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A Pathway for Change: Supporting the Shift to Patient-Centered Cancer Research and Care and Addressing Value and Cost of Cancer Care (PDF)

A Pathway for Change: Supporting the Shift to Patient-Centered Cancer Research and Care and Addressing Value and Cost of Cancer Care

“A Pathway for Change: Supporting the Shift to Patient-Centered Cancer Research and Care and Addressing Value and Cost of Cancer Care”, an Issue Brief published in advance of the 2014 Turning the Tide Against Cancer national conference, includes a set of policy options that, if implemented, would move us towards a more patient-centric, high-value system of cancer research and care. These policy options were developed by a broad range of experts in oncology, health policy, and patient advocacy convened by PMC, AACR, and FKH. The Issue Brief served as the foundation for the discussion at the 2014 conference and ongoing activities of the Turning the Tide Against Cancer initiative.

Turning the Tide Against Cancer: Roundtable Proceedings (PDF)

Turning the Tide Against Cancer: Roundtable Proceedings

“Turning the Tide Against Cancer: Roundtable Proceedings”, summarizes the key findings from the Turning the Tide Against Cancer Roundtable held in October 2013. More than 40 senior leaders representing key stakeholder groups from across the cancer community came together to discuss potential policy solutions that align with scientific trends and patient-centered care. The Proceedings report includes the participants’ diverse perspectives on cost and value, patient-centered care and continuous learning healthcare systems that were articulated during the discussion and outlines new approaches for sustaining progress and medical innovation in cancer care and research.

Turning the Tide Against Cancer Through Sustained Medical Innovation: The Pathway to Progress

“Turning the Tide Against Cancer Through Sustained Medical Innovation: The Pathway to Progress”, an article published in AACR’s Clinical Cancer Research and authored by members of the Turning the Tide Advisory Committee, considers how to frame the research and regulatory policies necessary to sustain progress against cancer in an environment of constrained resources and identifies actionable solutions and areas for collaboration within the cancer community.

Sustaining Progress Against Cancer in an Era of Cost Containment (PDF)

Sustaining Progress Against Cancer in an Era of Cost Containment

Sustaining Progress Against Cancer in an Era of Cost Containment, a Discussion Paper developed based on one-to-one interviews with more than 30 experts from across the cancer community, highlights the importance of innovation to patients and the current landscape of scientific progress in cancer research and patient care, and begins to define potential solutions to sustain innovation and turn the tide against cancer.

AACR Cancer Progress Report 2013 (PDF)

AACR Cancer Progress Report

The AACR Cancer Progress Report highlights the advances in cancer research that have been made to date, and paints a picture of where the science is leading us.

Read the 2013 report, which illustrates the return on investments in cancer research and biomedical science by detailing the many ways that the field has continued to make research count for patients. The 2013 report also includes a special feature describing how fundamental discoveries in immunology have led to the development of anticancer immunotherapies that are yielding remarkable, long-lasting patient responses.

Read the 2012 report, which details how scientific discoveries and emerging technologies are ushering in a new era of personalized medicine where patients are treated based on the molecular profile of their cancer.

Read the 2011 report, which commemorates the 40th anniversary of the signing of the National Cancer Act of 1971.

PMC Cost-containment and Deficit Reduction Policy Principles (PDF)

Cost-containment and Deficit Reduction Policy Principles

The Personalized Medicine Coalition’s (PMC) Cost-containment and Deficit Reduction Policy Principles were developed to ensure that cost-containment policies do not undermine personalized medicine and protect innovation, the physician-patient relationship, and patient values and choice, in the face of pressure to control federal healthcare spending.