Maryland Cancer Collaborative

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Purpose

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The Maryland Can​​cer Collaborative (MCC) is a state wide coalition of volunteers charged with implementing the ​Maryland C​ompre​hensive Cancer Control Plan​ (Cancer Plan) to reduce the burden of cancer in the state. 

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Members choose priorities from the Cancer Plan, form workgroups around those priorities, and draft and implement action plans. 

Current MCC Workgroups are:

• ​​Advance Care Planning Workgroup​
• Cancer Screening Workgroup
• HPV Vaccination Workgroup
• Tobacco Cessation Workgroup

The Advance Care Planning Workgroup's priority strategies are:

• Partner with Maryland cancer support networks and coalitions to determine effective strategies to support advance care planning among cancer survivors.
• Educate health care providers on having culturally sensitive advance care planning discussions with all newly diagnosed Marylanders with cancer.​

The Cancer Screening Workgroup's priority strategies are:

• Increase cancer screening to reach Healthy People 2030 targets.
• Compile a resource for healthcare providers on best practices toreduce structural barriers tocancer screening and diagnosticwork-up.​

The HPV Vaccination Workgroup's priority strategies are:

• Educate health care providers, particularly pediatricians, on the importance of making a strong and timely HPV vaccination recommendation, with a focus on cancer prevention.
•  Implement systems changes within health care practices to:
• ​​Check teenage patients’ vaccination status and offer all indicated vaccines at each visit
• Schedule the next HPV vaccination dose before the end of the current appointment 
• Utilize reminder and recall strategies

The Tobacco Cessation Workgroup's priority strategies are:​

• Educate vulnerable populations through health communications efforts and promote evidence-based tobacco cessation and treatment services.
• Work with health systems to expand utilization of evidence-based tobacco cessation and treatment methods, including inpatient tobacco treatment counseling, referrals to the Maryland Tobacco Quitline, ​and nicotine replacement therapy.​​​

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