This
cancer information resource is intended
for the United States Associated Pacific
Island Nations. It focuses primarily
on the cancer most prevalent in the
Pacific and is kept text based to allow
fast access with a telephone modem.
Scientific and medical knowledge about
cancer and treatment options increases
every year. Links to constantly updated
websites are included with each description
and visitors are encouraged to explore
these on their own.
Major Cancer information
is divided in four segments (links
located on top of each page):
CANCER
HOME: Offers information about a specific
cancer for the general public with
links and recommendations for in-depth
research that is cancer specific.
FOR
PRACTITIONERS:
offers medical and treatment information
such as treatment guidelines for medical
professionals and use a more scientific
language.
FOR
PROGRAM MANAGERS: These web pages offer resources
and information for professionals and
interested individuals working in cancer
prevention to facilitate the implementation
of programs or activities in your country.
COMMUNITY:
Provides information to wider Pacific
community and included links to support
groups and issues facing people with
cancer and their loved ones.
This website
if for informational purposes only. Please
contact your local coordinator of
your Comprehensive Cancer Control
Program to find out which options
are available where you live. You
can find their contact information
in the fold out menus under the flags.
Please click on
the links below to get to a specific
cancer information page.
Additional
Resources: (clickable menus in the bottom
of all pages)
Key
Publications offers documents
that focus in general on cancer
issues, such as WHO publications
or suggestions for Prevention
and Treatment Strategies.
Cancer
Prevention: Four major
risk factors for non-communicable
diseases are nutrition, tobacco,
inactivity and alcohol.
Palliative
Care and its importance for
cancer treatment as a psycho-social
and a medical service are an
integral part of the continuum
of care and not specific to any
for of cancer.
Funding
Opportunities by now means
exhaustive, lists possible funding
opportunities as they become
available.
Tobacco control
and prevention is gaining importance
in cancer control efforts. Links
to resources help directing these
efforts.
Nutrition
and Physical Activity are
some of the most important components
of comprehensive cancer prevention. On
this page you find links to resources
many of them tailor made for
the Pacific.
Pacific
Cancer Programs, Principal Investigator, Chair of the
Department of Family Medicine & Community Health,
UH-JABSOM, Neal Palafox, MD, MPH
Regional Comprehensive Cancer Control (RCCC) and Pacific
Regional Central Cancer Registry (PRCCR), Program Manager:
Lee Buenconsejo-Lum, MD
Pacific Center of Excellence in the Elimination of Disparities
(Pacific
CEED), Program Manager, Karen A. Heckert, PhD, MPH,
MSW, pacificceed@gmail.com
Pacific Regional Central Cancer Registry, (PRCCR) Program
Coordinator, Tricia Torres, MPA: pcregistry@gmail.com
Regional Comprehensive Cancer Control
(RCCC), Program Coordinator, Brian Roberts, MBA: pacificcompcancer@gmail.com
Key Partners:
Cancer Information Services-Pacific
Region (CIS),
Pacific Islands Health Officers Association
(PIHOA) Hawai‘i Tumor Registry
