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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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Guest Post by Dr. Patricia Ganz: What Cancer Patients and Their Families Can Do to Coordinate Post-Treatment Care

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Twenty years later, the 9th Principle of the NCCS Imperatives for Quality Cancer Care could not be more relevant. Increasingly, patients are required to take more responsibility for their health, using knowledge and self-monitoring tools that have become an essential part of medical care, such as monitoring of blood pressure, physical activity, and weight-—to name […]

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Remembering Dr. Brent Whitworth, A Dear Friend and Compassionate Doctor

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Post by NCCS CEO Shelley Fuld Nasso Today marks three years since my dear friend, Dr. Daniel Brent Whitworth, passed away at the age of 43, 19 months after being diagnosed with advanced kidney cancer. I met Brent on the first day of orientation week at Rice University in 1987. We became fast friends, had the […]

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Caring for Cancer Survivors: A Primary Care Physician’s Perspective on the Last Twenty Years and the Road Ahead

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Over the past twenty years, the number of cancer survivors has grown substantially.  Survivors are also living longer, getting older, and have numerous medical conditions that require attention.  While survivors typically receive general medical care in primary care settings, the role of primary care providers (PCPs) in the long-term follow up of survivorship needs is […]

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Amy Berman’s Open Letter in the Washington Post on Shared Decision-Making and Individual Goals

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Yesterday in the Washington Post, Amy Berman shared her experience with her cancer treatment. She was diagnosed nearly five years ago with an incurable cancer, and she has made decisions about her treatment that support her goal of living as well as she can for as long as she can. She rejected aggressive treatments, including […]

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