What efforts does NCCC undertake in its outreach, prevention and education efforts to the public and to clinicians?
The NCCC has developed outreach efforts and participates with others in various outreach, prevention, awareness and education efforts. Examples of some NCCC efforts have been the development of the nation’s first cervical cancer/HPV Hotline for women and family members battling issues related to cervical cancer and HPV disease. The NCCC developed the cervical cancer/HPV Quilts project that travels the country and helps to place a personal face on the battle against cervical cancer. The NCCC began the nations FREE Pap Test Day held the second Friday of January for women that have not had a Pap test for three (3) years. Now entering its 9th year in 2008, the FREE Pap Test Day continues to grow throughout many states nationwide. The NCCC has sponsored four conferences with CME credits for physicians along with the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition (NOCC) on gynecologic cancers. The NCCC has participated with organizations such as the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the Centers For Dis
