Quest for a Cure: Progress in Cancer Research
2023 Quest for a Cure series
Patient Empowerment | View event flyer
At the kick-off of our 2023 Quest for a Cure series, speakers identified strategies for patients and their caregivers to become empowered and gain greater control during their cancer journeys.
Objectives
Though every journey is different, we will identify strategies for patients and their caregivers to be empowered during their cancer journeys.
- Identify at least two strategies that people can act upon to affect their health.
- Through their cancer journeys, speakers will explain why patient empowerment is important.
Clinical Trials Awareness | View event flyer
In this series, speakers discussed the background, process, opportunities, and challenges of participating in clinical trials.
Objectives
- Identify different types of clinical trials
- Describe the phases of clinical trials
- Explain 3 major factors which pose as barriers to clinical trial participation
- Understand clinical trials from the perspective of nurses, participants, patients, and caregivers.
Prostate Cancer | View event flyer
Our speakers reviewed prostate cancer's impact in Hawaiʻi, treatment options, and offered a patient's perspective.
