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WCOE: Obama takes on Precision Medicine, Palliative Care ≠ Hospice, Quantity and Quality of Life, CLRC News, Medicare Payment Reform, and Breast Cancer Patient Communication

January 30, 2015/in Cancer News, Cancer Policy Blog Access to Care, Affordable Care Act, Care Planning, Health Care Coverage, Palliative Care, Payment Reform, Quality Cancer Care NCCS News /by actualize
What Caught Our Eye (WCOE) Each week, we take a closer look at the cancer policy articles, studies, and stories that caught our attention.

Don't miss President Obama speak on his #PrecisionMedicine Initiative at 11:10am ET → https://t.co/zcSZULoCno

— White House OSTP 44 (@WHOSTP44) January 30, 2015

What is President Obama's 'precision medicine' plan, and how might it help you? https://t.co/T8sXHBGWm0

— Shelley Fuld Nasso (@sfuldnasso) January 30, 2015

Beautiful post by @drdonsdizon. Palliative care does not mean hospice – it's extra support for anyone facing cancer. https://t.co/6XjqRLRilz

— Shelley Fuld Nasso (@sfuldnasso) January 29, 2015

A new column @ASCO on the #PowerOfWords– breaking the association of #palliative care as hospice. https://t.co/qv2PCBblky

— Don S. Dizon MD 🇬🇺 (@drdonsdizon) January 29, 2015

Quantity and Quality of Life: Living With Metastatic Breast Cancer https://t.co/icm30idbcg via @HuffPostImpact

— Shelley Fuld Nasso (@sfuldnasso) January 29, 2015

Check out this month's Cancer Legal Resource Center Chronicle https://t.co/HlKASt2ZlO #cancer #cancerrights

— CLRC (@CancerLegalHelp) January 27, 2015

The Obama administration set an ambitious goal to rework billions of dollars in Medicare payments https://t.co/ganwl4Hxk4 via @WSJ

— NCCS – National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (@CancerAdvocacy) January 26, 2015

Many Women w/ Breast Cancer Have Poor Knowledge about their Condition https://t.co/xXUzxYzhO0 patient communication

— NCCS – National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (@CancerAdvocacy) January 26, 2015

 

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    • 2020 State of Cancer Survivorship Survey
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  • Get Involved
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“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.”

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