Gabrielle Stearns

The newest Oncology Issues is here, opening the year with a spotlight on the six 2025 ACCC Innovators: Fox Chase Cancer Center, Lifepoint Health, Penn Medicine Princeton Health, WellSpan Cancer Institute, Highlands Oncology, and Shaw Cancer Center.

This National Cancer Prevention Month, it is vital that the oncology community identify effective and sustainable strategies to encourage prevention measures and reduce the burden of cancer on both individuals and a strained health care infrastructure.

The NCCN hosted a patient advocacy summit as a forum for providers, advocates, and industry members to discuss the varied and unique cancer care needs of Veterans and first responders.

This installment of Oncology Issues emphasizes collaboration, whether between oncology and other medical specialties, between surgeons, or between the cancer care community and policy makers.

In recognition of Bladder Health Awareness Month, ACCC shares the results of a recent quality improvement study, which provides impactful steps cancer centers can take to mitigate disparities in bladder cancer.

The Vol 40 No 5 issue of the Association of Cancer Care Centers’ (ACCC) peer-reviewed, bimonthly journal, Oncology Issues, has 7 feature articles offering insights and solutions that are valuable to every member of the multidisciplinary cancer care team.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month, observed each year in October, recognizes the research, advocacy, and strength of patients that have led to treatment advances for the most common cancer diagnosis in women.

The NCCN hosted a 1-day summit on September 9 all about AI in cancer care: how it’s being used today, where the field is moving in the future, and challenges that will require innovative and collaborative solutions.

In honor of Hereditary Cancer Awareness Week, observed this year from September 29 to October 5, ACCC is highlighting 2 initiatives from its member programs that expanded genetic testing for hereditary cancers.

September is Blood Cancer Awareness month, an opportunity to spotlight the broad category of diseases that include leukemia, lymphoma, plasma cell neoplasms, myelodysplastic syndromes, and myeloproliferative neoplasms.

The August 2025 edition of Oncology Issues contains 8 feature articles covering the full spectrum of cancer care, from financial health to mental well-being support for providers.

In an effort to encourage prevention, screening, research, and advocacy, the Forum of International Respiratory Societies created World Lung Cancer Day, observed on August 1 each year, and many ACCC member organizations actively contribute to that work.