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Cancer ‘always in the back of my mind’ for 3-time survivor

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NCCS volunteer and Super Advocate, Jasan Zimmerman, is featured in a CNN Health article about childhood cancer survivors. The article references a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association that finds that survivors of childhood cancer are at increased risk of dying of second cancers and circulatory diseases 25 years or more after their diagnosis. […]

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The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship Supports Broad Adoption of Electronic Health Records

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The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) announced its support of the two final rules issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) for the electronic health record incentive programs at a briefing hosted by the U.S. Department of Health and […]

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Cancer Advocacy Groups Discuss the Issues at ASCO

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Last month, more than 33,000 people attended the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting in Chicago. Advocacy groups had a chance to meet with health care professionals and pharmaceutical industry representatives to discuss the latest issues in cancer. The latest issue of Oncology Times features an article, “ASCO Venue Provides Forums for Various Advocacy Discussions and Sound […]

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