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Working under the hypothesis that a subset of de novo oligometastatic breast cancer patients who are treated with a combination of systemic therapy, surgery, and radiation or ablation of metastatic sites will have long-term distant metastasis free and overall survival, this multi-cohort, prospective, nationwide registry study will enroll newly diagnosed oligometastatic HER2+ breast cancer …
Presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, June 3-7, 2022.
ACCC is offering two new online continuing education initiatives that leverage small-group learning among clinicians and their peers who have roles in the care and treatment of patients with early-stage NSCLC and patients with advanced HER2+ breast cancer.
Genetic counselors—as members of the cancer care team—can help patients better understand their cancer diagnosis, make informed treatment decisions, and navigate the financial costs of testing.
While cancer continues to be among the leading causes of death worldwide, an increasing number of patients are surviving the disease as medical advancements in treatment, testing, and screening improve their prognoses. It is estimated that there were 16.9 million cancer survivors in the United States as of January 2019, and that number is projected to increase to 22.2 million by 2030. With June being …
With disparate breast cancer outcomes, lack of messages of hope, and limited available support for Black women, Rev. Tammie and her late sister were inspired to co-found Carrie’s TOUCH in 2006.
March 1, 2021
Walk away with strategies to manage acquisition of, adherence to, and treatment-related adverse events of oral drug-inclusive treatment regimens as part of a multidisciplinary team.
As a CoC-accredited critical access hospital—one of only about a dozen nationwide—The Outter Banks Hospital has developed a quality program with a focus on removing rurally linked barriers to care.
Laura Holmes Haddad shares how her battle with breast cancer changed her perception of the resources available to younger adults with cancer, and what cancer programs can do to meet their needs.
By Diane Mapes For the immunocompromised and those with disease, social distancing and uncertainty are a way of life. Daily walks, gratitude, and dancing help. You’re washing your hands like crazy. Staying six feet away from people with the sniffles. You don’t know if it’s safe to hug your friends or family, or go to work, or what. You don’t even know if you’ll be alive in a year. It’s scary. …
Survivorship programs are a crucial element of comprehensive cancer care centers. Without them, patients who have finished treatment may have to face unexpected physical and psychological limitations without professional support. This series of posts on innovations in survivorship care features ACCC member institutions that have developed new, innovative programs to benefit the well-being of cancer …
Through a community engagement session and focused interviews, researchers from Duke University School of Medicine, N.C., held a consortium to help stakeholders identify barriers to inflammatory breast cancer awareness, diagnosis, and appropriate treatment. Today the Duke Consortium for Inflammatory Breast Cancer is committed to translating research into action.
October is the month of pink. It surrounds us in the multitude of pink ribbons adorning everything from jackets to cars. We see it among the women dressed head-to-toe in pink clothes as they run marathons to raise money for breast cancer research. October is the month dedicated to breast cancer awareness in the U.S. But men can be overlooked in this field of pink. Although having less breast tissue …
At age 36, Laura Holmes Haddad had several roles. She was a cookbook editor, a freelance writer, a wife, and the mother of a daughter and newborn son. At age 37, she assumed another unanticipated role when she was diagnosed with cancer. That last role would redefine all of the others and come to dominate Haddad’s life as she battled the stage IV inflammatory breast cancer with which she was …
Through its Breast Care ACCESS Project, Summa Health redesigned its breast cancer care continuum to address disparities in treatment, reducing patient outmigration, increasing procedures and referrals, and lowering wait times.
Saint Luke’s Hospital’s Koontz Center for Advanced Breast Cancer is one of the only centers in the United States dedicated solely to the comprehensive care of women with late-stage breast cancer.
Workbook & Case Studies Metastatic Breast Cancer: Effective Principles & Practices in Patient Support includes key highlights from the project's environmental scan, a communication process map that integrates 6 effective principles into the care continuum, helping to reframe and improve the conversation between providers and patients, and examples of how ACCC Cancer Program members are putting …
The Gwinnett Medical Center Breast Program Leadership Team saw an opportunity to create a more comprehensive diagnostic care pathway to include more timely results to breast biopsy patients, streamlined access to treatment specialists, and improved processes and communication with referring physicians.
ACCC education programs examine the latest multidisciplinary education and resources regarding health disparities in breast cancer care, the latest clinical advances, and initiatives that aim to improve the quality of breast cancer patient care.
Patient-provider communication is key to comprehensive, patient-centered care of metastatic breast cancer patients. Members of the multidisciplinary care team and patients have many conversations along the continuum of care. Click on a care-continuum point in the communication process map below to find resources to deepen understanding of specific issues and needs of metastatic breast cancer …
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