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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 [...]
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NCCS Urges Insurance Companies to Preserve Access to DIEP Flap Breast Reconstruction

This week, NCCS joined other patient advocacy organizations and medical professional societies in submitting a letter to the CEOs of…
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Webinar – Amplifying Your Message: Advocating Through Traditional Media Channels

NCCS hosted a CPAT webinar on leveraging traditional media for cancer advocacy with public relations and marketing expert Michael Holtz.…
NCCS Letter to HHS

NCCS and Cancer Leadership Council Issue Comments on Implementation of Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program

NCCS joined with other member organizations of the Cancer Leadership Council (CLC) in a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid…
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Lisa Rice – My Breast Cancer Journey: Many Lessons Learned and More in Store

During my final semester of college, a life-changing call came. My mother was in the hospital, waiting for results of a biopsy of a tumor she’d found in her breast. My father told me that she’d already decided, if the tumor was malignant, she would proceed with a radical mastectomy [...]
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Ruth Travis: Cancer Is Not a Death Sentence. It’s a License to Live.

Ruth Travis knows the power of early detection. She started getting regular mammograms when she was 40 years old. After 22 years, the annual process was nothing new. In 2007, Ruth arrived for her annual screening mammogram [...]
NCCS Letter to HHS

NCCS Joins With Patient Advocates and Health Care Professionals to Call on CMS to Ensure Access to DIEP Flap Breast Reconstruction

WASHINGTON, DC, April 3, 2023 – Advocates for individuals in need of breast reconstruction surgery delivered a letter and petition…

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The NCCS Cancer Policy & Advocacy Team (CPAT) is a program for survivors and caregivers to learn about pressing policy issues that affect quality cancer care in order to be engaged as advocates in public policy around the needs of cancer survivors.

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