Cancer Genetics Network
Education and Communication Products and Activities

bullet Lombardi Cancer Center Cancer Genetics Network Center
(Georgetown University)
bullet Mid-Atlantic Cancer Genetics Network Center
(Johns Hopkins University)
bullet North Carolina-Georgia Cancer Genetics Network Center
(Duke University, Emory University, and University of North Carolina)
bullet Northwest Cancer Genetics Network
(Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center)
bullet Rocky Mountain Cancer Genetics Coalition
(University of Utah, University of Colorado, and University of New Mexico)
bullet Texas Cancer Genetics Consortium
(University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, and Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, and Baylor College of Medicine)
bullet UC-UCI Cancer Genetics Network Center
(University of California at Irvine)
bullet University of Pennsylvania Cancer Genetics Network

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Lombardi Cancer Center Cancer Genetics Network Center
(Georgetown University)
C&E Working Group: Chanita Hughes, Beth Peshkin
Recruitment Brochure Website Newsletter Other Materials Educational Intervention
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General information for genetic counseling and testing for probands  
Breast/Ovarian Cancer
     

Breast cancer Web page, including FAQs

Ovarian cancer Web page, including FAQs

CARE (Cancer Assessment and Risk Evaluation) -- BRCA1/2 pre-test educational and post-test education materials:

  • general brochure
  • do you have a family history of breast or ovarian cancer (brochure)
  • information packet
  • Breast & Genetic Testing (brochure)
  • Colon Cancer
          Web page, including FAQs  
    Prostate Cancer
          Web page, including FAQs  

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    Mid-Atlantic Cancer Genetics Network Center
    (Johns Hopkins University)

    C&E Working Group: Sharon Olsen, Karen Eanet
    Recruitment Brochure Website Newsletter Other Materials Educational Intervention
    General

    Helping Doctors and Families Fight Cancer (brochure)

    MACGN Registry Enrollment Form

    Informed consent:

  • Consent to Participate – information to consider prior to consenting, presented in easy reading style and designed as a 3-fold flyer
  • consent form
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    MACGN Newsletter quarterly since 1999

    The Johns Hopkins Cancer Risk Assessment Program

    The Johns Hopkins Cancer Risk Assessment Program (physician referral guidelines card)

    MACGN Provider Enrollment Form

    Learning More About Cancer Risk: Questionnaire to Help Doctors and Scientists Fight Cancer

    Genetic Counseling for Cancer Risk (fact sheet)

    Cancer risk assessment via family history form, annual CME conference, weekly cancer genetics CME seminar series under development
    Breast/Ovarian Cancer
     
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    Hereditary Breast Cancer in progress

    Hereditary Breast/Ovarian Cancer in progress

    Genetic counseling and testing; breast cancer prevention seminars for public planned; A Woman's Journey conference
    Colon Cancer
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    Cancer Screening Guidelines for Families with a History of Colon or Rectal Cancer

    Colon Cancer in Families: Information for Families with a History of Colon or Rectal Cancer or Polyps (booklet)

    Dietary and Lifestyle Changes to Reduce Your Colorectal Cancer Risk (brochure)

    The Johns Hopkins Guide for Patients and Families: Colorectal Cancer (booklet)

    The Johns Hopkins Guide for Patients and Families: Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (booklet)

    The Johns Hopkins Guide for Patients and Families: Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer (booklet)

    The Johns Hopkins Guide for Patients and Families: APC I1307K Gene Mutation (booklet)

    Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome: information under development

    Three studies underway on behavioral and psychological outcomes after genetic testing, genetic counseling methods (in-person versus telephone), and attitudes toward a genetic test
    Prostate Cancer
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    Prostate Cancer Update

    Hereditary Prostate Cancer Fact Sheet Hereditary prostate cancer study underway. CGN pilot project underway.
    Pancreatic Cancer
          Hereditary Prostate Cancer Fact Sheet in progress  

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    North Carolina-Georgia Cancer Genetics Network Center
    (Duke University, Emory University, and University of North Carolina)

    C&E Working Group: Celette Sugg Skinner (Duke), Sydnee Steadman (Duke), Cindy Smith (UNC), Angela Trepanier (Emory)

    Recruitment Brochure Website Newsletter Other Materials Educational Intervention
    General
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    Newsletter semi-annually since Spring 2001
    Planning Educational Programs -- a guide to planning health-related educational symposia. The guide is based on experience hosting the symposium "Cancer Genetics: Answers to Your Patients' Questions" in 1999.
    Breast Cancer
         

    Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (fact sheet)

    Screening Recommendations for Individuals at High Risk... (fact sheet)

    Standard and tailored BRCA1/BRCA2 information materials are provided from earlier study
    Colon Cancer
         

    Hereditary Colorectal Cancer (fact sheet)

    Screening Recommendations for Individuals at High Risk of Developing Colorectal Cancer (fact sheet)

     
    Thyroid Cancer
          Medullary Thyroid Cancer and Multiple Neoplasia Type 2 (fact sheet)  

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    Northwest Cancer Genetics Network
    (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center)

    C&E Working Group: Deborah Bowen, Karma Kreizenbeck, Nigel Bush, Ksenia Peters
    Recruitment Brochure Website Newsletter Other Materials Educational Intervention
    General
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    Breast Cancer
          Breast cancer risk booklet Telephone counseling for average risk women, psychosocial group counseling
    Colon Cancer
          Familial colorectal registry recruitment brochure drafted  
    Melanoma
            Considering development of a pilot project

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    Rocky Mountain Cancer Genetics Coalition
    (University of Utah, University of Colorado, and University of New Mexico)

    C&E Working Group: Vickie Venne, Huntsman Cancer Center, University of Utah; Lori Ballinger, University of New Mexico
    Recruitment Brochure Website Newsletter Other Materials Educational Intervention
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    Informed consent:

  • Consent to Participate –information to consider prior to consenting, presented in easy reading style and designed as a 3-fold flyer
  • consent form
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    Breast Cancer
          When Breast Cancer Runs in Families: The Genetic Story (easy reading booklet, out-of-print)  

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    Texas Cancer Genetics Consortium
    (University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, and Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, and Baylor College of Medicine)

    C&E Working Group: Jo Ann Ward, Amelie Ramirez, Kipling Gallion
    Recruitment Brochure Website Newsletter Other Materials Educational Intervention
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    UC-UCI Cancer Genetics Network Center
    (University of California at Irvine)

    C&E Working Group: Jill Yonago, Lari Wenzel
    Recruitment Brochure Website Newsletter Other Materials Educational Intervention
    General
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    Annual follow-up newsletter

    Cancer Genetics (educational brochure)

    Small group seminars planned

     
    Breast/Ovarian Cancer
        Newsletter from previous study developed and sent to potential recruits    
    Prostate Cancer
       
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    University of Pennsylvania Cancer Genetics Network
    C&E Working Group: Jill Stopfer
    Recruitment Brochure Website Newsletter Other Materials Educational Intervention
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    Family Cancer Forum,1999. Sent to all research and clinical participants in cancer genetics programs and studies

    Informed consent:

  • Consent to Participate – information to consider prior to consenting, presented in easy reading style and designed as a 3-fold flyer
  • consent form
  • Cancer Genetics Network Interview

     
    Breast/Ovarian Cancer
     

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    Family Cancer Forum, as above

    Genetic Testing for Breast and Ovarian Cancer Risk: An Informational Guide (booklet)

    Risk Factors for Breast Cancer: An Informational Guide

    Risk Factors for Ovarian Cancer: An Informational Guide (booklet)

     

    Discussion of CGN at all Cancer Risk Evaluation Program encounters, presentations at rounds, education sessions for CGN network hospitals
    Colon/GI Cancer
     
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    Family Cancer Forum (as above)

       
    Prostate Cancer
     
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    Family Cancer Forum (as above)

       
    Melanoma
     
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    Pediatric Cancers, (e.g., Li-Fraumeni syndrome, retinoblastoma, Wilms' tumor)
     
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