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Patient Navigators Can Help When Life Disrupts Cancer Care
Published on: April 19, 2021
Patient navigators are trained laypeople who can help ensure that a patient receives timely cancer care. Learn more.
Researcher Studies Current Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines for Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer
Published on: September 22, 2020
Childhood cancer survivors often have a higher risk for getting a second cancer later in life. Early screening can help, but not enough survivors are getting the screenings recommended by the Children’s Oncology Group (COG). One researcher is trying to change that by gathering better evidence on the effectiveness of early breast cancer screening for women who received radiation to the chest as children.
Research Helps Parents Make Decisions About Their Child's Care—With Less Stress
Published on: September 1, 2020
American Cancer Society grantee Jennifer Mack, MD, MPH, conducts research to help pediatric oncologists communicate more effectively with their patients' parents to make treatment decisions less stressful.
Helping Cancer Researchers Jump the Last Hurdles Before Clinical Trials
Published on: February 3, 2020
The American Cancer Society Mission Boost grant helps rescue science that sometimes falls into the valley of death, where promising research comes to an abrupt end because it otherwise can’t get the funding it needs to cross the bridge between discovery and helping patients.
