A Conversation About Cancer Survivorship
Join the Community Oncology Alliance Patient Advocacy Network (CPAN) for a virtual Advocacy Chat on Wednesday, June 21 at noon ET.
Clinical Trials in the Community Oncology Setting: Positive Impact on Patient Care
Join COA’s Director of Patient Advocacy and Education Rose Gerber, MS, and Colleen Lewis, MSN, ANP-BC, AOCNP, Vice President, Nursing & Research Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute, will discuss Clinical Trials in the Community Oncology Setting and the positive impacts on patient care.
The Impact of Health Equity on Cancer Care
Join COA’s Director of Patient Advocacy and Education Rose Gerber, MS, and Audrey Davis, LPC, PM-LPC, Director of Health Equity, Cancer Support Community, will discuss how patients are affected by various socioeconomic factors, what can be done to alleviate the negative impacts of these factors, and how organizations like COA and Cancer Support Community are working to increase health equity for all patients.
Evidence Based Nutrition for Cancer Patients and Survivors
Join Rose Gerber, MS, COA’s Director of Patient Advocacy and Education, and special guest, Jennifer Lafferty, MS, RD, CSO, Clinical Oncology Nutritionist Supervisor, American Oncology Network (AON), to learn about the importance of evidence-based nutrition recommendation for cancer patients and survivors at all stages of the cancer care continuum. Jennifer will share her insight into how oncology nutrition benefits patients including better management of treatment symptoms, faster healing and recovery, improved treatment tolerance and more.
COA’s Crystal Ball for 2023
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What’s Legal About Cancer? Insurance, Employment, Finances
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How Cancer Rehabilitation Benefits Patients
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How 340B In Big Health Systems is Hurting Patients
The 340B Drug Pricing Program is meant to provide patients in need or patients in poorer areas with access to prescription drugs at significantly discounted prices. Is that what the program accomplishes currently? Join Rose Gerber and her guests Ted Okon and Nicolas Ferreyros on October 12, 2022 at 12 p.m. ET, for a discussion about this federal program gone awry.
The Psychosocial Impact of Cancer
As a national advocacy organization, CPAN works with other advocacy groups including CancerCare, founded in 1944, making it one of the oldest cancer advocacy organizations. CPAN has worked frequently with CancerCare and welcomed this month’s guest speaker, Lauren Chatalian, MSW, LCSW, the organization’s director of advocacy. In addition to explaining the work of CancerCare, this chat examined the emotional impact of a cancer diagnosis and the ongoing challenges patients with cancer face.
National Organization for Rare Disorders
CPAN Advocacy Chats typically begin with COA and CPAN .....
