TY - JOUR
T1 - Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness, Research, and Training's legacy
T2 - The first 5 years
AU - Chen, Moon S.
AU - Shinagawa, Susan M.
AU - Bal, Dileep G.
AU - Bastani, Roshan
AU - Chow, Edward A.
AU - Ho, Reginald C.S.
AU - Jones, Lovell
AU - McPhee, Stephen J.
AU - Senie, Ruby
AU - Taylor, Vicky
AU - Kagawa-Singer, Marjorie
AU - Stewart, Susan
AU - Koh, Howard K.
AU - Li, Frederick P.
PY - 2006/10/15
Y1 - 2006/10/15
N2 - The Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness, Research, and Training (AANCART) is the first special populations network for Asian Americans on a national basis and includes collaborating organizations from Boston, New York, Houston, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Hawaii, and Sacramento (where it is headquartered at the University of California, Davis). NCI funding of AANCART in 2000 brought together investigators and leaders from 9 cities across 6 states to establish an infrastructure for addressing cancer awareness, research, and training. Since 2000, AANCART has conducted needs assessments, held community awareness activities and trainings, trained trainees, sponsored National Asian American Cancer Control Academies, and produced presentations, publications, and grants. All specific aims have been attained, including the establishment of an infrastructure to promote Asian American cancer awareness, research, and training in 4 targeted regions; the establishment of partnerships to promote accrual to clinical trials, training, and pilot studies; and the formulation and successful implementation of grant-funded research to reduce the cancer burden among Asian Americans. AANCART's first 5 years have increased cancer awareness, trained special populations scientists, and advanced the field of Asian American cancer control research.
AB - The Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness, Research, and Training (AANCART) is the first special populations network for Asian Americans on a national basis and includes collaborating organizations from Boston, New York, Houston, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Hawaii, and Sacramento (where it is headquartered at the University of California, Davis). NCI funding of AANCART in 2000 brought together investigators and leaders from 9 cities across 6 states to establish an infrastructure for addressing cancer awareness, research, and training. Since 2000, AANCART has conducted needs assessments, held community awareness activities and trainings, trained trainees, sponsored National Asian American Cancer Control Academies, and produced presentations, publications, and grants. All specific aims have been attained, including the establishment of an infrastructure to promote Asian American cancer awareness, research, and training in 4 targeted regions; the establishment of partnerships to promote accrual to clinical trials, training, and pilot studies; and the formulation and successful implementation of grant-funded research to reduce the cancer burden among Asian Americans. AANCART's first 5 years have increased cancer awareness, trained special populations scientists, and advanced the field of Asian American cancer control research.
KW - Asian Americans
KW - Awareness
KW - Cancer
KW - Community health networks
KW - Research
KW - Training
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U2 - 10.1002/cncr.22160
DO - 10.1002/cncr.22160
M3 - Article
C2 - 16977597
AN - SCOPUS:33750033159
SN - 0008-543X
VL - 107
SP - 2006
EP - 2014
JO - Cancer
JF - Cancer
IS - 8 SUPPL.
ER -