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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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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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WCOE: Attention for Precision Medicine, Cancer Statistics, Coming to Terms, and the Challenge of Paying for Drugs

https://twitter.com/ACSCAN/status/557729776887406592 https://twitter.com/OncNursingNews/status/558138305980948481 https://twit…
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WCOE: New IOM Report, Control Issues, Tempting Treatment Options, and Patients ‘Right to Try’ New Drugs

https://twitter.com/theIOM/status/555428756106805249 https://twitter.com/CancerAdvocacy/status/555477303653044224 https://twit…
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WCOE: FDA News, Medical Debt, the ACA, and Honoring Jessie Gruman

https://twitter.com/ElaineSchattner/status/553203989940928512 https://twitter.com/KaiserFamFound/status/553214546643808256 htt…
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WCOE: Warlike Metaphors, a Report out of the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, Discussing Costs, and Other News

The stories that caught our eye this week included an article that points out the use of warlike metaphors to describe one’s experience…
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WCOE: Cost of Cancer Care, Adopting a Shorter Course of Treatment for Some Breast Cancer Patients, and Lung Cancer Screening

In “The Punishing Cost of Cancer Care,” Dr. Mikkael Sekeres describes the difficult conversations he has with patients regarding…
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WCOE: Comparing Health Plans, Motivating Change in Clinical Practice, the Sunshine Act, and Clinical Trials Protocols

Charles Ornstein, Lena Groeger and Ryann Grochowski Jones from ProPublica analyzed changes in plans under the Affordable Care Act…
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WCOE: The Burden of Caregiving, Financial Incentives, Unnecessary Services for Medicare Beneficiaries, and Medicaid Reform

In “Seeing the ‘Invisible Patient,’”Jane Gross addresses the burden of caregiving and how often caregivers’ health,…
Discusses the Pros and Cons of BRCA Screening

WCOE: Medicare’s Draft Decision for Lung Cancer Screenings, Immunotherapy, Breast Cancer Screening

Several items in the news this past week are of interest to NCCS. The article by Sabrina Tavernise in The New York Times reporting…
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WCOE: Brittany Maynard’s Death with Dignity, Election Results and the ACA, and Susan Gubar’s “Not Talking About Medical Mistakes”

Brittany Maynard, a 29-year-old woman with brain cancer who became an advocate for the “death with dignity” movement took her…

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