Advocates in Oncology

Strong advocacy voices for older adults with cancer are needed more than ever at the federal, state, and local levels. — Beverly Canin I have served as a patient advocate in many different ways since I was diagnosed with breast cancer in October 2000. For many years, my a...

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NCCS Advocates for Legislation to Establish Medicare Service for Cancer Survivorship Care Planning

Kirsten Boyd Goldberg / July 25, 2015

Some years after successful treatment of a childhood cancer, a 16-year-old survivor required surgery to replace both hip joints, which were damaged from therapy containing steroids. An x-ray of the teenager’s destroyed joints is a stark reminder of the serious health challenges faced by cancer survi...

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Advocates in Oncology

Meeting the Needs of Older Adults With Cancer

NCCS Advocates for Legislation to Establish Medicare Service for Cancer Survivorship Care Planning

CheckMate-214: Nivolumab and Ipilimumab in Intermediate- and Poor-Risk Previously Untreated Advanced or Metastatic RCC

Crizotinib in Pediatric ALK-Positive Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma and Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumors

Off-the-Shelf, Virus-Specific T Cells for Treating Viral Infections After Transplantation

FDA Approves Olaparib Tablets for Maintenance Treatment in Ovarian Cancer

FDA Approves Inotuzumab Ozogamicin for Relapsed or Refractory B-Cell Precursor ALL

FDA Accepts sBLA and Grants Priority Review for Brentuximab Vedotin in Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma

Plasma Epstein-Barr Virus DNA Screening for Nasopharyngeal Cancer

Association of Pretransplant Vitamin D Deficiency and Relapse in Myeloid Malignancies

First-Line Cabazitaxel vs Docetaxel in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

Final Overall Survival Results of GOG 240 Trial Adding Bevacizumab to Chemotherapy in Advanced Cervical Cancer

FDA Approves Olaparib Tablets for Maintenance Treatment in Ovarian Cancer

Partial-Breast and Reduced-Dose Radiotherapy After Breast-Conserving Surgery

Searching for Happiness

KEYNOTE-010 Update Shows ‘Striking’ Durability of Second-Line Pembrolizumab in NSCLC

ASCO Guideline on Stage IV NSCLC Therapy Updated

Surveillance Mammography by Life Expectancy in Older Breast Cancer Survivors

Effect of Radiotherapy After Breast-Conserving Surgery Among Breast Cancer Subtypes

ASCO President Bruce E. Johnson Seeks to Bring Personalized Medicine, Real-Time Data to Every Oncology Practice