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What Caught Our Eye: ACA Debate, Thyroid Cancer Late Effects, Long-Term Follow-Up Care, Cervical Cancer Mortality, and Anxiety in Partners of Breast Cancer Survivors

January 27, 2017/in Cancer News, Cancer Policy Blog Access to Care, Affordable Care Act, Quality Cancer Care, Shared Decision-Making NCCS News /by actualize
What Caught Our Eye (WCOE), Week of January 23, 2017
What Caught Our Eye is our week-in-review blog series, where we recap the cancer policy articles, studies, and stories that caught our attention.

Affordable Care Act

For millions of cancer survivors and their families, Rep. Tom Price’s refusal to promise that no one will lose coverage because of President Trump’s executive order is unnerving to say the least.

Tom Price refuses to promise no one will lose coverage under President Trump’s Obamacare order https://t.co/Tu1pAUQ5Lu pic.twitter.com/zdIHQGpxcI

— POLITICO (@politico) January 24, 2017


Vox analyzed a replacement plan offered by Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) and concluded that “it’s not great for sick people.” Scroll down in the article to watch a video of Ezra Klein explaining why replacing the ACA is so difficult, given conflicting aims of ensuring everyone is covered and keeping premiums and deductibles down.

Today in Obamacare: Rand Paul's replacement is out. And it's … not great for sick people. https://t.co/E6jcsnotT3

— Vox (@voxdotcom) January 26, 2017


Cancer Policy

A new study from the Huntsman Cancer Institute showed “Patients diagnosed with thyroid cancer before the age of 40 were more likely to be at an increased risk of late effects such as hypertension, heart disease, and osteoporosis, than patients diagnosed at age 40 or older.” This further highlights the need for more robust long-term survivorship care policies for patients.

Younger thyroid cancer survivors at greater risk of late effects, such as osteoporosis & heart diseases. https://t.co/SxmRyhc9zz #thycsm

— Oncology Nursing News (@OncNursingNews) January 24, 2017


Furthermore, a study by researchers at Roswell Park Cancer Institute concluded that more strategies are needed to help ensure childhood cancer survivors adhere to long-term follow up care. The article notes, “fewer than half of childhood cancer survivors receive recommended long-term follow-up care.”

.@RoswellPark expert: Strategies needed to improve #ChildhoodCancer survivors' adherence to long-term follow-up https://t.co/jsvVgBbJQI pic.twitter.com/51R71CxG6R

— Healio (@GoHealio) January 23, 2017


More women are dying from cervical cancer than previously thought, especially minority women, according to a study in the journal Cancer.
https://twitter.com/cnnhealth/status/823485437679378432


Coping with Cancer

As we know, a cancer diagnosis impacts everyone: the patient, their family, and friends. This article discusses a study that highlights the prevalence of anxiety in partners of women with breast cancer before age 40, often continuing for years after diagnosis.
https://twitter.com/forbeshealth/status/824255763984084992


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    • Quality Cancer Care
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    • 2020 State of Cancer Survivorship Survey
    • Cancer Care Planning and Communications Act (CCPCA)
  • Get Involved
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    • Cancer Policy and Advocacy Team (CPAT)
    • Elevating Survivorship
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    • Cancerversary
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