Tag: cancer survivorship - Part 2
Transforming Cancer Survivorship Through Research and Best Practice
I’m already jotting down questions for the panel of this March 2015 symposium, and looking forward to participating as an observer. Produced by the University of Cincinnati Cancer Institute Survivorship Program, the event features as speakers the All Stars of Cancer Survivorship: Julia H. Rowland, PhD, Director, NCI Office of Cancer Survivorship; Patricia Ganz, MD…
CancerForward Survivor Stories: Everyone Has a Wonderful Story, But How To Tell It?
Editor’s Note: Lisa Gualtieri, PhD, ScM, is Assistant Professor at Tufts University School of Medicine in the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine. She teaches Online Consumer Health, Social Media and Health, Mobile Health Design (online), and Digital Strategies for Health Communication. This post first appeared on February 19, 2014 on her blog on…
With Life-Saving Health Reforms Now in Place for Cancer Survivors, I Remember Elizabeth
Today, while cancer survivors like me are cheering, I am remembering a particular survivor – no longer with us – who must be looking down with great joy for her fellow survivors and in knowing hers was a job well done. Were she with us, attorney and health care reform advocate Elizabeth Edwards would be…
A New Focus On Cancer Survivorship: An Eye On Science And An Eye On Care
Cancer survivors are all a tweet about A Report: Cancer Treatment & Survivorship Facts & Figures 2012-2013 released yesterday at the kickoff of the 6th Biennial Cancer Survivorship Research Conference. There’s a great deal of excitement wrapped around the release of these new stats: the population of cancer survivors in the US has grown from…