Guest Post by Amy Abernethy of Flatiron Health: Long-Term Medical Data Collection Improves Care Quality, Outcomes
The eighth principle in the Imperatives for Quality Cancer Care states, "Systematic long-term follow-up should generate data that contribute to improvements in cancer therapies and decreases in morbidity." In this post, Dr. Amy Abernethy addresses promising advances in the long-term collection of medical data, which could ultimately help medical professionals ...
Twenty Years Later Blog Series: Introducing the Eighth Principle of the Imperatives for Quality Cancer Care
Over the course of 2015, NCCS and a diverse group of guest contributors will revisit the Imperatives for Quality Cancer Care as published in 1995 and evaluate progress made to date in achieving the principles proposed and ensuring that they guide the cancer care experience. The eighth principle of the Imperatives for Quality ...
Guest Post: Developing Clinical Solutions to Improve Survivorship Care: The Value of Partnership
The seventh principle in the Imperatives for Quality Cancer Care states, "Long-term survivors should have access to specialized follow-up clinics that focus on health promotion, disease prevention, rehabilitation, and identification of physiologic and psychological problems. Communication with the primary care physician must be maintained." In this post, Dr. Linda Overholser ...
Guest Post: Oncologist and Cancer Survivor Greg Aune Talks Multi-Disciplinary Care
The seventh principle in the Imperatives for Quality Cancer Care states, “Long-term survivors should have access to specialized follow-up clinics that focus on health promotion, disease prevention, rehabilitation, and identification of physiologic and psychological problems. Communication with the primary care physician must be maintained.” Providing his perspective on the state ...
Cancer Survivorship: You’re Never Really Done
When the Imperatives of Quality Cancer Care were written by NCCS 20 years ago, one principle of quality care stated that, “Long-term survivors should have access to specialized follow-up clinics that focus on health promotion, disease prevention, rehabilitation, and identification of physiologic and psychological problems. Communication with the primary care ...
Guest Video: Mary McCabe Discusses Survivorship Care Planning and the Delivery of Coordinated Care
At the NCCS Cancer Policy Advocate Training (CPAT) held in Washington, DC from June 24-25, Mary McCabe, RN, MN spoke to patient advocates about survivorship care planning and models for delivering survivorship care. This presentation was part of a larger panel titled, Survivorship Care Planning and the Delivery of Coordinated ...
Twenty Years Later Blog Series: Introducing the Seventh Principle of the Imperatives for Quality Cancer Care
The seventh principle in the Imperatives for Quality Cancer Care states, “Long-term survivors should have access to specialized follow-up clinics that focus on health promotion, disease prevention, rehabilitation, and identification of physiologic and psychological problems. Communication with the primary care physician must be maintained.” Over the last 20 years, survivorship ...
Navigating Cancer Survivorship Without a Net: How Far Have We Come and Where Are We Headed?
Diagnosed, in 1994, with stage three testicular cancer with metastases to several lymph nodes and both lungs followed by an unrelated diagnosis of kidney cancer three months later, I found myself completely unprepared for the journey I was about to embark on. At the age of 25, while many of ...
Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Survivor Dr. Greg Aune Discusses Issues in Long-Term Survivorship Care
At age 16, Greg Aune was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and was successfully cured of his disease after undergoing one year of chemotherapy and radiation treatments. His cancer experience led Dr. Aune down a path to becoming a pediatric oncologist and physician scientist. In this video, Dr. Aune discusses issues ...
Guest Post: “Coughing and Spluttering” — NCCS Co-Founder Susie Leigh Writes About Improving Care for Long-Term Survivors
The sixth principle of the Imperatives states, “People with histories of cancer have the right to continued medical follow-up with basic standards of care that include the specific needs of long-term survivors.” NCCS has been on the forefront of incorporating care and survivorship care plans into cancer care. Providing her ...
