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Quality Cancer Care

WebNCCS believes that cancer patients should have access to: Post-treatment survivorship care, including a survivorship care plan with a treatment summary and personalized …

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Elevating Survivorship

WebAs treatments improve and people with cancer live longer, more attention needs to be paid to their future health needs to improve the quality of life in survivorship. Elevating …

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Planning Your Patient’s Care

WebA Survivorship Care Plan is a coordinated post-treatment plan between the Survivor’s oncology team, a primary care physician and other health care professionals. The …

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Cancer Policy and Advocacy Team (CPAT)

WebCancer Policy and Advocacy Team (CPAT) CPAT is a program for survivors and caregivers to learn about pressing issues that affect quality cancer care, in order to be engaged as …

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Survivorship Resources

WebTriage Cancer® is a national, nonprofit organization that provides free education on legal and practical issues that may impact individuals diagnosed with cancer and their …

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Affordable Care Act

WebNCCS joined the Partnership to Protect Coverage coalition in a letter urging Congress to pass legislation to address affordable health insurance premiums, out-of …

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Becoming a Self-Advocate

WebCancer Policy and Advocacy Team (CPAT) CPAT is a program for survivors and caregivers to learn about pressing issues that affect quality cancer care, in order to be engaged as …

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What Is Advocacy

WebPersonal Advocacy. Self-advocacy is a way of taking charge in an overwhelming environment of tests, treatment, and doctors’ offices. From arming oneself with good …

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Care Planning for Cancer Survivors

Web2023 Survey Report The 2023 Survey explored the caregiver experience for the first time, and features new data on the effect of cancer treatment on employment.; 2022 Survey …

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Patient Goals and Preferences, Evidence-Based Medicine

WebDr. Sepkowitz points out that skeptics of evidence-based medicine suggest that the practice of medicine cannot be reduced to algorithms and needs to consider the individual …

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Being Mortal Is Far From Being Morbid: Responding to …

Web2023 Survey Report The 2023 Survey explored the caregiver experience for the first time, and features new data on the effect of cancer treatment on employment.; …

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What Cancer Survivors Need To Know About HEALTH …

WebWhat Cancer Survivors Need to Know About Health Insurance • 2 • WHAT KINDS OF HEALTH INSURANCE ARE THERE? Most people get health insurance through their …

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IOM Report on High-Quality Cancer Care

Web2023 Survey Report The 2023 Survey explored the caregiver experience for the first time, and features new data on the effect of cancer treatment on employment.; …

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Webinar: Making Integrative Oncology Regular & Routine: A …

WebThe National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) Presents the Survivorship Champions webinar “Making Integrative Oncology Regular & Routine: A …

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Bill to Improve Cancer Care Planning (Video)

Web2023 Survey Report The 2023 Survey explored the caregiver experience for the first time, and features new data on the effect of cancer treatment on employment.; …

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Advocacy. Authenticity. Passion.

WebAdvocating for quality cancer care for all Americans. The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) is the oldest survivor-led advocacy organization working on

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Dr. Atul Gawande's Recent "Overkill" Article Examines Screening

WebIn another excellent piece in the The New Yorker entitled “Overkill,” Dr. Atul Gawande writes about what he calls an “avalanche” of unnecessary care Americans are …

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Track 3: Goals of therapy Charlie

Web10 stage IV would be predicted to have the shortest survival time. The Binet system uses categories of risk – low risk is stage A and is similar to the Rai stage 0; …

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MARCH 23, 2013, 2:02 PM By EZEKIEL J. EMANUEL

WebMARCH 23, 2013, 2:02 PM A Plan To Fix Cancer Care By EZEKIEL J. EMANUEL This year, more than 1.6 million Americans — 0.5 percent of the population — will receive a

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Do Oncologists Lie to Their Patients About Their Prognoses

WebCancer Policy and Advocacy Team (CPAT) CPAT is a program for survivors and caregivers to learn about pressing issues that affect quality cancer care, in order to …

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