Keeping You Informed

Early detection is widely seen as key to cancer survival, which is why screenings and prevention are so widely recommended.

Early one morning in June, 2017, Todd Doan woke his husband, Wylliam Soliwoda-Doan, to say that he was going to the hospital. Doan, a music teacher at an elementary school in East Orange, N.J., had spent the previous week in bed with unusual fatigue and a deep, hacking cough.

In 1995, when Matthew Zachary was 21 years old and at college, he went to a campus doctor because he had hand neuropathy, although he didn’t know at the time that was what it was called. He was prescribed Robitussin and went on his way.

Researchers at University of California San Diego and collaborating institutions have shed light on the ways that social risks, such as housing or food insecurity, pose barriers to routine cancer screenings.

2020 was filled with many challenges for patients, survivors and providers. Yet, despite these challenges a bright light remained - interest and dedication to advocacy.

As 2019 comes to a close, we would like to thank everyone for your contributions to a successful year. This year, CPAN held over 60 educational/advocacy events across the U.S. CPAN advocates delivered our message (the value of community oncology) on Capitol Hill, at community & practice based events, in various media outlets and by sharing their experiences as cancer patients & survivors in patient advisory roles.

44 CPAN Chapter Educational Events • 12 CPAN Community Events • 24 CPAN Media Opportunities • 9 Patient Advocacy Meetings - ASCO • 9 National Advocacy Events • 7 CPAN Chapter Launch Events • 23 CPAN Advocacy Chapters

Upcoming Advocacy Chats: Educational Conversations on Cancer Advocacy and Policy .....

Upcoming Advocacy Chats – Educational Conversations on Cancer Advocacy and Policy .....

Upcoming Advocacy Chats – Educational Conversations on Cancer Advocacy and Policy .....