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The 'Cancer Information Service' Is Helping Educate Minority Populations about the Benefits of Clinical Trials
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(OPEN):
EDUCATING PEOPLE ABOUT CANCER CLINICAL TRIALS CAN BE TOUGH. AND,
IT'S ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT TO CONVINCE MEMBERS OF SOME MINORITY
POPULATIONS ABOUT THE BENEFITS--AFTER YEARS OF MISTRUST ABOUT SUCH
STUDIES. BUT, THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE'S
"CANCER INFORMATION SERVICE"--WHICH REACHES THE PUBLIC THROUGH A
NETWORK OF PARTNERS NATIONWIDE--HAS MADE HEADWAY. RECENTLY, C-I-S
MEMBERS MET NEAR WASHINGTON, D-C. AS WASHINGTON-BASED ASSISTANT
PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM MANAGER, CHERIE SPENCER, EXPLAINS, THE
SERVICE HAS HELPED EDUCATE LOCAL AFRICAN-AMERICAN MINISTERS ABOUT THE
POSITIVE ASPECTS OF CLINICAL TRIALS...
(SPENCER):
"WHEN IT COMES TO UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS, MANY COMMUNITIES ARE
LIKELY TO TRUST INFORMATION FROM OTHERS WHO LOOK LIKE THEM, AND SOUND
LIKE THEM. OUR MESSAGE IS THAT GREATER MINORITY PARTICIPATION IN
CANCER CLINICAL TRIALS CAN HELP REDUCE OR ELIMINATE DISPARITIES."
(BRIDGE):
THE C-I-S ALSO REACHES OUT TO CANCER CENTERS, STATE HEALTH PLANNERS,
AND MEDICAL AND NURSING STAFF, WITH CLINICAL-TRIALS INFORMATION.
AS ARKANSAS PARTNERSHIP COORDINATOR, MISTY SMITH, ADDS,
THE SERVICE HAS FOUND SUCCESS IN FOCUSING ON TRAINING MEDICAL STAFF...
(SMITH):
"OUR 'TRAIN THE TRAINER' EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN VERY
SUCCESSFUL. INDEED, MORE THAN 60-PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
PARTICIPATING IN OUR PROGRAMS ARE DOCTORS AND NURSES. THESE ARE
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH OUR UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS,
EVERY DAY--AND THEY NEED TO KNOW HOW TO DISCUSS THIS WITH THEIR
PATIENTS."
(BRIDGE):
AND, PACIFIC-REGION PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM COORDINATOR, KEVIN
CASSEL [LIKE "CASTLE"], ADDS THAT C-I-S PARTNERS HAVE WORKED
TO INCLUDE CLINICAL-TRIALS EDUCATION IN HEALTH-PROFESSION CURRICULA...
(CASSEL):
"WE'VE REACHED OUT TO OVER 14-HUNDRED MEDICAL AND NURSING
STUDENTS; WE'VE EVEN REACHED OUT TO INSURERS. WE HAVE TO EDUCATE
ACROSS THE HEALTH-CARE SPECTRUM THAT INTERFACES WITH MEDICALLY
UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS; IT'S ALL PART OF THE SAME PUZZLE."
(CLOSE):
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE "CANCER INFORMATION SERVICE" AND CLINICAL TRIALS,
VISIT
"CANCER"-DOT-GOV--OR CALL 1-800-4-"CANCER".
