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

As part of our 20 Years Later blog series, NCCS CEO Shelley Fuld Nasso discusses the difference between palliative and end-of-life…
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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

On public television stations nationwide, the award-winning FRONTLINE series aired a program on February 10th based on the work…
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WCOE: World Cancer Day, “Dying Shouldn’t Be So Brutal,” and More on Precision Medicine

https://twitter.com/peterubel/status/563701100818497536 https://twitter.com/TheresaBrown/status/562430717444243456 https://twi…
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NCCS Policy Comments: FDA’s Framework for Regulatory Oversight of Laboratory Developed Tests (LDTs)

NCCS submitted comments to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the Draft Guidance: Framework for Regulatory Oversight of Laboratory…
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President Obama Announces New Precision Medicine Initiative

I was honored to represent NCCS along with leaders in the health care community at the White House on Friday when President Obama…
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The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA)

This post is part of a special blog series: "The Imperatives for Quality Cancer Care: 20 Years Later." Read more from this series. The…
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WCOE: Obama takes on Precision Medicine, Palliative Care ≠ Hospice, Quantity and Quality of Life, CLRC News, Medicare Payment Reform, and Breast Cancer Patient Communication

https://twitter.com/whitehouseostp/status/561191600802758656 https://twitter.com/sfuldnasso/status/561165207352143872 https://…
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Second Anniversary of State Exchanges: Affordable Options for Cancer Patients, But the Devil Remains in the Details

Cancer Policy Matters Guest Post by Tanisha Carino, Executive Vice President, Avalere Health Just one year after the launch of the…
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NCCS Joins Colleagues in Submitting Comments to NIH on the Use of a Single Institutional Review Board for Multi-Site Research

Today, NCCS joined colleagues in the cancer community in submitting comments to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on the Draft…
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The Affordable Care Act & Cancer Survivorship (INFOGRAPHIC)

The first principle of the Imperatives for Quality Cancer Care states, "People with cancer have the right to a system of universal…

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