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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. …

Accurate and timely staging is critical in determining the appropriate approach to treatment for gastric cancer.

ACCC’s Improving Care in Gastric/GE Junction Cancer project seeks to better the quality of care for gastric and GE cancer patients treated at community cancer programs. This guest post by Colleen Gill, MS, RD, CSO, is the final blog in a series on gastric and GE junction cancers. Colleen Gill is outpatient dietitian at the University of Colorado Cancer Center, and she serves on the Advisory Committee …

ROCKVILLE, Md. – The Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) is pleased to announce invaluable new provider resources for delivering high-quality care to gastric cancer patients. Although gastric cancer has become less common in the U.S. over the past 60 years due to improvements in diagnosis and dietary changes, nearly 21,600 cases are diagnosed each year, and it is estimated that 11,000 Americans …