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WCOE: Touching Tribute in Memory of Chris Tannous, Paying for Cancer Treatment, A Life-Saving Second Opinion, and the Underbelly of Medicine

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Did A Study Overreach When It Said A Vaccine Prevents Leukemia? https://t.co/137H1AK7y5 — NPR Health News (@NPRHealth) May 27, 2015 Our hearts are saddened by the loss of AIS Member Chris Tannous. Read this beautiful tribute: https://t.co/fDrAt0ScfG pic.twitter.com/eTvGDfqqeY — Susan G. Komen (@SusanGKomen) May 29, 2015 The #Oncology Care Model is changing the nature of […]

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Our Response to the Recent Allegations of Misuse of Donor’s Gifts by Four Cancer Charities

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This week, we learned the heartbreaking news that four cancer charities have been accused of misusing donor’s gifts, spent lavishly on inappropriate expenses, and did little to support the cancer patients they claimed to help. On behalf of our colleagues in the cancer community, and the millions of cancer survivors and caregivers, we find this breach […]

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Guest Post: CancerCare Addresses Issues of Access to Supportive Care and the Changing Needs of Patients in the Last Twenty Years

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This month, as part of the 20 Years Later blog series, we are revisiting the fifth principle of the Imperatives for Quality Cancer Care: Access, Advocacy, and Accountability. This principle states: “People with cancer should be provided a range of benefits by all health care plans that includes primary and secondary prevention, early detection, initial […]

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WCOE: Patients’ Need to Be Advised, Confidence in Cost Communication, Compassion, and NCCS CEO Weighs in on CMS’ Oncology Care Model

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Living With Cancer: Patients on Our Own https://t.co/STkNQmCd2C SUsan Gubar's latest post via @nytimeswell — NCCS – National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (@CancerAdvocacy) May 22, 2015 ASCO Updates Its Templates for Disease-Specific #Survivorship Care Plans https://t.co/NokdZl1NWr — Oncology Nursing News (@OncNursingNews) May 21, 2015 Healthcare too costly? Don't fear telling your doctor via @lisazamosky @latimes […]

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NCCS Joins Other Advocates in Endorsing Bipartisan Medical Debt Relief Act of 2015

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This week NCCS joined a diverse group of advocacy groups in endorsing the bipartisan Medical Debt Relief Act of 2015 (H.R. 2362). Medical debts can remain on patients’ credit scores for up to seven years, even after they have been paid or settled, lowering his or her credit score and dramatically affecting the ability to […]

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WCOE: NCCS and Partners at #BreakawayfromCancer, the Reality of Living with Stage 4, and Cost-Conscious Care

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Reality: Living with Stage 4: The breast cancer no one understands, w/ insight from @jodyms, @fredhutch –https://t.co/xr1MZ5YG8L — Elaine Schattner MD, MA (@ESchattner) May 12, 2015 .@bagit4u We're participating and presenting the public policy advocacy workshop Aug. 16-20 Tucson #cancer #advocacy https://t.co/MlWtHF3QA4 — NCCS – National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (@CancerAdvocacy) May 14, 2015 Great […]

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Guest Post: The Progress of Prevention—The Culmination of 20 Years of Advocacy

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Twenty years ago NCCS defined quality cancer care to include a full spectrum of necessary services for cancer patients. These included primary and secondary prevention, early detection, initial treatment, supportive therapies to manage pain, nausea, fatigue, and infections, long-term follow-up, psychosocial services, palliative care, hospice care, and bereavement counseling.  This principle, and all of the […]

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Revisiting the Fifth Principle of the Imperatives for Quality Cancer Care

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This month, as part of the 20 Years Later blog series, we are revisiting the fifth principle of the Imperatives for Quality Cancer Care: Access, Advocacy, and Accountability. This principle states: “People with cancer should be provided a range of benefits by all health care plans that includes primary and secondary prevention, early detection, initial […]

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Dr. Atul Gawande’s Recent “Overkill” Article Examines Screening, Overtreatment, and Anxiety

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In another excellent piece in the The New Yorker entitled “Overkill,” Dr. Atul Gawande writes about what he calls an “avalanche” of unnecessary care Americans are receiving. With his characteristic mix of hard data, policy analysis, and personal stories, he describes the harms of overtreatment, to both individuals and the health care system. He writes, […]

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WCOE: Becoming a Caregiver, Homemade Cards From A Survivor, Quality of Life Talks, and Atul Gawande’s Latest

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Susan Gubar's Living With Cancer: Becoming a Caregiver https://t.co/OaEHabDNs0 via @nytimeswell — NCCS – National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (@CancerAdvocacy) May 8, 2015 A cancer survivor designs the cards she wishes she’d received from friends and family: https://t.co/bKV9SFdVoV via @slate — NCCS – National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (@CancerAdvocacy) May 8, 2015 It’s Not Just […]

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