Maryland Patient Navigation Network

04/29/2024

Check Out My Rack -- May 8, 2024 @ 8 pm EST

"This online event will feature inspiring breast health advocates, young survivors, and advice from experts on how to take charge of your breast health even before it's time to start mammograms. We’ll also focus on the importance of learning about your family history to determine screening age and when to explore genetic testing."

Sign up for Check Out My Rack — hear experts and young breast cancer advocates speak about the steps young women can take in their breast health journeys.

11/22/2022

Caught early, lung cancer is curable.
Talk to your doctor about screening.

09/29/2021

The conference goal is to spread the word about cancer control, new developments, plans, and progress in cancer in the State.

09/28/2021

A growing number of cancer patients, especially those with breast and lung cancers, are being spared the dreaded treatment in favor of other options.

01/26/2021

The Maryland Department of Health Center for Cancer Prevention and Control is pleased to release the 2021-2025 Maryland Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan (Cancer Plan)!

We invite you and your staff to use the Cancer Plan when planning for and implementing cancer control efforts in your communities.

An electronic version of the Cancer Plan is available online at https://phpa.health.maryland.gov/cancer/cancerplan/SiteAssets/Pages/publications/Cancer-MD-Maryland_FINAL%20-1.pdf.

12/03/2020

"Cancers cannot be treated unless they’re detected, and a review of 34 studies published in October in the BMJ reported that for every four-week delay in cancer detection and treatment, the risk of death from cancer rises nearly 10 percent, on average. The study found increased mortality following delays in treatment for 13 of 17 cancer types. Following a four-week delay in surgery for breast cancer, the death rate increased by 8 percent; for colore**al cancer, it rose 6 percent."

The danger of delayed screenings is greatest for people with known risk factors for cancer.

11/20/2020

"The findings suggest more patients should have their tumors analyzed with genomic tests so doctors can select appropriately matching drugs. But results may still be hard to interpret—many tumors had combinations of mutations and immune cell changes, the NCI authors found."

Mutations and other changes in tumors appear to explain rare success stories

09/14/2020

Please join the Maryland Patient Navigation Network for a free webinar: Protons and Beyond: Emerging Technologies in Cancer Care
Presented by Dr. Matthew Witek, Assistant Professor,University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology
The Maryland Proton Treatment Center is happy to provide a virtual CME presentation entitled “Protons and Beyond: EmergingTechnologies in Cancer Care”. In the presentation, information about Proton Therapy, Gamma Pod and Deep Thermal Therapy are detailed with emphasis on the benefits these new technologies bring to cancer patients in Maryland.

Date: September 17, 2020 at 11:00 a.m.

To register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/protons-and-beyond-emerging-technologies-in-cancer-care-webinar-tickets-116951570295Please join the Maryland Patient Navigation Network for a free webinar
Webinar: Protons and Beyond: Emerging Technologies in Cancer Care
Presented by Dr. Matthew Witek, Assistant Professor,University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology
The Maryland Proton Treatment Center is happy to provide a virtual CME presentation entitled “Protons and Beyond: EmergingTechnologies in Cancer Care”. In the presentation, information about Proton Therapy, Gamma Pod and Deep Thermal Therapy are detailed with emphasis on the benefits these new technologies bring to cancer patients in Maryland.

Date: September 17, 2020 at 11:00 a.m.

To register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/protons-and-beyond-emerging-technologies-in-cancer-care-webinar-tickets-116951570295

Please join us for an excellent webinar - Protons and Beyond: Emerging Technologies in Cancer Care presented by Dr.Matthew Witek of UMSM

09/01/2020

"Colore**al cancer – which includes colon and re**al cancer – is expected to cause more than 50,000 deaths in 2020 – including 3,640 deaths in people younger than 50 years."

Actor Chadwick Boseman was just 43 when he died from colon cancer, one that is increasing affecting young Americans.

08/05/2020

Grant Writing Training - Part 1