In this issue, we focus on Cancer evaluation, prevention, and treatment. We’ve also included a special report from the Delaware Center for Health Innovation on the Development and Deployment of Community Health Workers in Delaware – June 2017. The featured interview for this month is with Vicky Cooke, the recently retired executive director of the Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition. We are honored to have Nicholas J. Petrelli, M.D., Bank of America Endowed Medical Director, Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute of Christiana Care Health System, as our guest editor. We know you will appreciate the wealth of expertise in these pages.
Article 1. In this Issue: Cancer
Daniel J. Meara, MD, DMD; Omar A. Khan, MD, MHS; Timothy E. Gibbs, MPH
Article 2. Cancer Care in Delaware: A National Model
Nicholas J. Petrelli, MD, FACS
Article 3. Delaware Cancer Consortium
Heather Brown; Nicholas J. Petrelli, MD, FACS
Article 4. Improving Access to Cancer Genetic Counseling through Telegenetics – A Bayhealth-University of Pennsylvania Initiative
Cara Cacioppo, MS, LCCG; Neeraja Reddy, MS, LCCG; Elisabeth M. Wood, MS, LCCG; Jan Jaeger, PhD; Demietrios Ofidis; Rishi Sawhney, MD; Priya Singh; Kimberly Vidrine, BSN, RN, OCN; Harriet Pinkston; John Shevock, FACHE, FACMPE; Angela Bradbury, MD
Article 5. Commission on Cancer (CoC) CP3R Measures for Colon Cancer Evaluation of Delaware Cancer Registry Data
Betsy Cromartie, MA, CTR; Bob Hall-McBride, CTR; Zeinab Baba, DrPH, MS;
Article 6. Nanoparticle-Mediated Gene Regulation as a Novel Strategy for Cancer Therapy
Nicole L. Kreuzberger; Jilian R. Melamed; and Emily S. Day, PhD
Article 7. An Interview with Vicky Cooke
Timothy E. Gibbs, MPH
Article 8. Timeliness of Breast Cancer Treatment in Delaware
Stephanie H. Belinske, MPH; James Spellman, MD; Lisa Henry, MS; Marjorie Shannon, MS
Article 9. Screening for Prostate Cancer: Making Sense of the US Preventive Services Task Force 2017 Draft Recommendation Statement
David M. Bercaw, MD
Article 10. Community View Psychosocial Care for People with Cancer: The Cancer Support Community Model
Sean M. Hebbel, LCSW, OSW-C
Article 11. The Delaware Cancer Consortium Retreat: The Role of Sport and Physical Activity in Cancer Prevention
Katherine W. Smith, MD, MPH
Article 12. Robert R. H. Frelick: From the History and Archives Collection
Brian W. Little, MD, PhD