title: [Palliative Care Interactive Network in KAWAGOE: PINK for regional alliances].
abstract: The Cancer Control Act has come into effect in 2007. As an important idea of the act, a regional based hospital for cancer treatment and care should respect cancer patient's autonomy and improve his/her quality of life. We have organized PINK (Palliative Care Interactive Network in Kawagoe)in order to fulfill the idea in practical palliative care. Our activities are: Annual conference, Civic forum on Relay for Life in Kawagoe , Patients' association, and Case study examination using our mailing list. This network was built based on our activities to realize an important idea of the Cancer Control Act.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of General Thoracic Surgery and Palliative Care Team, Saitama Medical Center.
authors.forename: Masatoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gika
authors.forename: Rie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sawada
authors.forename: Reiko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Matsuzaki
authors.forename: Yoshiaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Kohei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: Keisuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Eguchi
authors.forename: Mitsuo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakayama
mesh_terms: D019058:Community Networks; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D010166:Palliative Care