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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 [...]

Susie Leigh – Founding a Movement, Shaping the Future

Meet Susan (Susie) Leigh, a four-time cancer survivor and one of the original founders of the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship. For decades, Susie has been at the forefront of the cancer survivorship movement, advocating for better care and support for those living with and beyond cancer.
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The Birth of the Cancer Survivorship Movement and How It Transformed Cancer Care for Millions

Guest Post by Judith L. Pearson Best-Selling Author of From Shadows to Life: A Biography of the Cancer Survivorship Movement "Survivorship…
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NCCS Mourns Former Board Member Kathy LaTour

Kathy LaTour, breast cancer survivor, author of The Breast Cancer Companion, and co-founder of CURE Magazine, died on June 19.…
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Remembering Survivorship Leader Elizabeth “Betsy” Clark, PhD

We at NCCS are devastated to report the passing of Dr. Elizabeth “Betsy” Clark on Saturday, May 23, 2020.Betsy was a true…
Remembering Fitzhugh Mullan

Remembering Fitzhugh Mullan, MD

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, [...]

Defining Cancer Survivorship

Living with, through, and beyond a cancer diagnosis-- In 1986, the founders of NCCS saw a need for language that truly told the…

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Link to: Survivorship Champions

Become a Survivorship Champion

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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Link to: Cancer Policy and Advocacy Team (CPAT)

Join CPAT

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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Link to: Survivor Stories

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NCCS represents the millions of Americans who share a common experience – living with, through and beyond a cancer diagnosis. By sharing your story of how you have been touched by cancer, you are supporting the national cancer survivorship movement.

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