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Research Priorities for the Growing Population of Childhood Cancer Survivors

December 13, 2016/in Cancer News, Cancer Policy Blog Quality Cancer Care, Survivorship Care NCCS News /by actualize

In the aftermath of this year’s historic Presidential election, one fact remains unchanged: cancer continues to be a devastating array of diseases that has touched or will touch the lives of virtually every American. As a 25-year survivor of childhood cancer, I want to insure that the health challenges faced by patients like me are emphasized as research priorities for the coming years are established.

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Twenty Years Later Blog Series: Introducing the Eighth Principle of the Imperatives for Quality Cancer Care

August 15, 2015/in Cancer News, Cancer Policy Blog Care Planning, Quality Cancer Care NCCS News /by actualize

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 Cancer Care states, “Systematic long-term […]

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Guest Post: Oncologist and Cancer Survivor Greg Aune Talks Multi-Disciplinary Care

July 31, 2015/in Cancer News, Cancer Policy Blog Care Planning, Quality Cancer Care NCCS News /by actualize

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 of long-term survivorship care and […]

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

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

January 12, 2023
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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Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz introduces Comprehensive Cancer Survivorship Act at December 14, 2022 press conference.

NCCS Celebrates Launch of Comprehensive Cancer Survivorship Act

December 14, 2022
Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23), a champion for cancer survivors and a survivor herself, held a press conference today…
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Alique Topalian, PhD, MPH Advocate Spotlight

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

December 7, 2022
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.
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Harmar Brereton, MD

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Northeast Regional Cancer Institute

 

“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