Workshop: The Latest in Metastatic Breast Cancer Care & Treatment
Sep 1st
CancerCare, in partnership with Redes En Acción, which is led by the Institute for Health Promotion Research at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, will offer a free Connect Education Workshop, Update on Metastatic Breast Cancer: What’s New?, from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. EST on Oct. 14, 2010.
In the tele-workshop, expert speakers will discuss updates on metastatic breast cancer, the current standard of care and new treatment approaches, how clinical research improves care, diagnostic testing and technologies, communicating with your health care team, and more.
Other upcoming CancerCare workshops include: The Importance of Clinical Trials, Sept. 24; The Importance of Taking Your Pills on Schedule, Oct. 5; Update on the Treatment of Liver Cancer, Nov. 9.
The breast cancer workshop is free and no phone charges apply.
To register, visit the CancerCare Web site.
Join Redes En Acción & Help Fight Latino Cancer
Jul 29th
You’re invited to join 
Redes En Acción: The National Latino Cancer Research Network and become part of a nationwide effort to fight cancer among Latinos.
Redes, which is funded by the National Cancer Institute and directed by Dr. Amelie G. Ramirez of SaludToday and the Institute of Health Promotion Research at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, has spent 10 years reducing Latino cancer.
Redes has generated more than $200 million in funding for cancer research, trained more than 200 students and health professionals and conducted more than 2,000 community education events and developed bilingual educational materials and PSAs.
Watch a stirring video here or below about the program’s achievements among Latinos. Then join us!
Also, watch the program’s six new PSAs touting Latino cancer prevention in English or Spanish here. To request broadcast-quality formats of the PSAs, email us at saludtoday@uthscsa.edu.
NEW VIDEO: Latinas, See Why a Mammogram Could Save Your Life
Jun 28th
Latinas, even if you’ve heard it before, please listen: Cancer screening can save your life.
To see why, watch our new dramatic PSA where a Latino family with a history of breast cancer discusses the importance of getting a mammogram that can detect breast cancer early, when it’s most treatable:
Watch in Spanish here. Please leave a comment on how you liked the PSA.
For cancer info, call 1-800-4-CANCER.
Report: Redes Meeting Tackles Key Latino Cancer Issues
Jun 2nd
Perspectives on key Latino cancer issues from the brightest minds in the field are featured in a new report from the 10th Annual Redes En Acción National Steering Committee Meeting.
The meeting, held recently in San Antonio, celebrated the 10th year of Redes, a national Latino cancer research network funded by the National Cancer Institute and headquartered at the Institute for Health Promotion Research at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, the team behind SaludToday.
Redes has tested novel interventions to improve access to care and screening. We’ve trained the next generation of Latino cancer researchers. We’ve raised awareness of Latino cancer challenges and solutions.
Read the visually stunning new report highlights these achievements and highlights new work in the field.
You can also watch Redes‘ overview video here or below:
How Did We Increase Accrual into Pediatric Cancer Studies by 48%?
May 19th
Many decry the fact that only 3 to 5 percent of adults with cancer in the U.S. join clinical trials, but a deeper challenge emerges when you put faces to these numbers. Close to 90 percent of those who do enroll in trials are white, and only 5.6 percent are Latino.
Read here about what the National Cancer Institute (NCI) is doing to increase the enrollment of minority and underserved patients in clinical trials.
Cynthia Wittenburg
Also read more about the effort by Redes En Acción, the Latino cancer research network led by the Institute for Health Promotion Research at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, the team behind SaludToday, to use patient navigation to boost pediatric cancer clinical trial recruitment in South Texas.
Redes, working closely to outreach to and educate the Latino community and assisted by a trained, bilingual patient navigator, Cynthia Wittenburg, increased by 48 percent the number of Latino children accrued to pediatric hematology/oncology clinical trials in a South Texas county with high rates of childhood leukemia.
“This was a most impressive result,” said Redes En Acción Director Dr. Amelie Ramirez, “and speaks to the importance of community involvement combined with the promise of navigation to help increase enrollment among some of our most vulnerable populations.”
Latinas: Watch This Video…It Could Help Save Your Life
May 10th
Latinos, watch this new PSA about a group of Latinas talking about their friend who, thanks to early cancer screening, was able to get proper treatment for colorectal cancer.
The friends discover that screening for colorectal cancer saves lives.
For cancer info, call 1-800-4-CANCER.
Please comment on this PSA below. Was is effective? Did it motivate you to get screened? Why or why not? To see more PSAs form the researchers behind SaludToday, go here.
VIDEO: Why Cancer Screening Can Save Your Life
May 6th
Latinos, watch this new PSA about a group of Latinas talking about their friend who, thanks to early cancer screening, was able to get proper treatment for colorectal cancer.
The friends discover that screening for colorectal cancer saves lives.
For cancer info, call 1-800-4-CANCER.
Please comment on this PSA below. Was is effective? Did it motivate you to get screened? Why or why not? To see more PSAs form the researchers behind SaludToday, go here.
Why is Cancer Screening Important for Latinos?
Apr 8th
Watch closely here or below as some Latinos moms watch their daughters’ soccer game while tackling an unusual conversation topic – cervical cancer and the HPV vaccine.
The moms openly tout the benefits of the vaccine in preventing cancer.
Latinos too often neglect their higher risk of cancer. This public service announcement (PSA) and five others like it, available for viewing here, are vital to promote screening and early detection among Latinos, who suffer unequal burdens of breast, cervical and colorectal cancers.
The six new PSAs are airing on TV stations across the country.
The 30-second TV spots, each in English and Spanish, encourage Latinos to learn more about screening tests available for breast, cervical and colorectal cancers by calling the NCI toll-free telephone number (1-800-4CANCER).
The PSAs are culturally appropriate and developed by cancer experts at Redes En Acción: The National Latino Cancer Research Network, an NCI initiative led by the team behind SaludToday.
Perhaps you’ve already seen the new PSAs on TV. If not, go here to watch them, and maybe save your life.
Get Screened! March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Mar 11th
March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.
Among cancers that affect both men and women, colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the U.S. The risk of developing colorectal cancer increases with advancing age.
Hispanics suffer high rates of colon cancer, compared to other groups.
But the good news is that, if everyone aged 50 years old or older were screened regularly, as many as 60% of deaths from this cancer could be avoided, according to CDC statistics.
Why should you get screened? Watch this heartfelt Spanish-language PSA here or below to find out: