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American Society of Clinical Oncology Policy Statement: Opportunities in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to Reduce Cancer Care Disparities
Beverly Moy,Blase N. Polite,Michael T. Halpern,Steven K. Stranne,Eric P. Winer,Dana S. Wollins,Lisa A. Newman +6 more
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Parts of the health care law relevant to cancer disparities are summarized and specific strategies to address insurance reform, access to care, quality of care, prevention and wellness, research on health care disparities, and diversity in the health Care workforce are outlined.Abstract:
Patients in specific vulnerable population groups suffer disproportionately from cancer. The elimination of cancer disparities is critically important for lessening the burden of cancer. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provides both opportunities and challenges for addressing cancer care disparities and access to care. The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) advocates for policies that ensure access to cancer care for the underserved. Such policies include insurance reform and the reduction of economic barriers to quality health care. Building on ASCO's prior statement on disparities in cancer care (2009), this article summarizes elements of the health care law that are relevant to cancer disparities and provides recommendations for addressing major provisions in the law. It outlines specific strategies to address insurance reform, access to care, quality of care, prevention and wellness, research on health care disparities, and diversity in the health care workforce. ASCO is committed to leading efforts toward the improvement of cancer care among the most vulnerable patients.read more
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Delivering High-Quality Cancer Care: Charting a New Course for a System in Crisis
TL;DR: A committee of experts to examine the quality of cancer care in the United States and formulate recommendations for improvement presents the committee’s findings and recommendations.
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Clinical Cancer Advances 2013: Annual Report on Progress Against Cancer From the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Jyoti D. Patel,Lada Krilov,Sylvia Adams,Carol Aghajanian,Ethan Basch,Marcia S. Brose,William L. Carroll,Marcos de Lima,Mark R. Gilbert,Mark G. Kris,John L. Marshall,Gregory A. Masters,Steven J. O'Day,Blase N. Polite,Gary K. Schwartz,Sunil Sharma,Ian M. Thompson,Nicholas J. Vogelzang,Bruce J. Roth +18 more
TL;DR: Clinical Cancer Advances 2013: Annual Report on Progress Against Cancer From the American Society of Clinical Oncology represents the invaluable contributions of thousands of patients who participate in clinical trials and the scientists who conduct basic and clinical research.
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American Society of Clinical Oncology Statement: Achieving High-Quality Cancer Survivorship Care
Mary S. McCabe,Smita Bhatia,Kevin C. Oeffinger,Gregory H. Reaman,Courtney Tyne,Dana S. Wollins,Melissa M. Hudson +6 more
TL;DR: This workshop focused on implementation of the 10 recommendations contained in the IOM report “From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor: Lost in Transition” and the prioritization of several key ASCO initiatives, including development of cancer treatment plan and summary templates.
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A perfect storm: How tumor biology, genomics, and health care delivery patterns collide to create a racial survival disparity in breast cancer and proposed interventions for change.
TL;DR: This article evaluates interventions to close the racial survival disparity in breast cancer and argues that prior interventions have been too narrowly focused on the patient rather than addressing the system and improving care across the continuum of breast cancer evaluation and treatment.
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Health disparities and cancer: racial disparities in cancer mortality in the United States, 2000-2010
TL;DR: This review discusses and compares the cancer mortality rates and mortality trends for Blacks and Whites and the complex relationship between socioeconomic status and race and its contribution to racial cancer disparities is discussed.
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