Web-Based Tool to Reduce Lung Cancer Mortality Rates and Advance Treatment
American Cancer Society Journals shared on LinkedIn about a recent paper by Jessica M. G. Olson et al. published on Cancer:
“Experts from the American Cancer Society National Lung Cancer Roundtable (ACS NLCRT) have created a customizable, web-based tool that provides state and local leaders with tailored resources to reduce lung cancer mortality rates and advance treatment. The tool’s development and features are described in a new article published in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.
To reduce lung cancer deaths, the ACS NLCRT was founded in 2017 to unite public, private, and non-profit groups, with more than 200 leading patient advocacy organizations, professional medical societies, state and federal government agencies, cancer centers, academic institutions, health systems, health plans, and corporate associations joining together to lend their expertise.
Among its 10 task groups, the State-Based Initiatives (SBI) Task Group was charged to provide states with tailored resources, best practices, and implementation strategies to address lung cancer, and to create a centralized, web-based tool known as the SBI Planning Tool.
‘Before the ACS NLCRT was established, but more so after, state coalitions focused on public health initiatives to reduce lung cancer deaths have sprung up,’ said senior author Robert Smith, of the ACS, in a press release.
‘It is often said that ‘all public health is local,’ and the aim of the ACS NLCRT State-Based Initiatives Task Group is to give local leaders, health care professionals, and advocates the tools to efficiently and effectively develop tailored programs to advance lung cancer control in their state. Among the many achievements of the ACS NLCRT, the development of the SBI Planning tool ranks high on the list.”
Title: The American Cancer Society National Lung Cancer Roundtable strategic plan: Addressing planning for lung cancer interventions at the state and local level through the creation of the National Lung Cancer Roundtable Planning Tool
Authors: Jessica M. G. Olson, Jennifer R. Knight, Amy M. Copeland, Kerstin A. Ohlander, Katie H. Bathje, Hannah C. Burson, Cindy A. Domingo, Kelly A. Durden, Elizabeth Dickson-Gavney, Korey E. Hofmann, Timothy W. Mullett, Lauren S. Rosenthal, Ella A. Kazerooni, Douglas E. Wood, Robert A. Smith
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