Other Resources for Healthcare Professionals

Various resources for providers, clinic staff, and other healthcare professionals from various sources. Resources are organized by topic area. If you have any questions about any of these resources, please reach out to zoey.hogan@doh.wa.gov.

General Resources

These resources may pertain to general practice, or to more than one cancer type.

• American Cancer Society Prevention and Early Detection Guidelines
• President's Cancer Moonshot Program: Closing Gaps in Cancer Screening
• LGBTQ+ Guide for Cancer Screening — The recommendations on this website are based on guidelines by the American Cancer Society. The patient can customize the recommendations for our LGBTQ+ community using your answers in the Create Your Guide section of this website.
• Nuestras Voces (Our Voices) Cancer Info Cards — Info cards in English and Spanish that can be downloaded and printed that cover a variety of cancer topics. Developed by the National Alliance for Hispanic Health.

Breast/Chest Cancer

• American Cancer Society Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines
• Screening for Breast Cancer in Transgender Women — UCSF Gender Affirming Health Program
• Transgender Breast Care — University of Cincinnati expert discusses how to improve transgender breast cancer screening
• Breast Cancer Has No Gender — Cedars Sinai
• African American Breast Cancer Alliance

Cervical Cancer

• American Cancer Society Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines
• Screening for Cervical Cancer in Transgender Men — UCSF Gender Affirming Health Program

Colon Cancer

• Kaiser Permanente Research Center Mailed FIT Resources — A collection of resources from KP relating to mailed FIT programs. These resources include outreach samples, FIT instructions, an implementation guide for mailed FIT programs, patient education resources (FAQs, fact sheets, clinic posters), patient navigation script samples, and more. Many (but not all) of these materials are available in more than one language.
• American Cancer Society Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines
• National LGBT Cancer Network Colorectal Cancer Screening Toolkit — A toolkit with messaging and information specifically tailored to address questions from the LGBTQIA+ community, put together by the National LGBT Cancer Network. (See LGBTQIA+ Resources below for their main website.)

LGBTQIA+ Resources

• National LGBT Cancer Network
• Screening for Breast Cancer in Transgender Women — UCSF Gender Affirming Health Program
• Screening for Cervical Cancer in Transgender Men — UCSF Gender Affirming Health Program
• Transgender Breast Care — University of Cincinnati expert discusses how to improve transgender breast cancer screening
• Whitman-Walker Cultural Competency Toolkit — Guidelines on how to develop and evaluate LGBTQIA+ cultural competency training for healthcare/clinical staff
• Breast Cancer Has No Gender — Cedars Sinai
• LGBTQ+ Guide for Cancer Screening — The recommendations on this website are based on guidelines by the American Cancer Society. The patient can customize the recommendations for our LGBTQ+ community using your answers in the Create Your Guide section of this website.