Year-End MATCH (DEADLINE Dec 31): Donate & Make a Difference | Donate
It is critical that cancer patients and their caregivers have access to paid time away from work when receiving treatment or caring for their loved one. Patients with serious health care needs and their caregivers suffer in multiple ways from a lack of paid leave. Patients’ treatment may suffer, and they may suffer economically. The […]
Advocate Spotlight July 2021 | Rachel Ferraris Nearly all cancer survivors can reflect on their cancer journey and recall one specific moment – the low point. To be able to reflect on that moment is, of course, the real gift. It means you are a survivor. Reaching the light of survivorship though is only done […]
June 17, 2021. – The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) applauds the decision of the Supreme Court to dismiss the challenge to the Affordable Care Act. NCCS CEO Shelley Fuld Nasso issued the following statement. “The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship is pleased that the Supreme Court has dismissed the challenge to the Affordable […]
As lifelong Chicagoan Kimberly Richardson trained for the 2013 Chicago Marathon, the unusual lethargy she felt drove her into her doctor’s office. Diagnosed with an ovarian cyst she was scheduled for a routine surgery to remove it. She woke from the surgery to a tap on her shoulder, “Kim, it’s cancer. We’ll talk through it […]
President Biden wrote a letter to the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) recognizing May as National Cancer Research Month. National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) CEO Shelley Fuld Nasso made the following statement: “I am pleased that President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden have sent their best wishes regarding National Cancer Research […]
Guest Post by Judith L. Pearson Best-Selling Author of From Shadows to Life: A Biography of the Cancer Survivorship Movement “Survivorship has been my passion for three decades, so I might talk your ear off!” When Susie Leigh sent those words in an email to me in the summer of 2017, I had no idea […]
This week, the Biden administration rescinded a Trump administration-proposed plan that would have allowed Medicare Part D plans to limit coverage of some drugs in each of the “six protected classes.” The Trump policy sought to remove the protected classes and allow coverage of only one drug per class, including certain cancer treatments. NCCS has […]
The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) and the Cancer Leadership Council (CLC) sent a letter to the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) to recommend actions to accelerate the vaccination of cancer survivors, who are at risk of poor outcomes from COVID-19. Cancer patients have been confronted by confusing allocation rules and hard-to-navigate […]
The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) hosted a conversation on February 23 about COVID-19 vaccines with cancer control expert and Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins University, Otis Brawley, MD. Two COVID-19 vaccines have been approved, with more vaccine candidates on the horizon. What do the vaccines mean for people with a history of […]
Loss of Patient Protections Would Raise Barriers to Health Insurance — Seventeen patient groups representing millions of Americans with pre-existing conditions filed an amicus curiae (“friend-of-the-court”) brief today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in the case Texas v. United States, citing the devastating impact patients would face should the court uphold the District Court ruling to invalidate the Affordable Care Act (ACA). […]
We are relentless in improving the quality of care and life after a cancer diagnosis. Your support makes all the difference right now.
Together we can improve cancer care for survivors! Sign up to be the first to know about cancer policy issues and ways to take action
National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
8455 Colesville Road | Suite 930 | Silver Spring, MD 20910
877-NCCS-YES | info@canceradvocacy.org
Privacy Policy | Terms and Conditions
Copyright © 1995-2021 by the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship, NCCS, Cancer Survival Toolbox, and related Logos are registered in the United States as trademarks of the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship.
Be the first to hear about cancer policy and survivorship issues! Subscribe and receive the biweekly NCCS Health Care Roundup, invites to webinars and events, and more.
Founder
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