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UICC World Cancer Congress 2006

Bridging the Gap: Transforming Knowledge into Action

July 8-12, 2006, Washington, DC, USA



Monday, 10 July 2006: 12:00 PM-1:30 PM
Exhibit Hall D (Convention Center)
Public Health, Prevention and Education
A Low-Cost Risk Model for HPV Screening in High Risk Rural Areas of China
Li Jing (China)
Cervical Screening Program among the Urban Indigent Women of India Has to Be Integrated with Primary Health Care Facilities
Samiran Das (India)
Screening and Management of Prostate Cancer in Elderly Men: the Iowa Prostate Cancer Consensus
Badrinath R. Konety (USA), Victoria J. Sharp (USA), Meenakshi Verma (USA), Richard D. Williams (USA)
Cervical Cancer in Nigeria, Still a Dismal Story: the Poor State of Cervical Cytology Screening , Factors Responsible for Continous High Incidence of Cervical Cancer and Hope for Improvement
Gabriel Olabiyi Ogun (Nigeria), Ronald Bejide (Nigeria)
Testing to Prevent Colon Cancer in Rural Colorado: Exposure to a Community-Based Colon Cancer Screening Intervention
Linda K. Zittleman (USA), Rodrigo Araya (USA), John M. Westfall (USA)
Colorectal Cancer Screening Promotion In Colorado: Addressing a Public Health Issue with a Comprehensive Approach
Sara E. Miller (USA), Holly Wolf (USA)
Colorectal Cancer Screening among Latinos from U.S. Cities along the Texas – Mexico Border: Preliminary Findings from Twelve Focus Groups
Maria E. Fernandez (USA)
Breast and Colorectal Cancer Screening and Sources of Cancer Information among Older Women in the United States: Results from the 2003 Health Information National Trends Survey
Steven S. Coughlin (USA), Zahava Berkowitz (USA), Nikki A. Hawkins (USA), Florence Tangka (USA)
Knowledge and Awareness of Breast Self –Examinaton among Buddhist and Muslim Women in Thailand : a Qualitative Case Study
Shutiwan Purinthrapibal (Thailand)
Cervical Cancer Screening: the Influence of Immigration and Recency of Immigration
Jennifer Tsui (USA), Mona Saraiya (USA), Trevor Thompson (USA), Achintya Dey (USA)
The Utility of Extensive Use of Fobt and Endoscopy in Early Detection of Colorectal Cancer
Mihai Danciu (Romania), Petru Plamadeala (Romania), Dan Ferariu (Romania), Anca Trifan (Romania), Viorel Scripcariu (Romania), Carol Stanciu (Romania), Maria Sultana Mihailovici (Romania)
Assessing Awareness and Knowledge of Breast and Cervical Cancer among Appalachian Women
Nikki L. Lyttle (USA)
Prostata Cancer Incidence and Six Year Psa Screening in Latvia
Simona Donina (Latvia), Ludmila Engele (Latvia), Inta Nuke (Latvia), Aija Eglite (Latvia)
Prevalence of Cancer Cervix and Problems Faced during a Screening Program in a Localized Area in Bangladesh
Mohammad Abdul Hai (Bangladesh)
The Delphi Process: Creating Prostate Cancer Screening Messages
Jamers A. Keresztury (USA), Linda Jacknowitz (USA)
Family History, Perceived Risk and Prostate Cancer Screening among African American Men
Joan Bloom (USA)
Trends and Racial Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Screening in Missouri, 1999-2004
Shumei Yun (USA), Julie M. Krygiel Kapp (USA), Bao-Ping Zhu (USA)
Differences between HSES and LSES women in cervical cancer screening
Theresia M.P.L. Knops-Dullens (Netherlands), Nanne K. De Vries (Netherlands), Hein de Vries (Netherlands)
Action plans strengthen link between intention and behavior in cervical cancer screening
Theresia M.P.L. Knops-Dullens (Netherlands), Irma Van Dijk (Netherlands), Nanne, K. de Vries (Netherlands), Hein de Vries (Netherlands)
A computer tailoring experiment in cervical cancer screening
Theresia M.P.L. Knops-Dullens (Netherlands), Hans Huveneers (Netherlands), Hein De Vries (Netherlands), Nanne K. De Vries (Netherlands)
Breast Cancer Screening in Women Surviving Hodgkin's Disease
Joan Bloom (USA)
Pre-intervention Perceptions and Stage of Readiness of Average-Risk Patients Enrolled in an RCT to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening
Usha Menon (USA), Anita Y. Kinney (USA), Peter Maramaldi (USA), Kathryn Powell (USA)
Current Status and Challenges: Colorectal Cancer Screening in Rhode Island
Arvin S. Glicksman (USA), Linda A. Tisch, MBA (USA), Kathleen Cullinen (USA)
Saving Lives Through Increasing Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates: a Health Systems Approach
Robert Werner (USA), Joanne Gersten (USA)
The impact of early detection of colorectal cancer on lifetime medical costs
David Howard (USA), Florence Tangka (USA), Lisa C. Richardson (USA), Donatus U. Ekwueme (USA), Laura Seeff
Colorectal Cancer Early Detection: Risk Based Screening
Sandra J. Waddell (USA), Polly A. Hager (USA), Paulette M. Valliere (USA)
Community pharmacists' in cancer control: Can their role be expanded?
Cathy A. Coyne (USA), Cristina Demian (USA), Linda Jacknowitz (USA)
Colorectal Cancer Screening and Primary Care Physicians: What influences screening recommendations?
Cathy A. Coyne (USA), Cristina Demian (USA), Linda Jacknowitz (USA), Balaji Datti (USA)
Credentialling nurse Pap test providers: A model ensuring quality service provision in Victoria (Australia)
Kate Broun (Australia), Sandy Anderson (Australia)
The use of personalized letters to encourage unscreened and under-screened women to attend for cervical screening
Robyn Mullins (Australia)
Effect of practice, knowledge and attitudes on colorectal cancer screening
Yumei Sun (USA), Donald H. Shepherd (USA)
A cooperation between Italy and Bosnia Herzegovina (BiH) to disseminate cervical cancer screening
Livia GIORDANO (Italy), Margherita GRANERO (Italy), Silvana APPIANO (Italy), Vasvija SAHINOVIC (Bosnia), Bojana STANIC (Bosnia), Sahaudina AVDUKIC (Bosnia), Gioia MONTANARI (Italy), Sergio ARNAUD (Italy), Nereo SEGNAN (Italy)
Evaluating Health Plan Member Response to Colorectal Cancer Screening
Ellen Buist (USA), Mary Anne Ford (USA), Paulette M. Valliere (USA)
Programmatic Strategies to Increase Completion of Breast & Cervical Cancer Screening and Follow-Up for Latinas with Low Functional Health Literacy
Karen Schmitt (USA), Samantha Garbers, Ann Marie Rappa (USA), Mary Ann Chiasson
Changing trends in the incidence of cervical cancer, Kingston & St. Andrew, Jamaica, 1973-2002
Garfield Blake (Jamaica)
Using Ladies Health Days to Increase Breast Cancer Screening in Never and Rarely Screened Women at County Health Departments
Melissa E. Morrison (USA)
Factors Associated with Colorectal Cancer Screening Among African Americans in Church Settings
Isabel Scarinci (USA), Sharina Person (USA), Andres Azuero (USA), Collette Strother (USA), Mona Fouad (USA), Selwyn Vickers (USA)
Latinos in a Network for Cancer Control
Maria E. Fernandez (USA), Guillermo Tortolero-Luna (USA), Isabel Torres (USA), Theresa L. Byrd (USA), Belinda M. Reininger (USA), Patricia Dolan Mullen (USA), Sally W. Vernon (USA)
Assessing the Utility of Claims Datasets for Evaluating Trends in Colonoscopy and Sigmoidoscopy in Maryland
Diane Dwyer (USA), Ben Steffen, Linda Bartnyska
Cervical Cancer Screening and Diagnostic Protocols Self-study CE Program – Which Primary Care Providers Improved Most?
Sarah E. Walsh (USA), Celeste T. Worth (USA), Connie L. Sorrell (USA), Jamie L. Studts (USA)
Prostate cancer screening in a defined population
Deborah J. Bowen (USA), Peggy A. Hannon (USA), Jeffrey R. Harris (USA), Diane P. Martin (USA)
Cultivando la Salud: An Effective Intervention to Increase Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Using the Promotora (Lay Health Worker) Model
Maria E. Fernandez (USA), Alicia Gonzales (USA), Sylvia Partida (USA), Guillermo Tortolero-Luna (USA)
Part 1 
The Significance of Dietary Supplementation of Beta-Carotene, Flavonoids,Tocopherol& Selenium in Patients with Lung Cancer
Imran M.K (Pakistan), Ishaq M (Pakistan), Sameera M (Pakistan)
Green Tea as Medicine to Fight Cancer
Sin Hang Lee (USA), William C. Franke (USA), Jacques Daenen (Belgium)
A Model Community Skin Cancer Prevention Project in Maine
Christine A. Hayden (USA)
Genetic Polymorphisms of MYH, ΑPE1, NΑT2 and Their Association with Colorectal Cancer in a Japanese Population
Kana Yoshida (Japan), Mayumi Kasahara (Japan), Aiko Miyaishi (Japan), Yasunori Osawa (Japan), Kayo Osawa (Japan), Natsuko Inoue, Kenichi Tanaka, Masahiro Yamamoto, Etsuji Shimada, Yoshiki Tabuchi (Japan), Juro Takahashi (Japan)
Cancer and How the Community Responses to Nutrition Factors in Developing Country Nepal
Shambhu D. Joshi (Nepal), naresh pandit (Nepal), shyam kumar bk (Nepal), rajan p. BHANDARI (Nepal)
Nutritional Assessment with Anthropometry in Women Included in a Campaign for Early Detection of Breast Cancer in the Republic of Macedonia
Lidija Todorovska (Macedonia)
Cancer Prevention & Tobacco Control: Role of School Education in a Rural Community
Mohan Chandra Pant (India)
Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer (Opc) Case Control Study
Susan G. Reed (USA), Terry Day (USA), Nadia Duffy (USA), Kathleen Cartmell (USA), Heather Brandt (USA), James Hebert (USA), Swann Adams (USA), Lawrence Yen (USA), Marion Boyd Gillespie (USA)
Results of an Ongoing Cohort Study to Determine Effect of Regular Screening and Education regarding Ill-Effects of Lifestyles Related Cancers – Their Incidence and Mortality
YOGENDRA KUMAR SAPRU (India)
Cancer Prevention and Community Mobilisation in a Poor Resource Setting
JOHN NDIANGUI NDERI (Kenya)
Cancer Prevention and Early Detection in Malaysia 1
Nor Saleha IBRAHIM TAMIN (Malaysia)
Medical Prevention of Lung Cancer
A.F. Lazarev (Russia), V.D. Petrova (Russia)
Primary and Secondary Prevention in Cancer Control
Piyush Gupta (India)
School Program on Healthy Life Style to Prevent Cancer
Indria Laksmi Gamayanti (Indonesia)
Multiple life style behavior change: Can it be done?
Hein De Vries (Netherlands), Tamara Smeets (Netherlands), Stef Kremers (Netherlands), Hans Brug (Netherlands), Jeroen K. Vermunt (Netherlands), Jonathan Van 'T Riet (Netherlands)
Skin cancer protection in Dutch and Belgian adolescents: unrealistic optimism and underestimation of risks
Hein De Vries (Netherlands), Ilse Mesters (Netherlands), Jeanette Lezwijn (Netherlands), Marjolein Hol, Cora Honing (Netherlands), Karen Willems (Netherlands), Astrid Reubsaet (Netherlands)
Towards Cancer Prevention in Croatia - Program of the City of Osijek League against Cancer
Zdravko Ebling (Croatia), Rudika Gmajnic (Croatia), Lidija Prlic (Croatia), Senka Samardjic (Croatia), Nikola Kraljik (Croatia), Barbara Ebling (Croatia), Tibor Santo (Croatia), Kresimir Glavina (Croatia), Luka Kovacic (Croatia), Sanda Pribic (Croatia)
Development of intervention strategies for risk reduction of liver cancer : an experience from community-based cohort study in Korea
Min Kyung Lim (South Korea), Jin-Kyoung Oh (South Korea), So-hee Park (South Korea), Seung-Sik Hwang (South Korea), Hyun-Joo Kong (South Korea), Hai-Rim Shin (South Korea)
Draft National Program for Prevention and Early Detection of Cancer in Croatia Based on Knowledge and Experience
Mirko Samija (Croatia), Marija Strnad (Croatia), Zdravko Ebling (Croatia), Luka Kovačić (Croatia), Ariana Znaor (Croatia), Barbara Ebling (Croatia), Rudika Gmajnic (Croatia)
“Don't Cook for Looks”: an Adolescent skin cancer prevention campaign focusing on fashion and sun exposure location as triggers for behaviour change
Terry J. Slevin (Australia), Kerry O'Hare (Australia), Emma Croager (Australia), Geoffrey Jalleh (Australia)
Promoting Energy Balance among Low Income Hispanic Women Using Faith Based Strategies
Amelie Ramirez (USA), Patricia Chalela (USA), Kipling Gallion (USA)
Diet and Cancer Prevention Knowledge, Beliefs and Barriers
Adelia C. Bovell-Benjamin (USA), Peter N. Gichuhi (USA), Chellani Hathorn (USA), Elaine Bromfield (USA)
Nationwide Delivery of a Skin Cancer Prevention Education Program
Michael J. Ahearn (USA), Susan Madigan (USA)

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