer patient needed additional support, Courtney Vassiliades jumped into action. Courtney is a Social Worker Specialist at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in the Care Coordination Division. Part of her job is ensuring a patient’s care is transferred well to their…

Celebrating 50 years of the Iowa Cancer Registry

Did you know ‘cancer’ is a reportable disease in all 50 states? To make sense of all the data, there are actually teams of health providers, medical systems, and research scientists that come together to collect this information and share with the public. And in Iowa, we have the Iowa Cancer Registry. Since 1973, the…