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WCOE: The Dempsey Challenge, The 100 Day Project, LGBT HealthLink E-Summit, Integrating Palliative Care in Cancer Treatment, and More News

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What Caught Our Eye (WCOE) Each week, we recap the cancer policy articles, studies, and stories that caught our attention. It's finally here! We're @DempChallenge w @CancerAdvocacy @CancerSupportCM @PreventCancer @PatrickDempsey! It's going to be a great #Maine! — BreakawayfromCancer (@BreakawayCancer) October 16, 2015 https://twitter.com/NikiBarrPhD/status/655062042769006592 Dr Diane Portman on Integrating Palliative Care in Cancer Treatment https://t.co/WBn6sq8n0c […]

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NCCS to Honor Dr. Richard Pazdur and Ellen Goodman at “Focus on the Care” Reception

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Silver Spring, MD — The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship will host a reception to honor Dr. Richard Pazdur and Ellen Goodman on Wednesday, October 21st in Washington, DC.  Survivors, friends, advocates, health providers, researchers, policymakers, and members of the press are invited to attend as we celebrate these individuals who have made cancer care […]

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Video Post: Dr. Bob Carlson and Joan McClure Discuss the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Guidelines

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The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) is a non-profit organization, created by an alliance of 26 leading cancer centers in the United States. At the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship’s 2015 Spring Cancer Policy Roundtable, Dr. Bob Carlson and Joan McClure of NCCN sat down with us to talk about their organization’s Clinical Practice Guidelines. […]

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WCOE: Doctors as Friends, Cancer’s Definitive Effects, Therapy as Art, and More

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What Caught Our Eye (WCOE) Each week, we recap the cancer policy articles, studies, and stories that caught our attention. Living With Cancer: My Doctor, My Friend https://t.co/w9qEXXXLka via @nytimeswell — NCCS – National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (@CancerAdvocacy) October 5, 2015 Cancer: a Defining Experience? https://t.co/vkq8SUCDfV via @usnews — NCCS – National Coalition for […]

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Metastatic Breast Cancer: A Student’s Perspective

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Recently I had the privilege of attending “A Journey of Courage and Hope: The Johns Hopkins Metastatic Breast Cancer Retreat for Couples.” Facilitated by a renowned leader in patient-centered breast cancer care, Lillie Shockney, this unique retreat for patients and their spouses explores the resources to cope physically, financially, and emotionally with the chronic nature […]

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WCOE: Life-saving End-of-life Discussions, New HHS Investment, When Seniors Talk to Med Students, and More

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What Caught Our Eye (WCOE) Each week, we recap the cancer policy articles, studies, and stories that caught our attention. "A nurse with fatal breast cancer says end-of-life discussions saved her life" #choosingwisely @NotesOnNursing https://t.co/cPhjYxPKGt — ABIM Foundation (@ABIMFoundation) September 29, 2015 How does cancer affect people from different populations and groups? This video explains […]

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