Journal of Hope
Three and a half years ago, the staff and board of The Minnie Pearl Cancer Foundation bid a fond farewell to colleague and director of development Sally Dadmun Bixby.…
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Our Cancer Resource Center maintains an extensive library of cancer-related education materials. We encourage area physicians and oncology clinics to refer their cancer patients to us to get information.
Our free lending library is stocked with an updated selection of educational and inspirational books, magazines, pamphlets, and audiovisual materials as well as computers to access bookmarked cancer related websites for research on up-to-date cancer information.
Minnie Pearl also offers educational materials such as the Cancer Resource Roadmap resource guide and the Cancer in the Workplace DVD. Cancer patients also find support and hope in the Nashville area American Cancer Society Hope Lodge library, funded and maintained be The Minnie Pearl Cancer Foundation, as well as MPCF resource libraries established in other medical settings in Middle Tennessee.
Advancing Treatment in the Community
Those diagnosed with cancer do have options for treatment. Guided by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, The Minnie Pearl Cancer Foundation recognizes that “the best management of any cancer patient is participation in a clinical trial”.
A clinical trial is not the first step in the development of a new drug or treatment. In fact, it is one of the last. Clinical trials (or research studies) are designed to answer questions about new ways of finding and diagnosing, treating and preventing cancer, which will improve the current standard of care. Benefits of participating in a trial include access to promising new treatment that may be better than the current standard of care; access to high-quality expert medical care at leading cancer treatment and research facilities; and an opportunity to participate in efforts to find more effective cancer treatment options for others facing this disease.
The Minnie Pearl Cancer Foundation helps answer questions about joining a clinical research trial. Our role is to share information, assist in exploring options, and assist in developing questions that those considering a clinical trial may ask their physicians. Knowing about and understanding the benefits of cancer-related clinical trials helps those impacted by cancer to make an informed decision about treatment options. Click on the following links for more information:
www.vanderbilthealth.com/clinicaltrials/