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NCCS Mourns Former Board Member Kathy LaTour

September 10, 2020/in Cancer News, Cancer Policy Blog, NCCS News Disparities in Outcomes NCCS News /by actualize

Kathy LaTour, breast cancer survivor, author of The Breast Cancer Companion, and co-founder of CURE Magazine, died on June 19. Kathy served as an NCCS board member from 1992 to 1996. After her cancer diagnosis in 1986, she turned her formidable writing talents to informing and supporting cancer patients and survivors. When Diane Balma was […]

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Remembering Survivorship Leader Elizabeth “Betsy” Clark, PhD

May 26, 2020/in Cancer News, Cancer Policy Blog, NCCS News NCCS News /by actualize

We at NCCS are devastated to report the passing of Dr. Elizabeth “Betsy” Clark on Saturday, May 23, 2020.Betsy was a true champion for cancer survivors. Her leadership, service, and contributions to NCCS and the field of cancer survivorship were vast. She was formerly Executive Vice President of NCCS, and the COO for THE MARCH…Coming […]

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Remembering Fitzhugh Mullan, MD

December 2, 2019/in Cancer News, Cancer Policy Blog, NCCS News Clinical Guidelines, Quality Cancer Care NCCS News /by actualize

It is with profound sadness that we acknowledge the passing of Fitzhugh Mullan, MD, the co-founder and first president of the National Coalition of Cancer Survivorship, on November 30, 2019. As a young physician in 1975, Fitz was diagnosed with cancer at a time a cancer diagnosis was commonly a death sentence, often kept secret from friends, family, and coworkers. Always an activist for the rights of the disadvantaged, ten years after his own cancer experience, […]

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Remembering Cokie Roberts, a Tireless Advocate for Cancer Survivors

September 18, 2019/in Cancer News, Cancer Policy Blog, NCCS News NCCS News /by actualize

The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship mourns the loss of Cokie Roberts, who died yesterday from complications of breast cancer. Mrs. Roberts was a generous supporter of NCCS both before and after her own seventeen-year cancer experience. In 1998, she co-hosted NCCS’s THE MARCH…Coming Together to Conquer Cancer, in honor of her ABC News colleague Sam Donaldson, a then three-year survivor of melanoma, and her sister, […]

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Remembering Richard Payne, MD

January 10, 2019/in Cancer News, Cancer Policy Blog, NCCS News Palliative Care, Quality Cancer Care, Survivorship Care NCCS News /by actualize

With great sadness, we mourn the passing of former NCCS Board Chair Richard Payne, MD, on January 4. Dr. Payne was a member of the NCCS Board of Directors from 2005 to 2012; he served as Board Chair from 2010 to 2011. Thoughtful, deliberative, and soft spoken, Dr. Payne was a valued and collaborative leader of NCCS. A lover of books and golf, he was always attentive and generous to his extended family, both personal and professional. […]

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Remembering Jennifer Friar Groves

December 20, 2018/in Cancer Policy Blog, NCCS News Access to Care, Affordable Care Act, Health Care Coverage, Palliative Care, Quality Cancer Care, Survivorship Care NCCS News /by actualize

By CEO Shelley Fuld Nasso — I’d like to share the story of my dear friend, Jennifer Friar Groves, who died earlier this month at the age of 32 from metastatic breast cancer. She gave me her permission to share her story, and in fact, she desperately wanted her story to be shared. Jennifer was diagnosed with breast cancer in April 2016 at the age of 29. She lived in Booneville, Mississippi, in northern Mississippi near Tupelo. She was too young for regular […]

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The Birth of the Cancer Survivorship Movement and How It Transformed Cancer Care for Millions

March 25, 2021
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March 19, 2021
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NCCS Recommends That States Allocate COVID-19 Vaccines to Cancer Care Providers

March 1, 2021
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  • About
    • Our Mission
    • Our History
    • Our Leadership
      • Policy Advisors
    • Employment
    • Partnerships
    • Financial Information
  • Policy
    • Quality Cancer Care
    • Access to Care
    • Health Equity
    • Redefining Functional Status (RFS)
    • 2020 State of Cancer Survivorship Survey
    • Cancer Care Planning and Communications Act (CCPCA)
  • Get Involved
    • What is Advocacy?
    • Cancer Policy and Advocacy Team (CPAT)
    • Elevating Survivorship
    • Survivor Stories
    • Cancerversary
    • State Based Cancer Advocacy
  • Resources
    • COVID-19 Resources for Cancer Survivors
    • Survivorship Checklist
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Harmar Brereton, MD

Founder
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