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Accessing COVID-19 Resources After the Public Health Emergency Ends

May 4, 2023/in HHS, NCCS News Access to Care, COVID-19, Health Care Coverage, Quality Cancer Care Issue Statements, NCCS News

The COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), which has been in effect since early 2020, will end on May 11, 2023. The federal government may continue to distribute free COVID-19 tests from its supply of purchased COVID-19 treatments, tests, and vaccines through the United States Postal Service, states, and other community partners. While this supply remains, […]

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NCCS Urges Insurance Companies to Preserve Access to DIEP Flap Breast Reconstruction

April 28, 2023/in NCCS News Access to Care, Health Care Coverage, Quality Cancer Care Issue Statements, NCCS News

This week, NCCS joined other patient advocacy organizations and medical professional societies in submitting a letter to the CEOs of major insurance companies, expressing concerns with recent insurance coverage policy changes that have limited access to DIEP flap breast reconstruction surgery. Specifically, the letter asks these insurance companies to engage with individuals who have received […]

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Webinar – Amplifying Your Message: Advocating Through Traditional Media Channels

April 21, 2023/in NCCS News Quality Cancer Care NCCS News

NCCS hosted a CPAT webinar on leveraging traditional media for cancer advocacy with public relations and marketing expert Michael Holtz. While social media is an important tool for amplifying cancer advocacy messages, traditional media outlets like newspapers, television, and radio, and their digital counterparts, are still relevant and can help raise awareness and put pressure […]

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Lisa Rice – My Breast Cancer Journey: Many Lessons Learned and More in Store

April 20, 2023/in Advocate Spotlight, NCCS News Disparities in Outcomes, Health Equity, Quality Cancer Care, Shared Decision-Making Advocate Spotlight, NCCS News

During my final semester of college, a life-changing call came. My mother was in the hospital, waiting for results of a biopsy of a tumor she’d found in her breast. My father told me that she’d already decided, if the tumor was malignant, she would proceed with a radical mastectomy […]

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Ruth Travis: Cancer Is Not a Death Sentence. It’s a License to Live.

April 6, 2023/in Advocate Spotlight, NCCS News Disparities in Outcomes, Health Equity Advocate Spotlight, NCCS News

Ruth Travis knows the power of early detection. She started getting regular mammograms when she was 40 years old. After 22 years, the annual process was nothing new. In 2007, Ruth arrived for her annual screening mammogram […]

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Betsy Glosik: A Cancer Survivor’s Journey Towards Integrative Healing and Advocacy

March 8, 2023/in Advocate Spotlight, NCCS News Integrative Oncology, Quality Cancer Care, Quality Measurement, Survivorship Care Advocate Spotlight, NCCS News

For Betsy Glosik, the early 2000s brought one trauma after another. She lost her aunt to melanoma. Then, tragically she lost her 20-yr old daughter to a car accident. In 2003, after years of mentioning her concerns about a mole on her foot to her dermatologist, and repeatedly having her concerns dismissed, Betsy was diagnosed with melanoma…

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Sharon Rivera-Sanchez: Triple Negative Breast Cancer Survivor Finds Passion in Fitness and Advocacy

January 12, 2023/in Advocate Spotlight, NCCS News Access to Care, Clinical Trials, Disparities in Outcomes, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Financial Toxicity, Health Equity, Quality Cancer Care, Survivorship Care Advocate Spotlight, NCCS News

As a Triple Negative Breast Cancer survivor, Sharon turned her personal experience into a passion for advocacy and giving back to the community. When she received her diagnosis in May 2015, she remembers being in a state of shock and grief. She said, “You have to allow yourself time to breathe and grieve.”

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NCCS Presents 7th Annual Ellen L. Stovall Award to Patricia Ganz, MD, and Alicia Staley for their Dedication to Improving Cancer Care

November 17, 2022/in Uncategorized Quality Cancer Care NCCS News

The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship hosted the 7th annual Ellen L. Stovall Award for Innovation in Patient-Centered Cancer Care Awards Reception on November 16, 2022 in Washington, DC. NCCS proudly presented the 2022 Stovall Awards to two remarkable champions for patient-centered cancer in the cancer community: Patricia Ganz, MD, and Alicia Staley. Laurie Isenberg, […]

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Amanda Helms: Care Planning, Mental Health, and Palliative Care are Essential to Quality Cancer Care

November 1, 2022/in Advocate Spotlight, NCCS News Care Planning, COVID-19, Palliative Care, Psychosocial Care, Quality Cancer Care, Survivorship Care Advocate Spotlight, NCCS News

Amanda Helms was enjoying a bubble bath while reading a book when she looked down and noticed a lump on the side of her breast in January of 2020. She had a bad feeling about it instantly, even though she had no family history or risk factors. She went to her family doctor who referred […]

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Michael Holtz: Everyone Has a Place in the Advocacy Community

October 12, 2022/in Advocate Spotlight, NCCS News Access to Care, Care Coordination, Clinical Trials, COVID-19, Doctor-Patient Communication, Quality Cancer Care, Survivorship Care Advocate Spotlight, NCCS News

“Everyone has a place in the advocacy continuum: Your lived experience is important.” Michael Holtz didn’t know that the “funky” digestive symptoms in December of 2011 would be the first signs of his cancer diagnosis. These rectal spasms would leave Michael rushing to the bathroom, and either nothing would happen or there would be a […]

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Webinar – Survivorship at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center: Creating a Practical Workflow

May 12, 2023
The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) hosted a Survivorship Champions webinar about survivorship care implementation,…
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Sandra Finestone, PsyD: Be Bold and Don’t Hesitate – A 30-year Survivor’s Advice on Advocacy

May 8, 2023
Advocate Spotlight: Sandra Finestone, PsyD A cancer diagnosis can be overwhelming and life-changing, but for Sandra Finestone, it…
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Accessing COVID-19 Resources After the Public Health Emergency Ends

May 4, 2023
The COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), which has been in effect since early 2020, will end on May 11, 2023. The federal government…
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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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