Maryland Cancer Collaborative

Registration is now officially open for the 28th Annual Maryland State Council on Cancer Control Cancer Conference, to be held virtually on Thursday, November 18, 2021; 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM.

Conference topics will include:
- Cancer Control: The Low Hanging Fruit
- Impact of COVID-19 on Cancer Screening and Treatment
HPV Vaccination
- Advance Care Planning
- Financial Toxicity and the Importance of a Financial Navigator
- Updates from Comprehensive Cancer Centers in Maryland
- Abeloff Award

Please register using the following link:

28th Annual MD State Council on Cancer Control Cancer Conference (Virtual) The conference goal is to spread the word about cancer control, new developments, plans, and progress in cancer in the State.

"In a new study published Wednesday in Science Translational Medicine, one group of researchers describes how a cascade of events set off by high levels of a stress hormone could cause dormant tumor cells to reawaken to once again cause cancer."

Study: Elevated stress hormones could reawaken dormant cancer cells A cascade of events set off by high levels of a stress hormone could cause dormant tumor cells to reawaken to once again cause cancer.