November 2001 • POST-ASSEMBLY EDITION
ACF 2002: Cancer launches to much fanfare
Tamily physicians are once again out in front of the medical community -- this time working to improve care for what a representative from the American Cancer Society termed "the most feared disease" in the United States.
AAFP kicked off Annual Clinical Focus 2002: Cancer during this year's Scientific Assembly in Atlanta.
"Family physicians provide more care to patients with cancer than any other physicians," said (then) President Richard Roberts, M.D., J.D., of Madison, Wis., at a press conference Oct. 4.
Roberts was joined by ACF medical director Stephen Spann, M.D., of Houston, who explained that AAFP members would receive information throughout 2002 on all aspects of cancer care. An American Family Physician monograph, a Video CME program, patient education handouts and numerous CME activities -- including several presented at the Assembly -- are just part of the 2002 ACF fare.
The need for this type of initiative is great, said American Cancer Society senior medical consultant Lamar McGinnis, M.D. "We continually poll the American people, and we learn that cancer is the most feared disease," he noted during the press conference.
Also on hand at the official kickoff was Charmaine Cummings, Ph.D., R.N., acting director of the National Cancer Institute's Office of Education and Special Initiatives.
"Family physicians are really on the front line and have the best relationship with their patients," said Cummings. "They also are able to deal with the family issues."
Partnering with the AAFP to develop the 2002 ACF materials are the ACS, NCI, American Society of Clinical Oncology and National Human Genome Research Institute.
ACF 2002: Cancer is made possible through educational grants from Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Pharmacia Corpora-tion and Novartis Pharmaceuti-cals Corporation.
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