What’s inside:

  • Advocacy Update – Coalition signs court briefing in medical-leave lawsuit, by Barbara Hoffman, J.D.
    • NCCS joins a “friend of the court” brief in a case that could have a wide-ranging impact
  • NCCS’ Imperatives for Quality Cancer Care: a key to the future of healthcare, by Diann K. Austin, J.D.
    • The NCCS created a guideline and action plan for access, advocacy, action, and accountability for cancer survivors.
  • War on cancer a bust—not! By Ellen Stovall
    • NCCS Executive Director Ellen Stovall speaks her mind in a punchy letter to USA Today
Ellen Stovall chats with Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) about his managed-care bill and national cancer policy.
  • Coping with cancer in the family: Can we talk? By Betsy Clark, Ph.D.
    • If you have cancer and you have a family, their lives change, too. Here’s what can happen, with tips for family coping.
  • Survivors’ radio show a natural channel for advocates
    • Selma Schimmel hosts radio’s only call-in show on cancer, a support group for the nation.
  • Cancer fatigue: more than just plain tired
    • A introspection on the most common side effect of cancer treatment.
  • Innovative program at Johns Hopkins sets standard for quality cancer care, by Betsy Clark, Ph.D.
  • ALCASE: Leading the charge against lung cancer, by Sonja Tyler
    • The Alliance for Lung Cancer Advocacy, Support, & Education (ALCASE)
  • Principal gives students a living profile in courage, by Anita Baumann
    • Robert Clark, principal of a high school in Virginia, taught his students something about true grit.
  • Hope & Cope: Peer support flowers in Montreal
  • Landmark video summit touts lung-cancer research advances, clinical trials, by Sandra Fox
  • Conference warns of barriers blocking people from care, by Brad Zebrack, MSW, MPH
  • Actor Robert Urich to keynote Anderson Network’s conference