Coronavirus and Cancer Resources for Survivors
Cancer survivors have expressed concerns and questions about COVID-19, the coronavirus, and how they may be at higher risk due to their cancer history. Here are some resources about COVID-19 generally, and its impact for cancer survivors specifically. NCCS is seeking answers from public health experts on the coronavirus and its impact on cancer patients and survivors. Please leave a comment [...]
NCCS and CLC Comments on PCORI research priorities
Joe Selby, M.D., M.P.H
Executive Director
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
Re: Draft National Priorities for Research…
Beating the odds
I have to admit it. Even today, I find interpreting statistics for patients very difficult; not because I don't understand the concept…
Survival at a cost: common cancer treatment carries huge risks
While the number of cancer survivors has tripled since the 1970s and continues to grow decades later, the cost of that survival for…
Chemotherapy can impair cognition more than two decades later
More than 20 years after treatment, breast cancer patients who received adjuvant chemotherapy exhibited cognitive deficits compared…