Entries by NCCS Staff

Cancer Nation Releases Survivorship Survey 2025 Results

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Cancer Nation worked with Edge Research to conduct our seventh annual nationwide survey of cancer survivors, exploring their experiences living with, through, and beyond cancer. The 2025 Cancer Nation Survivorship Survey captures the voices and realities of more than 2,000 cancer survivors across the United States. Cancer Nation uses this survey to turn lived experience […]

Webinar – Navegando la terapia de células T con CAR: su camino hacia la recuperación

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La serie de seminarios web de Cáncer Nation presenta “Navegando la terapia de células T con CAR: su camino hacia la recuperación”, una conversación sobre el recorrido de la terapia de células T con CAR y cómo el tratamiento está brindando nuevas opciones de atención. Unirse con nosotros para aprender más sobre la trayectoria de […]

Webinar – Navigating CAR T-Cell Therapy: Your Journey to Recovery

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Cancer Nation’s Webinar Series presents “Navigating CAR T-Cell Therapy: Your Journey to Recovery,” a conversation about the journey of CAR T-cell therapy and how the treatment is providing new options for care. CAR (short for chimeric antigen receptor) T-cell therapy uses an engineered version of a patient’s own white blood cells to target and attack cancer […]

Protect Our Health Care: Tell Congress to Extend ACA Tax Credits

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Millions Could Lose Health Coverage if Congress Fails to Act 22 million Americans rely on Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits to afford health insurance. If Congress lets them expire at the end of 2025, premiums will skyrocket by 75% and over 4 million people will lose coverage entirely. These tax credits are a […]

Webinar: Navigating Communication on Clinical Trials in Oncology

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Effective communication between patients and oncologists is essential to ensure understanding, participation, and optimal outcomes. This webinar discusses the role of communication in clinical trial participation. Viewers will gain insight into how communication can influence trial participation, improve patient understanding, and address concerns such as eligibility, side effects, and informed consent.

Clarifying Cancer Diets: A Critical Look at Trending Diets & Practical Tools for Nutrition Planning

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Cancer survivors often find themselves confronted with trying to navigate through the maze of confusing and contradictory nutritional approaches in cancer care. Cancer diets may concentrate on specific cancer-fighting nutrients, inflammation reduction, overall quality of life, and adequate nourishment to deal with debilitating and lingering treatment side effects. However, dealing with a cancer survivor’s nutritional […]

The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship Is Now Cancer Nation

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For nearly 40 years, the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) has been the leading voice for quality cancer care. When we began in 1986, “cancer survivorship” was a radical concept. Survivors were often treated as afterthoughts, if they were acknowledged at all. Today, innovations in cancer treatments have dramatically increased the number of people […]

Webinar – Understanding Medicaid: What Advocates Need to Know

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The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) presents “Understanding Medicaid: What Advocates Need to Know.” Designed for cancer survivors, caregivers, and health care professionals, this session sheds light on Medicaid’s critical role in providing health coverage to 74 million Americans, including cancer survivors and their families. During this educational webinar, we explore the essentials of […]

NCCS to Recognize Susan Leigh, BSN, RN and Desirée Walker with 2025 Ellen L. Stovall Award

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The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) is proud to announce the recipients of the 2025 Ellen L. Stovall Award for Innovation in Patient-Centered Cancer Care: Susan Leigh, BSN, RN-Retired – Health Care Professional Award Desirée A.H. Walker – Patient Advocate Award The Ellen L. Stovall Award, named in honor of longtime NCCS CEO and […]

National Patient Organizations United in Opposition to House Budget Resolution that Threatens Medicaid Coverage for Millions

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The House of Representatives this week will consider a budget resolution instructing the House Energy and Commerce Committee to reduce spending by $880 billion, with most cuts anticipated to target Medicaid. These reductions would have a devastating impact on the nearly 80 million Americans who depend on Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) […]

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