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NCCS has revised and updated Teamwork: the Cancer Patient’s Guide to Talking with Your Doctor booklet to include a sample treatment plan with a map to appropriate questions for each component to ensure the patient remains an active team member and decision maker in their care. A treatment summary template and sample survivorship care plan have also […]
The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship was selected by the Cardinal Health Foundation as one of 42 grant recipients to fund organizational programs that help U.S. hospitals, health systems and community health organizations improve the effectiveness, efficiency and excellence of patient care. The grant will help support NCCS’s efforts in using technology and mobile applications […]
NCCS has recently updated two of its long-standing publications: one that addresses employment rights as a cancer survivor and the other that helps cancer patients understand and define their health insurance options and rights. The organization has also recognized that during the final stage of survivorship, having important discussions and making deliberate decisions can help patients […]
NCCS, along with 11 other organizations sponsored an Institute of Medicine (IOM) consensus study: Improving the Quality of Cancer Care: Addressing the Challenges of an Aging Population. On May 21, 2012, the committee began to examine issues in the quality of cancer care with a specific focus on the demographic changes that will rapidly accelerate the […]
NCCS was recently invited to participate in a roundtable discussion on the potential role of Health Information Technology in cancer care and care coordination. Senior Health Policy Advisor Ellen Stovall attended the June 7th meeting organized by the National Cancer Institute at NIH, the eHealth Initiative, and Dr. Farzad Mostashari, the National Coordinator for Health […]
The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS), a national organization representing survivors of all types of cancer, commends the Supreme Court for affirming the constitutionality of the primary provisions of the Affordable Care Act. “Many cancer survivors struggle to get timely, high-quality care that they can afford, and the Affordable Care Act will help them […]
What an incredible tour it’s been for us! We’ve had the opportunity to meet some really amazing survivors, caregivers and loved ones, and hear many inspiring stories of survivorship along the way. It truly does take a team to Breakaway from Cancer – and NCCS is privileged to be a part of Amgen’s initiative to connect […]
Four individuals who have made a difference for others affected by cancer in their communities have been selected as Breakaway from Cancer® Champions. They will be honored at the seventh consecutive edition of the Amgen Tour of California as part of Amgen’s Breakaway from Cancer initiative. The Amgen Tour of California is America’s largest and […]
The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) Pocket Cancer Care Guide mobile app has been selected as an Official Honoree of the 16th Annual Webby Awards. The mobile app, designed for cancer survivors and caregivers, allows users to quickly and easily build lists of practical questions to guide conversations with their doctors and nurses. This […]
Competition Expands to Canada Get your canvases, paintbrushes and cameras ready — the subject is cancer and you are the storyteller. Lilly Oncology and the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) today announced the launch of the 2012 Lilly Oncology On Canvas: Expressions of a Cancer Journey Art Competition and Exhibition. The biennial competition invites […]
Survivorship Champions is a program for all clinicians and researchers, both oncology and primary care, who are interested in improving survivorship care and primary care’s role in caring for cancer survivors.
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.
NCCS represents the millions of Americans who share a common experience – living with, through and beyond a cancer diagnosis. By sharing your story of how you have been touched by cancer, you are supporting the national cancer survivorship movement.
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Northeast Regional Cancer Institute
“Perhaps one of the most impactful collaborations in Dr. Brereton’s extraordinary career remains his early work and long friendship with Ellen Stovall. Through him, and in turn through the thousands of lives he has touched, Ellen’s work continues, and her mission lives on.”
—Karen M. Saunders
President, Northeast Regional Cancer Institute