What Caught Our Eye: ACA Analysis/Debate, Doc/Patient Communication, Universal Cancer Care, Financial Toxicity, Palliative Care Pain Studies
As the repeal and replace debate continues in Washington, the Brookings Institution spearheaded a study to look at what is and isn’t working with the Affordable Care Act. Their look at five states who implemented the ACA in various ways is informative to help inform where we go from here ...
Guest Post: For the Love of a Friend
My dear friend Avery[1], a woman I’ve known since we were 10 years old (in 5th grade together) was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) in 2006. Having observed my mother’s battle with breast cancer in the 1980s, I considered myself a veteran of the struggle. Times change. Diseases evolve ...
Guest Blog: Example of a Case Impacted by the Help-Hurt Tool
Ms. M is an 81-year-old woman with Stage IV Pancreatic Cancer. She had remained in great health until her recent diagnosis, after which her energy had plummeted and she was spending over half the day in bed. Overwhelmed with the sight of their loved one losing her strength with each ...
Guest Blog: Improving How Doctors and Patients Have Difficult Conversations
Having cancer is terrifying. Period. Often, well-intended doctors find themselves unable to mitigate this panic. As humans we are challenged with this disease as old as our chromosomes, struck at the core of our identity, of our body, of our sense of self. We are removed from work, from a ...
News You Didn’t Hear From ASCO’s Annual Meeting
We are nearing the end of the 2016 ASCO Annual Meeting in Chicago and looking forward to Vice President Joe Biden's address on the National Cancer Moonshot Initiative this afternoon. The ASCO Annual Meeting provides updates on treatment advances and is followed by patients, physicians, biotech companies, and investors. Immuno-oncology ...
WCOE: Financial Issues Increase Pain, Ovarian Cancer Overlooked, Helping Patients Sleep, Colon Cancer Facts, and Missing Radiation Sessions
What Caught Our Eye (WCOE) Each week, we recap the cancer policy articles, studies, and stories that caught our attention. Sad (terrible!) and true, evidently: For Cancer Patients, Pain May Rise as Finances Dwindle - https://t.co/aORJocqABQ via @phillyhealthsci— Elaine Schattner MD, MA (@ESchattner) March 1, 2016 Experts find that #OvarianCancer ...
WCOE: Childhood Survivor Study on Cost, Dr. Gawande talks Care Quality, Lilly’s Tribute to Ellen, Smita Bhatia in Cure Magazine
What Caught Our Eye (WCOE) Each week, we recap the cancer policy articles, studies, and stories that caught our attention. Serious issue for survivors of childhood cancer. Childhood Cancer Survivors Forgo Care Because of Cost https://t.co/wpsMkuCI6D— NCCS - National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (@CancerAdvocacy) January 22, 2016 "Death is not ...
Guest Post by Elizabeth J. Clark: Self-Advocacy is Critical to Quality Cancer Care
This post is part of our 20 Years Later blog series which examines progress in advancing the principles in the 1995 NCCS publication Imperatives for Quality Cancer Care: Access, Advocacy, Action, and Accountability (Imperatives). The tenth principle states that “The provision of psychosocial services must be safeguarded and promoted. Persons diagnosed with cancer ...
WCOE: Life-saving End-of-life Discussions, New HHS Investment, When Seniors Talk to Med Students, and More
What Caught Our Eye (WCOE) Each week, we recap the cancer policy articles, studies, and stories that caught our attention. "A nurse with fatal breast cancer says end-of-life discussions saved her life" #choosingwisely @NotesOnNursing https://t.co/cPhjYxPKGt— ABIM Foundation (@ABIMFoundation) September 29, 2015 How does cancer affect people from different populations and ...
WCOE: Sept. 29 Chat About Side Effects, Friends at the End of Life, (Mostly) Living With A Brain Tumor, and More
What Caught Our Eye (WCOE) Each week, we recap the cancer policy articles, studies, and stories that caught our attention. Join us on Sept 29 at 2pm ET for a chat about #cancer side effects & symptoms. Use #CTalk. https://t.co/oix4S5ISms— NCCS - National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (@CancerAdvocacy) September 27, ...
