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Explore findings from a multi-stakeholder collaboration aimed at exploring clinical meaningfulness in comprehensive care delivery for patients with metastatic breast cancer.
Discover the mission of Unite for HER—a national nonprofit organization dedicated to enriching the health and well-being of those affected by breast and ovarian cancers.
For their final policy summit of 2023, the NCCN invited multidisciplinary stakeholders to Washington D.C. for a discussion focused on patients with cancer receiving comprehensive and equitable care.
ACCC president Olalekan Ajayi, PharmD, MBA, shared the association’s key priorities for impacting cancer care in the United States with the President’s Cancer Panel.
The survival of pancreatic cancer is 12%, making it one of the deadliest cancers of our time. As a result, understanding the symptoms, risks factors, as well and the benefit of an early diagnosis is key.
National Black Family Cancer Awareness Week is dedicated to raising awareness of the importance of clinical trial participation and specimen donations for cancer research among Black Americans.
ACCCBuzz spoke with Dr. Gabriela Hobbs, MD, at Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center to learn how to best manage patients' care for those with myelofibrosis.
If passed, the Medical Nutrition Therapy Act could expand Medicare Part B to cover medical nutrition therapy services for patients with cancer, who need to maintain their strength and keep a health body weight during treatment. ACCCBuzz shares more about this legislation and why its benefits are essential for oncology.
For most providers and other professionals in the healthcare industry, information about coronavirus (COVID-19) is coming fast and furious. As we strive to flatten the curve of the spread of the virus, a "new normal" of patient care delivery has for many of us materialized seemingly overnight. Our workdays are likely getting busier, and our home lives more complicated. It’s getting more and more difficult …
While the contributions of dietitians to cancer care are increasingly being acknowledged in much of the oncology provider community, so too is the recognition that adequate nutritional care is absent from the treatment of most cancer patients. Although the anecdotal evidence supporting this impression is overwhelming, until now there has been little effort to gather numbers to validate the need for …
The causes, symptoms, and treatment of cancer can be enormously complex. Upon being diagnosed, people are often thrust into a medical world that is completely unknown to them. Some find themselves in the position of having to make complicated treatment choices in a short amount of time. Given that research indicates that more than one-third of U.S. adults have limited health literacy, that prospect …
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 …
When most people think of cancer care, the work of clinicians such as oncologists, advanced practitioners, and nurses first come to mind. But since cancer and its treatment affect the whole person, quality oncology care must address a number of patient needs. This requires the work of multiple professionals in supportive care roles—including social workers, dietitians, pharmacists, genetic …
This is the second of seven posts highlighting the achievements of this year’s ACCC Innovator Award Winners. Join us at the upcoming ACCC 36th National Oncology Conference, Oct. 30 – Nov. 1, 2019, in Orlando, Florida, where the 2019 Innovator Award recipients will present on their pioneering initiatives. In December 2018, Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin (UT Health Austin) began …
Before we turn the corner into 2018, let’s pause for a moment to look back at a few of our most viewed ACCC resources from the past year. Unsurprisingly, this list reveals ACCC members to be forward-looking with a strong, multidisciplinary focus on process improvements to support and advance quality, patient-centered care. Our most popular webinars of 2017 include: Virtual Molecular Tumor Boards …
In cancer care, the use of patient navigators has grown substantially over the past decade. In 2012, the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer added Standard 3.1 requiring that accredited programs have a patient navigation process in place. While the navigator’s role and responsibilities may vary from institution to institution, clinical navigators typically: assess patients’ …
March is National Nutrition Month, the ideal time for ACCCBuzz to spotlight the role a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) plays in the delivery of high-quality, patient-centered cancer care. Do you have a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) in your cancer center? If not—or if your RDN staffing is limited—you may be interested in what an RDN can do for your patients. First, Some Background …
March is National Nutrition Month. ACCCBuzz has invited guest blogger Colleen Gill, MS, RD, CSO, to share her perspectives on the value dietitian services can bring to cancer care services. Ms. Gill is a clinical dietitian with the University of Colorado Cancer Center. She is also serves on the ACCC Board of Trustees. Although 90 percent of cancer treatment occurs in clinics, dietitian services have …
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 …