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WCOE: An ACA Marketplace FAQ, Fear of Recurrence, Seeking a Beautiful Death and Perspectives on Drug Innovation

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In today's FAQ: Info about the #ACA marketplace special enrollment period that begins Sundayhttps://t.co/qtF825CflL pic.twitter.com/0XJtBK8jjl — KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation) (@KFF) March 13, 2015 Coping with Fear of Recurrence: Part 1 https://t.co/vj3VUi22vl via @OncNursingNews Prevalence as high as 97% — NCCS – National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (@CancerAdvocacy) March 12, 2015 https://twitter.com/PallOnc/status/574667577152176129 Advocacy opportunity: Public […]

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WCOE: Shared Decision-Making and Getting Doctors to Listen

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Components of shared decision-making. #CTACSummit2015 pic.twitter.com/1yjm5MSwDC — Shelley Fuld Nasso (@sfuldnasso) March 3, 2015 Public meeting on breast cancer patient-focused drug dev. April 2, register now https://t.co/1OXRCdQvZM — NCCS – National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (@CancerAdvocacy) March 2, 2015 "regard the cancer patient as autonomous individual who has the right 2B involved in decisions.." via […]

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Decision-Making in Cancer Care: Communication (INFOGRAPHIC)

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The second principle of the Imperatives for Quality Cancer Care states, “Quality cancer care should be available in a health care system whose standards and guidelines are developed in consideration of treating the whole person with cancer. Health care plans must regard the cancer patient as an autonomous individual who has the right to be involved in decisions about […]

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Honoring Phyllis Torda, a Fierce Advocate for Patient-Centered Health Care

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The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS), notes with sadness the passing of Phyllis Torda, a fierce advocate for patient-centered health care for more than 25 years. We at NCCS first came to know Phyllis when she was with Families USA as their Director of their Health and Social policies. Subsequently, we were very fortunate […]

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Guest Post: Palliative Care in Oncology—We’ve Come a Long Way, Baby …But Let’s Not Rest on Our Laurels

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“The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.” -William Osler Since the creation of the National Cancer Act  in 1971, the medical establishment—and indeed our entire society—has taken up the powerful metaphor of a “war on cancer” as the approach to attacking and overcoming this dreaded disease.  This […]

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Guest Post by Dr. Don Dizon: When Even the Best Advice Isn’t Good Enough

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Every so often I see a patient who views cancer as a constant threat to be handled — it becomes so significant that it is as if she can never let her guard down. I always worry about this, partly because that singular focus on fighting cancer can sometimes detract one from other aspects of […]

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WCOE: Elaine Schattner Reflects on David Carr and Survivorship, Oncology Payment Reform, Patient Perspectives

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Reflection On The Death Of David Carr, And Cancer Survivorship, by @ElaineSchattner – https://t.co/6m4TfQE8Ul via @forbes — Elaine Schattner MD, MA (@ESchattner) February 19, 2015 Is CMS Oncology Payment Reform Model "A Toe in the Water When a Plunge is Needed?" https://t.co/boTeVhMSc6 — ASCO (@ASCO) February 19, 2015 "The only cost was thinking not from […]

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Guest Post from The Cancer Support Community: Progress Made in Addressing the Psychosocial Needs of People Diagnosed with Cancer

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This guest post is part of the 2015 Cancer Policy Matters “The Imperatives for Quality Cancer Care: 20 Years Later” blog series. Although noted in the literature as early as the 1970’s, serving as the foundation for the 1982 establishment of The Wellness Community (now The Cancer Support Community) and certainly referenced in the 1995 NCCS […]

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Treating the Whole Person: Understanding and Gaining Access to Palliative Care

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As part of our 20 Years Later blog series, NCCS CEO Shelley Fuld Nasso discusses the difference between palliative and end-of-life care, as well as barriers to palliative care in this video. The second principle from the Imperatives for Quality Cancer Care states, “Quality cancer care should be available in a health care system whose […]

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Being Mortal Is Far From Being Morbid: Responding to FRONTLINE’s Profile of Surgeon Atul Gawande and End of Life Care

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On public television stations nationwide, the award-winning FRONTLINE series aired a program on February 10th based on the work of noted surgeon and writer, Atul Gawande.  In addition to Gawande’s many clinical and surgical talents, he has the rare gift of writing articles and books for all of us, no matter what our level of […]

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