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Coronavirus and Cancer Resources for Survivors

Cancer survivors have expressed concerns and questions about COVID-19, the coronavirus, and how they may be at higher risk due to their cancer history. Here are some resources about COVID-19 generally, and its impact for cancer survivors specifically. NCCS is seeking answers from public health experts on the coronavirus and its impact on cancer patients and survivors. Please leave a comment [...]
Sarah Cohn advocate spotlight

Arsenic and Advocacy: Sarah Cohn’s Experience with Rare Leukemia Spurs Action

Diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia called acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), Sarah Cohn's cancer diagnosis at the age of 30 took…
NCCS Advocate Spotlight: Betsy Glosik, A Cancer Survivor's Journey Through Integrative Healing and Advocacy

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

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...
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz introduces Comprehensive Cancer Survivorship Act at December 14, 2022 press conference.

NCCS Celebrates Launch of Comprehensive Cancer Survivorship Act

Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23), a champion for cancer survivors and a survivor herself, held a press conference today…
Alique Topalian, PhD, MPH Advocate Spotlight

Alique Topalian: Childhood Cancer and the Frightening Realities of the Survivorship Journey

Alique was first diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) at the age of four. Her mother, Michele, knew something was wrong because “the light in her eyes was gone”. After being told by doctors that there was nothing wrong, her family was relentless until new blood work uncovered blast cells.
Amanda Helms Advocate Spotlight

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

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…
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Webinar – Exercise Is Medicine in Oncology: Implementation Based on Solid Evidence

NCCS hosted a webinar featuring Kathryn Schmitz, PhD, MPH, a leading researcher in exercise oncology at the University of Pittsburgh…
NCCS Advocate Spotlight: Michael Holtz - Everyone Has a Place in the Advocacy Community

Michael Holtz: Everyone Has a Place in the Advocacy Community

"Everyone has a place in the advocacy continuum: Your lived experience is important." Michael Holtz didn’t know that the “funky”…
Nicole C. Bullock advocate spotlight

Nicole C. Bullock: Faith, Family, and Friends Along the Path of Survivorship

As Nicole C. Bullock, a non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivor, watched the news of hospital lockdowns during the early stages of the COVID-19…
Care and Career Support From Health Systems to Employers Webinar

Webinar – Care and Career Support: From Health Systems to Employers

NCCS hosted a webinar about the unique demands of caregiving in cancer and strategies that employers and health systems might engage…
Michelle Mollica PhD Webinar Survivorship Needs for People with Metastatic and Advanced Cancers

Webinar: Survivorship Needs for People Living with Advanced and Metastatic Cancers

Dr. Michelle Mollica, Senior Advisor at the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Office of Cancer Survivorship, joined NCCS to discuss…

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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.

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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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