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In a recent opinion post in The New York Times, columnist Ellen Goodman writes intimately about the loss of her parents. Decades after the death of her father, Goodman felt wholly unprepared for the decisions that needed to be made as her mother’s health declined, assuming—like many caregivers and loved ones do—that death would be […]
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 my friends were planning weddings, […]
Supreme Court decision is good news for cancer patients who need help purchasing health insurance. #SCOTUS #KingvBurwell — Shelley Fuld Nasso (@sfuldnasso) June 25, 2015 Check out this blog post about yesterday's #PACTAct visits https://t.co/A3JCmpbwxs — NCCS – National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (@CancerAdvocacy) June 25, 2015 Thank you @RepBoustany for your […]
Today the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) submitted comments to the Senate Finance Committee in response to a bipartisan effort to begin exploring solutions that will improve outcomes for Medicare patients requiring chronic care. Cancer has a major impact on the Medicare program—68% of cancer deaths occurring in individuals 65 years of older, and […]
Via @nprnews: Online Health Searches Aren't Always Confidential https://t.co/rfReY21RJu — NCCS – National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (@CancerAdvocacy) June 9, 2015 In Lumpectomy For Breast Cancer, Taking Out A Bit More Reduces O.R. Revisits https://t.co/hekdE8RRGB via @forbes — NCCS – National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (@CancerAdvocacy) June 9, 2015 All of our resources on the […]
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 perspective of the history of […]
We’re revisiting 20 years of advocacy with our 20 Years Later blog series. In this video, NCCS CEO Shelley Fuld Nasso introduces the 6th principle of the Imperatives for Quality Cancer Care and discusses progress and remaining opportunities for meeting the needs of cancer patients and survivors. (Video transcript): The sixth principle in the Imperatives for […]
On Sunday, June 7th, we are reminded by cancer centers to celebrate National Cancer Survivors Day®. Today, there are a sea of colors for different cancer ribbons and wristbands, e.g., the ubiquitous pink for breast cancer, amber for bladder cancer, grey for brain cancer, yellow for all cancers, and so on. But many of us […]
In the News: "Major government cancer study will test precision, gene-targeting medicine" https://t.co/nacNaRCo0K via @KPCC #NCIMatch — National Cancer Institute (@theNCI) June 5, 2015 Doctors Seek Test for Deploying New Life-Extending Cancer Drugs https://t.co/YVluoVMUEb #cancer #immunotherapy — NCCS – National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (@CancerAdvocacy) June 5, 2015 Via @nprnews: Questions Remain: Surgery and Early-Stage […]
The annual American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting is often followed by a flurry of announcements and news as developers of cancer drugs present results about their recent clinical trials. While news of new tools to help increase cancer survival rates is always welcome, many patient advocates attend the annual meeting with a focus on […]
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.
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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.”
—Karen M. Saunders
President, Northeast Regional Cancer Institute