The Florida 2014 Legislative Session concluded May 2, 2014 at10:40 p.m. The legislature passed a historic $77.1 billion dollarbudget for the state. Governor Scott has final authority to signoff on the bills. The following cancer bills were enrolled(passed) and as of publication, await final approval:

HB 511 Cancer Control and Research: Reduces themembership of the Cancer Control and Research AdvisoryCouncil (CCRAB) and modifies the appointment process;requires CCRAB to collaborate with the Biomedical ResearchAdvisory Council to formulate and annually review andrecommend to the State Surgeon General a statewide researchplan to be known as the “Florida Cancer Control and ResearchPlan”; CCRAB to develop and annually review a statewide“Florida Cancer Treatment Plan.” Click here for moreinformation.

HB 5203 Cancer Centers:Designates provisions as“Florida NCI CancerCenters Act”; requires DOHto distribute funding tocertain cancer centers;provides a formula fordetermination of

allocations; provides criteria for designation of tiers for cancercenters. Click here for more information.

SB 224 Alternative Nicotine Products: Tobacco and NicotineProduct Regulation; Allowing alternate signage requirementswhere a dealer that sells tobacco products also sells nicotineproducts or nicotine dispensing devices; prohibiting theselling, delivering, bartering, furnishing, or giving of nicotineproducts or nicotine dispensing devices to persons under 18years of age; prohibiting self-service merchandising where aretailer sells nicotine products or nicotine dispensing devices.Click here for more information.

SB 1030 Low THC Cannabis: Authorizing specified physiciansto order low-THC cannabis for use by specified patients;authorizing state universities with both medical andagricultural programs to conduct specified research on low-THC cannabis; authorizing the department to submit a budgetamendment request to use excess funds in the BiomedicalResearch Trust Fund to implement this act. Click here for moreinformation.

Final versions of the enrolled bills are being posted on OnlineSunshine.

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In this issue:Tools & Resources, 3

Funding Opportunities, 3

Events, 6

Collaboratives, 6

>> Department of Health Cancer Program ishosting June 25 webinar presented byRebecca V. Nellis, Esq. from Cancer andCareers and Monica Fawzy Bryant, Esq. fromTriage Cancer.

PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT:

Annual National Cancer Survivors Day

Sunday, June 1, 2014 marked the 27 Annual National Cancer Survivors Day. Onthis day, Florida partners celebrated and honored the over 1.15 million cancersurvivors in the state and provided opportunities for cancer survivors to

connect with other survivors, celebrate milestones and recognize the health careproviders, family and friends who have supported them along the way. The dayincluded community outreach events that raise awareness and showcase theplethora of support networks for current and recently diagnosed survivors. Over 1.67million new cancer cases will be diagnosed in the United States in 2014, with 114,560of those being Floridians. For more information visit http://www.ncsd.org/. Additionalcancer survivor education can be found in the Tools and Resources section of thisnewsletter (see pg 3).

If you were not able to participate on the May 22nd webinar with Dr. Katie Baker whopresented “NCI Research: Skin Cancer Prevention in High Risk Populations for SkinCancer Awareness” please go to the Florida Coalition of Oncology Nurse Navigators(FCONN) website, where it and numerous other cancer webinars have generouslybeen archived.

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Call: Phone 1-877-U-CAN-NOW (1-877-822-6669) to speak with a QuitCoach who will help you assess youraddiction and help you create apersonalized quit plan. Quit coachesare available 7 days a week, 24 hoursa day and available for tobacco usersage 11 and older. NicotineReplacement Therapy (NRT) isavailable free of charge to age 18and older, if medically appropriate.Text2Quit is a free service that sendsup to 300 motivational texts before,during and after your quit.Click: Enroll in Web Coach, an onlineprogram for tobacco users age 13and older, which helps you create apersonalized web-based quit planthat you follow at your own paceand in private. Motivational andeducational emails will be sent toyou throughout your quit plan. NRTis available free of charge to age 18and older, if medically appropriate.Text2Quit is a free service that sendsup to 300 motivational texts before,during and after your quit.Come In: Visit the Area HealthEducation Centers (AHEC) Network’swebsite to find and sign up for in-person tobacco cessation providedin a group format throughoutFlorida. Courses are held in localcommunity locations, vary in length,and are taught by trained tobaccocessation specialists who providethe information and tools needed tobecome tobacco free. NRT isavailable free of charge to age 18and older, if medically appropriate.AHEC courses are available duringthe Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00p.m. workday and several classes arescheduled.

Let’s Team Up to Quit! Quittingsmoking is hard, but havingprofessional support can make iteasier. In fact, when patients workwith their health care providers theyare more successful in their quitattempts. A number of referralresources exist in Florida to supportproviders and their patients. Patientscan also be referred directly to TFFfor free help. Providers interested inreferring patients, can download andcomplete the fax referral formlocated here and fax it to: 1-866-688-7577. Once patients are in thesystem, Tobacco Free Florida canfollow up with them and help themovercome their nicotine addiction asa team.

For more information on howhealth care providers can help theirpatients quit smoking, visitwww.TobaccoFreeFlorida.com/healthcare.

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Cancer in the NewsHow many “Get Screened” messages does ittake? Evidence from colorectal cancerscreening promotion in the United States,2012—National Center for BiotechnologyInformation (NCBI), March 2014

Cancer patients with insulin-treated diabeteshave four times higher mortality comparedto cancer patients without diabetes—ScienceDaily, March 13, 2014

Noninvasive colorectal cancer screening toolshows unprecedented detection rates—Science Daily, Mar 19, 2014

Morning rays keep off pounds—Science Daily,April 2, 2014

Body Fat a Factor in Ovarian Cancer Risk—American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR),April 3, 2014

Zombie cancer cells eat themselves to live—Science Daily, April 5, 2014

What's the Appeal? Testing Public ServiceAdvertisements to Raise Awareness AboutGynecologic Cancer—NCBI, April 7, 2014

The Topic Is Cancer—Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention (CDC), April 14, 2014

Costs and benefits of an organized fecalimmunochemical test-based colorectalcancer screening program in the UnitedStates—NCBI, April 15, 2014

Source of most cases of invasive bladdercancer identified—Science Daily, April 20,2014

American Indian and Alaska Native deathrates nearly 50 percent greater than those ofnon-Hispanic whites—CDC, April 22, 2014

Palliation is rarely a topic in studies onadvanced cancer—Science Daily, April 24,2014

Breast cancer, brain tumors not caused byviruses, study finds—Science Daily, April 29,2014

Overestimation of radiation exposure maykeep women from critical screening—ScienceDaily, May 7, 2014

ABOVE: Team Up to Quit campaign poster.

With the right help, resources and support, you can have the bestchance to quit. Tobacco Free Florida’s (TFF) quit services can double yourchances of quitting any form of tobacco for good. Each person isdifferent and so is their nicotine addiction. TFF can help you choose apath to quitting that works for you! With TFF you can Call, Click, or Comein.

> Florida Department of Health is hosting a free webinar titled“Balancing Work and Cancer” on June 25, 2014, at 2:00 p.m.EST. Featured Speakers: Rebecca Nellis, Vice President, Cancerand Careers; Monica Bryant, Chief Operating Officer, TriageCancer.To join the online meeting, click here To join the teleconference, call 1-888-670-3525 and usepasscode: 297-003-0833#

> CancerCare presents the following free Connect® EducationWorkshops (all are from 1:30—2:30 pm EST). All sessions arefree and pre-registration is required.June 17: Advances in the Treatment of Lung Cancer1,2

June 24: Advances in the Treatment of Metastatic ProstateCancer1,2

June 25: Recognizing the Different Stages of Your MPN:Understanding Why Your Doctor May Need toAdjust Your Treatment Over Time2,3

June 27: For Caregivers: Coping with a LovedOne’s Metastatic Prostate Cancer1,2

June 30: Gastric Cancer: Current Perspectivesand Treatment Options2,3

July 9: Living with Gastrointestinal StromalTumors (GIST): Treatment Update2,3

1—Approved for one Contact Hour to Social Workers2—Submitted for approval for one Continuing ProfessionalEducation Unit for Registered Dietitians3—Submitted for one Contact Hour to Social WorkersYou can participate by listening to this workshop on thetelephone or via live streaming through the Internet. For moreinformation or to register online, visit CancerCare online or call1-800-813-HOPE (4673). Past workshops are archived here.

Missed a Connect Education Workshop? Listen to pastworkshops as podcasts through CancerCare's website.> Cancer Survivorship and Cancer Control: Working Towards a

Coordinated Approach—The Research to Reality cyber-seminar will describe a survivorship care plan, strategies toimprove their implementation and the role comprehensivecancer control plans to address the unique needs of cancersurvivors by leveraging traditional and nontraditionalpartners.Speakers: Dr. Birken, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of NorthCarolina at Chapel Hill & Ms.Thorsness, Public Health Specialist,Alaska Department of Health

> Cancer Survivorship E-Learning Series—Made available byNational Cancer Survivorship Resource Center, this series is afree continuing education program that provides a forum toeducate primary care providers (e.g., general medicinephysicians, physician assistants, nurses) who may have cancersurvivors patients about how to better understand and carefor survivors. No cost continuing education credits areavailable for each 1-hour module. The audience will learn about caring for survivors of adult-onset cancers, including:Module 1: The Current State of Survivorship Care and the Roleof Primary Care Providers Module 2: Late Effects of Cancer and its Treatments: ManagingComorbidities and Coordinating with Specialty ProvidersModule 3: Late Effects of Cancer and its Treatment: Meeting thePsychosocial Health Care Needs of Survivors Module 4: The Importance of Prevention in Cancer Survivorship:Empowering Survivors to Live WellModule 5: A Team Approach: Survivorship Care Coordination

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Funding OpportunitiesVoices for Healthy Kids is an initiative which aims to engage,organize and mobilize people to improve the health of theircommunities and reverse the childhood obesity epidemic.Funding opportunities will advance coordinated state, local andtribal public policy issue advocacy campaigns focused onchildhood obesity priorities. Click here to apply. Rollingrequest for applications (RFA) process.

National Institutes of Environmental Health Science (NIEHS) isencouraging investigators to submit unsolicited projectapplications for three Community Partnerships to AdvanceResearch funding opportunities. These projects would partnerwith communities using community engaged researchmethodologies that will enhance relationships and lead tobetter interventions and positive health outcomes. Click R15 orR21 to apply. Deadlines: 6/25/14 (R15); 6/16/14 (R21).

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) hasreleased a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) withinterest in funding research projects that will build aknowledge base of individuals’ personal health informationmanagement needs and practices and the design principlesrelated to these activities. Click here to apply. Closing date7/5/14.

NIEHS and Environmental Protection Agency intend topublish a joint FOA to solicit applications for Children’sEnvironmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Centers.The purpose of this program is to support a multidisciplinaryprogram of applied and basic research along with an activecommunity outreach translation effort to examine and translatethe effects of early exposure to environmental hazards onchildren’s health and wellbeing. Click here for moreinformation. Estimated close date 07/2014.

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Quantum Foundation is interested infunding organizations which providehealth care, help people who needhealth care, and educate others abouthealth care in Palm Beach County.Funding is provided on two levels. Clickhere to apply. Letter of intent 7/11/14 or8/29/14.

Health Foundation of South Florida'ssupports grants that impact the healthstatus of residents in Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties. Healthstatus impacts include primary care,behavioral health, preventive healthmeasures and healthy eating activecommunities. Click here to apply.Closing date 8/11/14.

AHRQ is interested in funding a diverseset of projects that develop, test andevaluate various simulationapproaches for the purpose ofimproving the safe delivery of healthcare. Applications that address a varietyof simulation techniques, clinicalsettings, provider groups, prioritypopulations, patient conditions andthreats to safety are welcomed. Clickhere to apply. Cycle dates for January,May, September Expires 9/26/16.

Smart and Connected Health Programis funding projects which accelerate thedevelopment and use of innovativeapproaches that would support themuch needed transformation ofhealthcare from reactive and hospital-centered to preventive, proactive,evidence-based, person-centered andfocused on well-being rather thandisease. Click here to apply. Proposaldeadline 10/10/14.

American Cancer Society (ACS) releaseda RFA for Pilot and Exploratory Projectsin Palliative Care of Cancer Patients andTheir Families. This RFA provides fundingfor investigators performing pilot andexploratory research studies whosepurpose is to test interventions, developresearch methodologies, and explorenovel areas of research in palliative careof cancer patients and their families. Acondition of funding is a clearly definedplan as to how the investigator will usethe results of the project to developlarger, extramurally funded researchprojects. Click here for moreinformation. Closing date 10/15/14.

ACS Professional Development Grantsto support pursuit of doctoral degree inCancer Nursing and career developmentfor primary care physicians. Initialawards for graduate students pursuingdoctoral study are made for up to twoyears with the possibility of a two-yearrenewal. There is a stipend of $15,000per year. Click here to apply. The primarycare physician award is made to supportpursuing an academic career with anemphasis on cancer control. Awards arefor three years and for up to $100,000per year. Click here to apply. Closingdate 10/15/14.

Small Grants Program for CancerEpidemiology is an FOA that providessupport for pilot projects, testing ofnew techniques, secondary analyses ofexisting data, development andvalidation of measurement methods,linkage of genetic polymorphisms withother variables related to cancer risk anddevelopment of innovative projects formore comprehensive research in canceretiology and epidemiology. Click here toapply. Closing date 11/16/14.

Exploratory Grant Award to PromoteWorkforce Diversity in Basic CancerResearch invites applications byinvestigators from diverse backgroundsunderrepresented in basic andbiomedical cancer research. The NationalInstitute of Health (NIH) recognizes aunique and compelling need to promotediversity in the NIH-funded researchworkforce. Click here to apply. Closingdate 11/20/14.

National Cancer Institute (NCI) FundingOpportunities:NCI’s Provocative Questions applicationsmust be focused on addressing oneparticular research problem. Categories:Group A cancer prevention and riskGroup B mechanisms of tumordevelopment or recurrenceGroup C cancer detection, diagnosis,and prognosisGroup D cancer therapyGroup E clinical effectiveness

Click here for more information. Closedate 6/20/14.

Exploratory and Developmental Grantto Improve Health Care Quality throughHealth Information Technology (IT) is tofund exploratory and developmentalresearch grants that will contribute tothe evidence base of how health ITimproves health care quality. The fundssupport the use of a wide variety ofresearch designs in order to generateinformation regarding the design anddevelopment, implementation, use, orimpact of health IT on quality.Depending on the research design andintent of the project, applicants mayreceive support for: (1) pilot andfeasibility or self-contained health ITresearch projects; (2) secondary dataanalysis of health IT research; or (3)economic (prospective or retrospective)analyses of a health IT project. Click hereto apply. Closing date 11/17/16.

Cancer Center Support Grants for NCI-designated Cancer Centers to capitalizeon all institutional cancer researchcapabilities, integrating meritoriousprograms in laboratory, clinical, andpopulation research into a singletransdisciplinary research enterpriseacross all institutional boundaries. Clickhere to apply. Closing date 1/18/17.

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About the CancerStakeholderThe Cancer Stakeholder is ane-newsletter, which includesthe DOH cancer updates,cancer tools and resources,funding opportunities, events,research, and otherinformation about cancer. Theopinions expressed in theCancer Stakeholder do notnecessarily reflect the views ofthe DOH or its staff. Pleasedirect questions, commentsand suggestions to theComprehensive CancerControl Program atcancer@flhealth.gov.

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Events

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Collaboratives

7th Biennial Cancer Survivorship Research Conference is on June 18–20, 2014 in Atlanta, Ga.

American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Precision MedicineSeries—Drug Sensitivity and Resistance: Improving Cancer Therapy inOrlando, Fla. on June 18–21, 2014.

International Symposium on Supportive Care in Cancer 2014 is on June26–28, 2014 in Miami, Fla.

The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) at Florida HospitalCancer Institute—2014 Best of ASCO Meeting on June 28–29, 2014 inOrlando, Fla.

National Association of County and City Officials (NACCHO) Annual 2014 ison July 8–10, 2014 in Atlanta, Ga.

Breast Cancer: New Horizons, Current Controversies is on July 10–12,2014 in Boston, Mass.

10th Annual Integrative Oncology Training Conference forAcupuncturists, Massage Therapists and Yoga Teachers/Mind-BodyPractitioners in Houston, Texas on July 18–20, 2014.

9th Annual New Orleans Summer Cancer Meeting titled “Achieving BestPatient Outcomes in Oncology by Applying Personalized Medicine andNovel Technologies” on July 18–20, 2014 in New Orleans, La.

Harvard University, support from the National Institutes ofHealth and US Department of Affairs, is sponsoring a 5-daytraining called 2014 Training Institute for Dissemination andImplementation Research in Health in Boston, Mass. on July 21-25,2014

Hematology and Medical Oncology Best Practices is on Aug. 14–21,2014 in Arlington, Va.

24th Annual Mayo Clinic Hematology/Oncology Reviews is on Aug. 6–9,2014 in Amelia Island, Fla.

Rivkin Center and AACR present the Ovarian Cancer ResearchSymposium in Seattle, Wash. on Sept. 8–9, 2014. Abstract deadlineJune 2, 2014.

Hematologic Malignancies: Translating Discoveries to Novel Therapies inPhiladelphia, Pa. on Sep 20–23. Abstract deadline June 23, 2014.

Cancer Survivor and Health Expo in Ocala, Fla. on Sept. 20, 2014.

Advances in Melanoma: From Biology to Therapy in Philadelphia, Pa.on Sept. 20–23, 2014. Abstract deadline June 30, 2014.

Symposia on Cancer Research 2014 in Houston, Texas on Oct. 9–10,2014.

AICR Annual Research Conference in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 29–31,2014

Regional Cancer ControlCollaboratives exist across

the state and work to bringpublic and private partnerstogether to reduce the burden ofcancer. For information aboutwhat your regional collaborativein your area is doing, visit theirwebsites listed below.

> Northwest Florida CancerControl Collaborative

> Northeast Florida CancerControl Collaborative

> North Central Florida CancerControl Collaborative

> East Central Florida CancerControl Collaborative

> Southeast Florida CancerControl CollaborativeFacebook: SoFla FightingCancer

> Southwest Florida CancerControl Collaborative

> The Southeast AmericanIndian Council (SEAIC) focuseson needs assessments,preventive education andquality of life for AmericanIndians. Membership is opento anyone of American Indianheritage. Email Dewey Painteror call him at (904) 208-0857for an application or for moreinformation.

To be added to the contact listfor any of these collaboratives,send an email request toCancer@flhealth.gov.

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