Being diagnosed with cancer is hard enough. But far too often the side effects of cancer treatment go unmanaged, leaving many cancer patients feeling like "the treatment is worse than the disease."
With more than ten million cancer survivors in the U.S. today, it is critical that we improve cancer care at all points of treatment and follow-up. You can help by urging your representative to co-sponsor The Comprehensive Cancer Care Improvement Act (CCCIA), H.R. 1078.
The CCCIA would provide cancer care planning services for Medicare patients before, during and after cancer treatment, creating an opportunity for patients to participate in treatment decisions and get the care that is best suited for them from the time of diagnosis through the rest of their lives.
The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) believes strongly in this legislation and the positive impact it can have on millions of cancer survivors and our healthcare system as a whole. Please take action today to improve cancer care - sign our petition to urge your representative to co-sponsor CCCIA today!
We signed the “Take Action to Improve Cancer Care!” petition!
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8:13 pm PST, Nov 20,Robert Levitt, Missouri
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7:59 pm PST, Nov 20,Marlene Baxter, Virginia
Lost my sister 2 months ago to Breast Cancer. Please help find a cure!
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7:56 pm PST, Nov 20,Ron Monson, Washington
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7:54 pm PST, Nov 20,Brook Dillon, California
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6:44 pm PST, Nov 20,Stephen Giger, California
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6:40 pm PST, Nov 20,Ryan Shields, Arizona
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6:25 pm PST, Nov 20,Adeline Lucas, Wisconsin
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6:15 pm PST, Nov 20,Carter Beckett, New Mexico
# 17,798:
6:00 pm PST, Nov 20,Nathaniel Graham, Pennsylvania
My grandfather has prostate cancer and I would love to see cancer care improved for the sake of his well-being so he can enjoy his last years
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5:59 pm PST, Nov 20,Name not displayed, Wyoming
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5:51 pm PST, Nov 20,Charles Waugh, Texas
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5:51 pm PST, Nov 20,Heather Miller, Tennessee
My sister is a survivor of ovarian cancer. She was diagnosed two years ago - she was 23 years old. She had been diagnosed with a cancer that occurs in women in their mid-forties RARELY. She was in nursing school, and had no insurance. The lack of 'management' from the medical field came from her having no insurance. Each day she was in the hospital the first thing the M.D. (she had several), nurse, or SW said to her was, "Have you figured out to pay for this yet?" WHAT? My sister is now a nurse, and I can only hope that if I were to have become ill - My nurse would be someone like my sister. She still does not get treated kindly by the medical field due to her outrageous medical bills.
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5:42 pm PST, Nov 20,Tara Greer, Michigan
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5:27 pm PST, Nov 20,Name not displayed, California
Lost my mother 8 yrs ago, my husband last July. Husband diagnosis slow and care/pain mismanaged. Best friend had breast cancer-it touches everyone! Please, please do what can be done to improve the odds! We could be next....thanks and God bless.
# 17,792:
5:27 pm PST, Nov 20,Mark Soifer, New Jersey
We have had cancer in our family.Thank God with good treatment and family support all is well. Every canceer patient deserves all of the help we can give them.
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5:22 pm PST, Nov 20,Fyllis Kramer, California
My father was lost to us due to Cancer. Please help others so that they don 't have to mourn loved ones.
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5:14 pm PST, Nov 20,Pam Kunke, Illinois
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5:12 pm PST, Nov 20,Amy Walters, California
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5:06 pm PST, Nov 20,Juretta Koss, Pennsylvania
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4:57 pm PST, Nov 20,Ashley Wescott, Oregon
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4:50 pm PST, Nov 20,Karen Lewis, North Carolina
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4:29 pm PST, Nov 20,Patty Erwin, Florida
We need an "insurance" Co. out there that supports preventative medicine and alternative therapies Many would purchase such premiums allowing them to afford treatments that have been proven to heal -besides only destructive chemo and radiation!!! come on!!
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4:26 pm PST, Nov 20,J. Roach, North Carolina
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4:00 pm PST, Nov 20,Jeffrey Mclean, California
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3:43 pm PST, Nov 20,Name not displayed, New York
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3:20 pm PST, Nov 20,Hallie N Slivon, Ohio
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3:09 pm PST, Nov 20,Name not displayed, North Carolina
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2:57 pm PST, Nov 20,Jessica Pacynski, Ohio
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2:37 pm PST, Nov 20,Chris Mcginn, New York
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2:34 pm PST, Nov 20,June Black, Massachusetts
I am a breast cancer survivor - so are my sister, neice, and cousin - please help!
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2:33 pm PST, Nov 20,Mary Wahle, California
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2:32 pm PST, Nov 20,Kathleen Gieser, New York
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2:22 pm PST, Nov 20,Lauri Krakora, Illinois
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2:22 pm PST, Nov 20,Cherie Reeves-Rutledge, Oregon
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2:21 pm PST, Nov 20,Leanne Friedman, California
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1:53 pm PST, Nov 20,Priscilla Beaver, North Carolina
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1:51 pm PST, Nov 20,Therese Franzese, Florida
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1:46 pm PST, Nov 20,Zachary Johnson, Idaho
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1:44 pm PST, Nov 20,Joanna Ramos, New York
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1:40 pm PST, Nov 20,Gregory Roll, Michigan
Help ease the pain of cancer. This can be done with little or no effort on the government's part. Thank you.
# 17,766:
1:30 pm PST, Nov 20,JoAnn Cline, Ohio
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1:28 pm PST, Nov 20,Name not displayed, New York
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1:15 pm PST, Nov 20,Laura Filipas, Romania
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1:07 pm PST, Nov 20,Sheri B., Georgia
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1:04 pm PST, Nov 20,Anne Day, Michigan
# 17,761:
12:57 pm PST, Nov 20,Richard Stoey, Pennsylvania
I lost 2 brothers, a father and a grandmother to Cancer - please don't let this level of care to continue.
# 17,760:
12:37 pm PST, Nov 20,Tamara Williams, California
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12:29 pm PST, Nov 20,Misty Hay, California
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12:16 pm PST, Nov 20,Lisa Sargent, Maine
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12:03 pm PST, Nov 20,Douglas & Joan Shaw, Vermont
This is so important. Unfortunately, after years of research, cancer is still with us. More dollars need to be spent on alleviating the suffering and side effects, as well on prevention. Too many dollars are being spent on an immoral war.
# 17,756:
11:59 am PST, Nov 20,Rhodora Maiolo, California
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11:50 am PST, Nov 20,Jean Howe, New Hampshire
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11:48 am PST, Nov 20,Melody Hamann, Missouri
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11:37 am PST, Nov 20,Pamela A. Vaughn, Nebraska
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11:32 am PST, Nov 20,Jenny Cunningham, Ohio
We would have known about my father's cancer sooner than 5 days before he died.
