The Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Iowa recently received a grant of $44,295 from the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF). The funds will support a program that uses the Iowa Communications Network (ICN) to link cancer specialists at Holden with 15 communities in southeast Iowa.

The project is called, “Cancer Survivorship: Ask the Experts.” Organizers are planning to hold three classes via the ICN. The course topics will include: “Living and Eating Healthy During and After Cancer Treatment” in August 2008; “Benefits of Physical Activity for Cancer Survivors and How to Find and Evaluate Reliable Health Information” in November 2008; and “Late Effects/Side Effects and the Importance of Follow-up Care for the Cancer Survivor” in March 2009.

Joan Felkner, director of the Cancer Information Service at Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, is the principal investigator on the grant. Other contributors to the grant include Keri Mercer, Pat Crile and Michael Lin, a fourth-year medical student in the UI Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine and a cancer survivor.

To read the full news release, click here.

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