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MassachusettsPatient Navigators Can Help When Life Disrupts Cancer Care
Patient navigators are trained laypeople who can help guide patients through the often-complicated cancer care system. With research supported by the American Cancer Society, Karen Freund, MD, has shown that patient navigators can help address cancer care disparities one person at a time.
Researcher Studies Current Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines for Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer
Childhood cancer survivors often have a higher risk for getting a second cancer later in life. Early screening can help, but not enough survivors are getting the screenings recommended by the Children’s Oncology Group (COG). One researcher is trying to change that by gathering better evidence on the effectiveness of early breast cancer screening for women who received radiation to the chest as children.
Research Helps Parents Make Decisions About Their Child's Care—With Less Stress
American Cancer Society grantee Jennifer Mack, MD, MPH, conducts research to help pediatric oncologists communicate more effectively with their patients' parents to make treatment decisions less stressful.
Helping Cancer Researchers Jump the Last Hurdles Before Clinical Trials
The American Cancer Society Mission Boost grant helps rescue science that sometimes falls into the valley of death, where promising research comes to an abrupt end because it otherwise can’t get the funding it needs to cross the bridge between discovery and helping patients. Read about 4 of the cancer researchers who are using Mission Boost grants today.
Research to Help Women Prevent Breast Cancer or Live Their Best Life With It
These 3 scientists are contributing to research that may help families affected by breast cancer in the future. They're studying the most effective language to include in dense breast notifications after mammography, what makes a cancer cell that’s been dormant—not growing—suddenly reactivate, and the effectiveness of a program to help Latina breast cancer survivors overcome barriers to exercising regularly.
Lung Cancer Dream Team Makes Progress
Dr. Pasi Janne gives an update on the research lead by the Lung Cancer Dream Team, which was created and funded by a partnership between Stand Up For Cancer and The American Cancer Society.
New Device Aims to Use Light to Predict How Well Chemotherapy Treats Breast Cancer
Darren Roblyer, PhD, and his research team at Boston University use optical imaging, specifically diffuse optical spectrometry (DOS), to study how well chemotherapy works before surgery in women with early stage breast cancer. Their work is supported by a grant from the American Cancer Society.
25-Year Multiple Myeloma Survivor Rides for Hope
Multiple myeloma survivor Jim Bond is easy to spot among the hundreds of bicyclists in the Pan Ohio Hope Ride, which takes place every July and raises money for the American Cancer Society.