Author: National Cancer Policy Forum

In recent years, patients' out-of-pocket costs for cancer care have been rising rapidly. These costs include health insurance deductibles, coinsura...

The National Cancer Policy Forum of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a public workshop, Incorporating Weight Mana...

The convergence of imaging, pathology, and laboratory testing data, augmented with information technology, is referred to as integrated diagnostics...

Patients living with and beyond cancer often require care from a wide range of clinicians as they navigate cancer diagnosis, treatment, and survivo...

Childhood cancer is an area of oncology that has seen both remarkable progress as well as substantial continuing challenges. While survival rates f...

Millions of women undergo screening mammography regularly with the hope of detecting breast cancer at an earlier and more curable stage. But the ab...

Traditional preclinical mouse models of cancer have been very useful for studying the biology of cancer, however they often lack key characteristic...

In recent years, the field of oncology has witnessed a number of technological advances, including more precise radiation therapy and minimally inv...

Immunotherapy is a form of cancer therapy that harnesses the body's immune system to destroy cancer cells. In recent years, immunotherapies have be...

The public health burden from lung cancer is substantial: it is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer-related d...

Though cancer was once considered to be a problem primarily in wealthy nations, low- and middle-income countries now bear a majority share of the g...

As information technology becomes an integral part of health care, it is important to collect and analyze data in a way that makes the information ...

A long-held goal in oncology has been to develop therapies that target the specific abnormalities in each patient's cancer rather than simply treat...

Advances in cancer research have led to an improved understanding of the molecular mechanisms underpinning the development of cancer and how the im...

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to dramatic adjustments in cancer care delivery and cancer research. To examine these changes, the National Cancer Po...

New technologies and improved understanding of the genesis and progression of various cancers have added to the enthusiasm for potential new strate...

Cancer treatment can lead to an array of significant short- and long-term physical, psychosocial, and socioeconomic consequences for patients and t...

There is a void in evidence-based information for making informed decisions on how to optimize care for older adults, particularly those 80 years a...

The use of immune modulator therapeutics, a type of immunotherapy enhancing the body immune system response to cancer, was perceived as the beginni...

Though cancer was once considered to be a problem primarily in wealthy nations, low- and middle-income countries now bear a majority share of the g...

The oncology careforce faces challenges as population growth in the U.S. contributes to increases in the number of patients diagnosed with cancer. ...

Health literacy is a critical skill for engaging in healthy behaviors to reduce disease risk and improve health outcomes across the continuum of ca...

Despite advances in the delivery of high-quality cancer care and improvements in patient outcomes in recent years, disparities in cancer incidence,...