Have you heard of a cancer hackathon? On her podcast, The Reroute by Good Humans Only, Kasey Altman looks at the world through a different lens and shares her journey and perspective through a rare… Read More »The Reroute Podcast: A Patient Perspective on Hackathons
In a pioneering effort to align the health care system with the needs of an individual patient, Bradford Power, a patient leader on the steering committee for PMC’s More Than a Number patient education initiative, has partnered with a… Read More »In Pioneering Effort to Align Health Care System With Patient Needs, Collaborators Come Together to Crowdsource Ways to Improve Care for Patient Advocate Bryce Olson
I’ve been working with the World Economic Forum’s project on breaking barriers to sharing health data as a patient representative. Their target audience is mostly biotech researchers, who are focused on accelerating and improving the drug discovery… Read More »Why we need access to global health data: a cancer patient’s view
When awareness of the pandemic hit in March of this year, like all cancer patients, I was worried about what it meant to me. I knew I was highly vulnerable to a virus like COVID-19… Read More »How Cancer Patients Should Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Today’s cancer patients desperately want access to faster and better treatment options, but despite success stories and great potential, the actual use of diagnostic tests and increased data about individuals to tailor their treatment is… Read More »Activating Patients: The Path to Personalizing Cancer Treatment
As a cancer patient with a likelihood of recurrence of my disease, I need the hope that comes from the rapid introduction of innovative, personalized treatments. I believe that our healthcare system isn’t adopting new… Read More »How to Advocate for Yourself: Advice from An Empowered Lymphoma Patient
Summary If you get a cancer diagnosis, it’s increasingly important that you understand the unique testing and treatments that are exploding and available to you, and to maximize the positive impact of behaviors only you control,… Read More »Why You Need to Actively Engage in Your Cancer Treatment
Cancer treatment is not one-size-fits-all. Thanks to medical advancements, people receiving a cancer diagnosis might have many potential treatment options, ranging from established, “tried-and-true” treatments to experimental ones. But in many cases, it’s up to… Read More »How data can empower patients to personalize and improve their cancer treatment
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