Tag Archive for: survivorship champions

Webinar – Implementing the ASCO Guidelines for Exercise, Nutrition, and Weight Management with Your Patients and Practice

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The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) hosted a Survivorship Champions webinar discussing the American Society for Clinical Oncology’s (ASCO) Guidelines for Exercise, Nutrition, and Weight Management and how to best implement them in a clinical setting. Sami Mansfield, founder of Cancer Wellness for Life, and Wendy Demark-Wahnefried, PhD, RD, a professor of nutrition sciences […]

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Webinar – Beyond the Checkbox: Delivering Meaningful Cancer Survivorship Care in a Community Setting

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Dr. Crystal Labbato joined NCCS to deliver a presentation about providing an effective model of cancer survivorship care in a community setting. Dr. Labbato is the Survivorship Program Coordinator for Baptist Health Louisville and LaGrange hospitals in Kentucky. Nearly 17 years since the Institute of Medicine released their landmark report, “From Cancer Patient to Cancer […]

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Webinar: A Nurse-Led Care Model to Improve Access to Rural Cancer Survivorship Care

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Pam DeGuzman, PhD, RN, joined NCCS to discuss the development and evaluation of Comprehensive Assistance: Rural Interventions, Nursing and Guidance (CARING), a nurse-led intervention aimed at reducing disparities in quality of life for rural cancer survivors. During active treatment, rural survivors may forgo supportive care interventions to prioritize and consolidate medical visits into one day, […]

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Survivorship Champions: A New NCCS Initiative for Clinicians and Researchers

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How one survivor’s journey led to her realization of what survivorship care is lacking and the importance of advocating for yourself during survivorship. Note: This post originally appeared in the Spring 2021 issue of HEAL, a survivorship magazine from CURE Today. Shelley Fuld Nasso, MPP By NCCS CEO Shelley Fuld Nasso, MPP Sarah Cohn knows […]

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