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>> BETSY SYKES: AND MS. SELLERS, TELL US ABOUT THE UNC CANCER NETWORK
OUTREACH PROGRAM AND HOW IT IS CONNECTING COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE
STATE TO CANCER TREATMENT AND PREVENTION RESOURCES. THE TYPE OF
WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING.
>> JEAN SELLERS: THE UNC CANCER NETWORK PROGRAM IS ACTUALLY A
COMPONENT OF OUR INCREDIBLE CANCER SERVICES WE OFFER AT UNC.
THE NORTH CAROLINA CANCER HOSPITAL OPENED ITS DOORS AT THE
END OF AUGUST, AND DURING THE DEDICATION, I HAVE TO REMIND
SOME OF THE VIEWERS AND LISTENERS OF THE WORDS OF OUR OWN
GOVERNOR PERDUE WHEN SHE SPOKE AT THE CEREMONY AND SAID,
CANCER, IT'S NOT A DIAGNOSIS NOW THAT WE CAN ASK WHEN IT IS GOING
TO HAPPEN OR IF IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. WE KNOW IT IS GOING TO
AFFECT EVERY PERSON, EITHER OURSELVES OR OUR FAMILIES.
WHILE WE HAVE A WONDERFUL CANCER HOSPITAL IN CHAPEL HILL, WE ALSO
RECOGNIZE THAT NOT EVERYONE IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA HAS
THE ABILITY TO UTILIZE THOSE RESOURCES HERE IN CHAPEL HILL.
SO THE UNC CANCER NETWORK WAS DEVELOPED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF
DR. THOMAS SHEA, WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE PROGRAM, AND WE
ARE TRYING TO DEVELOP PROGRAMS FOR PHYSICIANS AT UNC, ARE ABLE
TO CONNECT THROUGHOUT NORTH CAROLINA IN VARIOUS AREAS,
WHETHER IT BE WITH TELEMEDICINE, WITH VIDEO CONFERENCING, WHETHER IT
BE WITH NURSE NAVIGATION PROGRAMS, WHICH I'M PERSONALLY
OVER, OR EVEN FORMAL COLLABORATIONS. WE CURRENTLY NOW HAVE OUR FIRST
PILOT PROGRAM IN DARE COUNTY UP AND GOING. WE HAVE A PROGRAM
IN WHICH WE HAVE TWO NURSE NAVIGATORS IN THE GREENVILLE AREA COLLABORATING
WITH THE ECU BRODY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND WE ARE INTERVIEWING
RIGHT NOW WITH TWO NURSE NAVIGATORS TO PUT IN THE ASHEVILLE AREA.
SO WE'RE VERY, VERY EXCITED BECAUSE WE FEEL WE CAN GO FROM
THE COAST TO THE MOUNTAINS AND IN BETWEEN TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE
PEOPLE WHO DO NEED CARE FOR CANCER SERVICES.