Patient advocacy

July 21, 2016
Samantha Watson, MBA, and Michelle Landwehr, MPH

Young Adults, Cancer, and Financial Stress: What Do We Do?

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Did you know that young adults especially struggle with the financial burdens of cancer care? Samantha Watson and Michelle Landwehr of The Samfund write about the challenges young adults face and what they can do about it.

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July 15, 2014

Meeting the Chemist

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What would it be like to meet the inventor of the investigational drug that is keeping you alive? Janet Freeman-Daily found out firsthand at the 2014 ASCO Annual Meeting.

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February 12, 2014

Packing a Suitcase Full of Hope

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Kidney cancer patient advocate Berit Eberhardt describes why she traveled more than 5,000 miles to attend the 2014 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium.

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For Patient Advocates

An advocate is someone who supports or defends a cause. In the cancer community, an advocate supports a cause or policy regarding cancer. Cancer advocates can work on a local or national level, providing support to those living with cancer, raising public awareness of the disease, advancing cancer research, improving the quality of cancer care, or addressing legislative and regulatory issues that affect cancer care and research.

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