CAMEO's next patient and support person course, is on February 11th at the Surrey Cancer Centre.
For more information and registration, see the Participate: Courses & Research page.

NEW:  CAMEO's oncology care provider course, "Supporting Safe and Informed CAM & Cancer Decisions" is now on-line!
For more information and registration information, see the Participate: Courses & Research page. 

NEW:  CAMEO's Complementary Medicine and Cancer in BC booklet is now available!
For more details and to download a copy, please go to our CAMEO Documents section. Don't forget to do the survey.

What is CAMEO?	CAMEO is a research program focused on knowledge translation, the process of transforming research into user-friendly information that can be shared with patients and health professionals. CAMEO studies the complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) needs of people living with cancer, their support persons, and health care providers, and develops programs and resources to help address those needs. CAMEO brings the latest CAM research to the conventional cancer care setting through education courses and lectures, published documents, and individualized information and decsion support consultations. CAMEO is jointly supported by the University of British Columbia School of Nursing and the British Columbia Cancer Agency (BCCA). CAMEO is located at the Vancouver Centre of the BCCA, and opened its doors in the summer of 2008.
Why CAMEO?	Recent studies suggest the majority of people living with cancer in Canada use at least one form of CAM during their illness. Studies also show that patients need more information and support from health professionals to make decisions about their use of CAM, particularly when using CAM alongside their conventional cancer treatments (i.e., surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation). There is a gap regarding CAM information and decision support in the context of conventional cancer care.
What does CAMEO offer?	CAMEO currently offers a range of CAM support programs and resources, all within the context of research to allow these services to be evaluated. These include:  Evidence-based information provision regarding CAM therapies One-on-one decision support for people making a CAM therapy decision Patient education courses (see Participate in Research page for next scheduled sessions) On-line Health Care Provider course (see Participate in Research page for more information & registration) The CAM and Cancer in British Columbia information booklet (see Documents page) A listing of CAM-related research projects patients can participate in (see Participate in Research page) CAMEO will soon launch a CAM Diary for monitoring the effectiveness of your CAM use.
Who should contact CAMEO?	Currently, CAMEO can only provide assistance to BC Cancer Agency cancer patients, their support persons, and cancer health care professionals in British Columbia. Patients, their support persons, and health professionals can participate in research evaluating CAMEO's CAM education and decision support strategies. You will find research information and CAMEO education programs on the Participate in Research page.
Opportunities to learn about CAMEO results	There are two webpages to find CAMEO results: Presenting Results has links and information to exciting up-coming conferences where CAMEO is presenting, and peer-reviewed journal articles. Currently, these include the CANO (Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology) and SIO (Society for Integrative Oncology) conferences. CAMEO Documents includes CAMEO-produced support tools, newsletters, and other documents for download.
CAMEO Program Objectives	Examine how best to support people living with cancer in making evidence-informed CAM decisions. Evaluate how to improve health professionals’ knowledge and decision support skills related to CAM. Facilitate the development of new CAM and cancer research knowledge.
This information is downloadable, as part of the CAMEO Program brochure:   CAMEObrochure.pdf
Acknowledgements	Funding for the CAMEO Program provided by the Lotte and John Hecht Memorial Foundation.

Last Updated: January 3, 2012