
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 [...]

WCOE: Challenges of Care Coordination in a Fragmented Health Care System
Several articles caught our eye this week about the complexities of our reimbursement system and the lack of incentives in…

Focus on the Care Video: Emily Lee Discusses Emerging Payment Models in Cancer Care
Emily Lee, a policy analyst at the Center for American Progress (CAP), spoke to us at the NCCS Cancer Policy Roundtable in April of…

The Difficult Question of When to Stop Treatment
Yesterday, I stumbled across the Twitter chat #whentostop, hosted by the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS), addressing one of the most…

WCOE: Different Treatment Options Require Consideration of Patient Preferences, and What We Can Learn from Price Transparency in Veterinary Medicine
In “Breast Cancer Chemotherapy Varies Widely: Study Raises Questions About Early Treatment Choices,” Dr. Elaine Schattner,…

Addressing the Gaps in Treatment Planning and Coordination with the PACT Act (H.R. 2477)
Recently we were reminded of the importance of the Planning Actively for Cancer Treatment (PACT) Act, H.R. 2477 as we participated…

WCOE: Making Hard Choices and the Impact of Price Transparency
In “Living with Cancer: Difficult Choices,” another installment in her series in The New York Times, Susan Gubar writes about…

Exploring Access to Unapproved Therapies
In a series entitled, “When Unapproved Drugs Are the Only Hope,” Meg Tirrell of CNBC takes an in-depth look into the complicated…

WCOE: Improving Quality for Patients by Delivering and Paying for Care Differently
In two America Tonight segments entitled, “Is America treating cancer the wrong way?” Michael Okwu of Al Jazeera America delves…

Balancing Patient Protections and Innovation: NCCS Applauds FDA Action to Regulate Laboratory-Developed Tests
The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) commends the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for taking critical steps to…

WCOE: Planning for Hospice, Difficult Conversations, and Second Opinions
As avid followers of Susan Gubar’s series in The New York Times on living with cancer, we read her most recent installment,…