Publications

Find out more about our member’s experience by reading their abstracts or publications.

Patient Centered Communications in Cancer Care: The role of the NCI Cancer Information Service	Rosemarie Slevin Perocchia , Julie Keany Hodorowski , Laurie A. Williams, Julie Kornfeld, Nydia Lassalle Davis, MaryAnn Monroe & Mary Anne Bright - NCI
Discussing sexuality in the clinical setting: The impact of a brief training program for oncology health professionals to enhance communication about sexuality.	Amanda Hordern, Suzanne Hegarty and Georgina Sutherland Cancer Information and Support Services, Michelle Grainger, Victoria White, Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, Cancer Council Victoria, Michael Jefford, Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, Cancer Council Victoria and Cancer Information and Support Services.
Clinical Trials: What cancer patients need to know. New Initiative in Italy.	ChrisThomsen, Director, Office of Communications National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, NIH
International Cancer Information Service: A Worldwide Resource: Creation and replication of the CIS; Inception of the International Cancer Information Service Group, Role of physicians in ICISG Services, International collaboration, The CIS and Research, Implications. J Cancer Educ, 2007:22 S61-S69	Doreen Akkerman, Mary Anne Bright, Catherine Dickens. David Hill, Michael Jefford, Marion Morra, ChrisThomsen, Anne Vézina.
Key elements of a successful CIS: 1) Recruiting and training of qualified staff 2) Finding reliable resources of information 3) On-going quality assurance and collecting inquiry data 4) Collaboration with other relevant organisations and promoting your CIS 5) Development of a National Public Educational Facility for Preventing Cancer: Progress, Problems and Lessons Learnt (PowerPoint presentation, UICC Conference, Washington, DC, 2006)	Cora Honing, Director of Prevention and Patient Support, Dutch Cancer Society, Ingrid Aubry, Manager Cancer Awareness System, French National Cancer Institute, Monika Preszly, Manager, Cancer Information Service, German Cancer Research Center, Flora Yong, Senior Nurse Manager, Cancer Education & Information Service, National Cancer Centre Singapore
Physicians and CIS working together: extending into the Community (PowerPoint presentation, UICC Conference, Washington, DC, 2006)	Catherine Dickens, LondonUK. Antonia Dawson, MacMillian Cancer Support, London, UK
Les clés de la réussite pour un service d’information sur le cancer (PowerPoint presentation, UICC Conference, Washington, DC, 2006)	Robert Desmarais, Directeur, Information et Soutien Société canadienne du cancer Ingrid Aubry, Responsable du programme de veille, Institut national du cancer, France Anne Vézina, Directrice nationale Services d’ Information Société canadienne du cancer
Cancer Information Services Serving the Community and your NGO (PowerPoint presentation, Plenary presentation from UICC Conference, Washington DC, 2006)	David J. Hill, Director, Cancer Council Victoria, Australia Anne Vezina, President International CIS Group, Director, Information Services, Canadian Cancer Society
Provision of information for cancer patients: an appraisal and review (PDF - 85Kb. Opens in new window)	C. Smith, Information & Support Services Manager, MacMillan Cancer Relief, London UK. C. Dickens, Head of information Services, MacMillan Cancer Relief, London UK. S. Edwards, Information & Support Services Manager, MacMillan Canada Relief, London, UK.
Bridging the information and support gap: evaluation of hospital-based cancer support nurse based service (PDF - 1.2Mb. Opens in new window)	S. Roberts, J. Freeman, D. Hill, Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, Cancer Research Institute, Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria P. Schofield, Dept. of Haematology & Medical Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia D. Akkerman, Director, Cancer Information and Support Service, Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria A. Rodger, William Buckland Radiotherapy Centre, Alfred Hospital & Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Assessing Need: Cancer Information Service (Presentation, UICC Conference, Dublin 2004)	D. Akkerman, Director, Cancer Information and Support Service, Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria, Marion Morra, President, Morra Communications, Anne Vézina, Director, Cancer Information, Canadian Cancer Society
International Cancer Information Services: Results from three national user surveys of cancer information services in the Untied State, Canada and Germany (Presentation, UICC Conference, Dublin 2004)	Mary Anne Bright, Associate Director, Office of Cancer Information Service, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute (NCI),
Macmillian Cancer Relief Mobile Cancer Information Service (Presentation, UICC Conference, Dublin 2004)	Catherine Dickens, Head of Information Services, Macmillan Cancer Relief
Referral for information & support as part of routine cancer management (PowerPoint Presentation, UICC Conference, Dublin 2004)	D. Hill, P. Livingston, V. White, D. Akkerman, Cancer Council, Victoria
Supervising and supporting your Cancer Information Services staff (Presentation, UICC Conference, Dublin 2004)	D. Akkerman, Director, Cancer Information and Support Service, Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria
Using short survey to evaluate customer satisfactions: Email and telephone (Click for Abstract) (Workshop Presentation, UICC Conference, Dublin 2004)	Chris Thomsen, Director, Office of Communications and Public Liaison, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
New ways of communicating cancer information: A modular approach (PDF Presentation, UICC Conference, Dublin 2004)	Monika Preszly, Cancer Information Service, German Cancer Research Center
Collaboration adds value: The experience of the Cancer Information and Support Service, The Cancer Society of New Zealand, Wellington Division.	Julie Holt, Cancer Information Nurse, Cancer Information and Support Service, Cancer Society of New Zealand, Wellington Division, New Zealand
Sexuality and Breast Cancer- Addressing the taboo subject	D. Akkerman, Director, A. Hordern, R.N., B.N., Grad. Dip., M.Ed., MRCNA ;Cancer Information and Support Service, Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria, Australia
Improving services for women with breast cancer by establishing the role of breast care nurse in Australia through a tertiary based distance education program	Amanda Hordern, R.N., B.N., Grad. Dip. Ed., M. Ed., MRCNA., Doreen Akkerman, Director, Cancer Information and Support Service; Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria, 1 Rathdowne St, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia
Measuring the performance of telephone information services - A literature review (PDF)	Rebecca Byers and Sharon Campbell, Centre for Behavioural Research and Program Evaluation, National Cancer Institute of Canada, Anne Vézina, Canadian Cancer Society/National Cancer Institute of Canada
Integrating technology with the human touch through Dialogue - The Canadian Cancer Society's Cancer Information Service	Donna Czukar and Anne Vézina, Canadian Cancer Society
Using the model of a high performing organization to evaluate and plan a quality program	Chris Thomsen, National Cancer Institute, USA
Using Instant Messaging	Thomsen CA, Stengle WA, Worrell MA. Ballard D

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Chris Thomsen, Director, Office of Communications and Public Liaison, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.