Advocacy

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  Policy Matters

  Public Funding is the Lifeblood of Cancer Research

  Let your voice be heard in support of robust, sustained and predictable federal funding increases.

  by George D. Demetri, MD

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  The Education of a Patient Advocate

  Bob Riter explains how his breast cancer diagnosis set him on a path to find his calling.

  by Bob Riter

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  Reinforcements for Cancer Research

  Scientific meeting emphasizes the importance of patient advocates in helping researchers to reduce cancer health disparities.

  by Marci A. Landsmann

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  An Uncommon Partnership

  Through the Angiosarcoma Project, researchers are partnering with patients to learn about a rare cancer.

  by Ashley P. Taylor

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  Policy Matters

  A Growing Commitment to Cancer Survivors

  The number of cancer survivors is growing. We must step up efforts to meet their needs.

  by Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MD

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  Survivor Profile

  The Power of Patients

  Janet Freeman-Daily helps put patients at the center of lung cancer research.

  by Robin Meadows

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  Raising Their Voices

  People with metastatic breast cancer are demanding to be seen, counted and included in breast cancer research.

  by Sue Rochman

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  Being Candid About Cancer

  As a father with an aggressive brain cancer, I've opted against elaborate metaphors and in favor of candid speech when talking about cancer with my children.

  by Adam Hayden

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  Q&A

  Honoring Life in Death

  Physician Lucy Kalanithi, widow of the author of When Breath Becomes Air, talks about aligning patients' values with their end-of-life decisions.

  by Marci A. Landsmann

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  Advocacy Spotlight: Sorting Out Priorities

  Ovarian cancer survivor and research advocate Annie Ellis is teaming up with researchers to better equip patients with recurrent cancer to make treatment decisions.

  by Cici Zhang