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Guest Post by Dr. Patricia Ganz: What Cancer Patients and Their Families Can Do to Coordinate Post-Treatment Care

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Twenty years later, the 9th Principle of the NCCS Imperatives for Quality Cancer Care could not be more relevant. Increasingly, patients are required to take more responsibility for their health, using knowledge and self-monitoring tools that have become an essential part of medical care, such as monitoring of blood pressure, physical activity, and weight-—to name […]

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Journey Forward and ERS Advance Survivorship Care Planning Through Data Integration

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Data integration solution addresses one of the barriers associated with creating Care Plans for cancer survivors Journey Forward, a leader in survivorship care planning, and Electronic Registry Services (ERS), a leading provider of cancer registry software, today announced a successful implementation that enhances the use of patient data in after-care plans. Specifically, this enables data […]

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An Updated Survivorship Care Planning Template and Identifying Barriers to Implementation

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Recently, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) released an updated cancer survivorship care planning (SCP) template—news that was captured by several medical online news outlets including Healio, Medscape, and Cancer.net. Survivorship care planning is a process of cancer care delivery that NCCS has advocated for over the last 20 years. In follow-up to a […]

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Two Free Apps Help Manage Cancer Symptoms and Coordinate Care

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Two new free mobile apps help people facing cancer to better manage the disease by learning how to deal with certain symptoms, and coordinate their care after cancer treatment has ended. Self-Care During Cancer Treatment is an app provided by Empowerment and Action for Cancer Care, an alliance between WellPoint and Genentech. This app provides […]

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Dr. Patricia Ganz Talks About Common Cancer Survivorship Issues and Founding of NCCS

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A recent episode of Take Care, a health care-focused radio show produced by NPR affiliate WRVO, featured an interview with Dr. Patricia Ganz, a medical oncologist and director of the UCLA LIVESTRONG Cancer Survivorship Center of Excellence. In the interview, Dr. Ganz describes a number of issues that can plague cancer survivors after active treatment […]

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Journey Forward: How Can We Make Survivorship Care Planning a Reality?

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I recently attended the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer (CoC) Spring Meeting. The CoC membership includes Fellows of the American College of Surgeons, as well as representatives from 52 other member organizations. In 2010, NCCS became one of four patient advocacy organizations to serve as members of the CoC. These groups, worked closely […]

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Wall Street Journal Article Highlights Two of NCCS’ Policy Priorities

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The Journey Forward program and H.R. 2477, the Planning Actively for Cancer Treatment (PACT) Act, two of NCCS’ top priorities, are highlighted in a recent article in the Wall Street Journal. The Journey Forward program is a combined effort of NCCS, WellPoint, Inc., the UCLA Cancer Survivorship Center, Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) and Genentech, that promotes the […]

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