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CANCER BUZZ

Oct 31, 2024

In both high- and low-income countries, the most common struggles patients with cancer face are largely the same, including financial toxicity from treatment costs, difficulty with transportation to and from appointments, and the impact of treatment on their caregivers and families. Consistently, the greatest barrier to...


Oct 24, 2024

UCSF Health’s Seeking Care Patient Experience Team introduced web self-scheduling to improve fragmented workflows and streamline the process of seeking care from a cancer specialist. Patients now have the option to conveniently self-register and schedule appointments through 2 distinct models: direct scheduling of a...


Oct 11, 2024

CANCERBUZZ speaks with Dr. Naoto Ueno about his NOC session titled The Hawaiʻi Cancer Consortium: An Equitable Clinical Trials Initiative.


Guest: 

Naoto T. Ueno, MD, PhD, FACP

Director

Interim Program Co-Leader, Cancer Biology Program, Translational and Clinical Research

University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center



Oct 11, 2024

CANCERBUZZ speaks with Melanie Grant about her NOC session titled Navigating Access and Equity: Providing the Answers That Matter.

 

Guest: 

Melanie Grant, Esq.

Staff Attorney

Triage Cancer

 

Resources:

ACCC 41st National Oncology...


Oct 10, 2024

CANCERBUZZ speaks with guests at the 2024 NOC Gala event about what they are looking for at the conference. 

 

Guests: 

Una Hopkins, DNP, MSN, BSN, FNP-BC, NE-BC, FACCC, RN

ACCC President-Elect

Director for Research and Evidence Based Practice

Montefiore Medical Center

Bronx, NY

 

Nadine Barrett, PhD, MA, MS

ACCC...