GRACE is excited to bring you new information in our Bladder Cancer Program, hosted by Ramy Sedhom, MD. For this first video of 2019, Dr. Ramy Sedhom introduces us to Dr. Elizabeth Plimack with Fox Chase Cancer Center. Dr. Plimack is with the department of Hematology and Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center, specializing in bladder, kidney, penile, prostate, testicular and ureteral and urethral cancers. You can read more about Dr. Plimack here. In this video, Drs. Sedhom and Plimack discuss the...

We couldn't do what we do without you, our volunteers! From sharing their own philanthropic efforts, helping at the ASCO booth, admin and transcription work, to spreading pamphlets and information about GRACE, to writing informational articles for our community, we have been lucky to have some of the most amazing people volunteer their time and efforts to GRACE. This month we are pleased to give a huge thank you to Dr. Ramy Sedhom! Ramy Sedhom, MD, is a Medical Oncology Fellow at the Johns...

Don't forget to register and join us Saturday, November 16, 2019 at 8:30 AM OncTalk 2019 - Controversies in Managing NSCLC - Connecting Patients to the Experts - for patients & caregivers living with lung cancer Join GRACE Saturday, November 16, 2019 at the DOUBLETREE SanFrancisco Airport - Registration opens at 7:45 a.m. pacific time You are invited to attend the event, or join via live webcast. This is a free event, but space is limited. REGISTER now! View the Agenda | View the Faculty

With the plethora of Medicare options available, here is an overview of Medicare terms and options along with things to consider when choosing a Medicare plan. Let's start with the basics: there are four main parts of Medicare: Medicare Part A – Hospital Plan Medicare Part B – Medical Plan Medicare Part C – Medicare Advantage Medicare Part D – Prescription Plan Part A is your hospital benefit and covers items such as inpatient care, skilled nursing facility care, some home health care, and...

GRACE is very excited to bring you more of our program on supportive care in cancer treatment. Arjun Gupta, MD, one of the GRACE Fellows Ambassador Program Winners for 2019 is the host of this video series, Supportive Care in Cancer Treatment. In this video, Dr. Gupta's guest is Dr. Dawn Hershman, with Columbia University in New York. Their topic of discussion is Aromatase Inhibitor Induced Arthralgia (AI Induced Arthralgia). Aromatase inhibitors (ais) are commonly used as adjuvant treatment in...

What are Patient Reported Outcomes and why are they important to patients? Patient reported outcomes (PROs) can be thought of as any report or measurement of a patient’s health that comes directly from the patient. PROs have become increasingly important in the care of patients with cancer not only to better understand the wide range of symptoms patients experience from their condition, but also to characterize side effects that come from new therapies being developed to better treat and...

We couldn't do what we do without you, our volunteers! From sharing their own philanthropic efforts, helping at the ASCO booth, admin and transcription work, to spreading pamphlets and information about GRACE, to writing informational articles for our community, we have been lucky to have some of the most amazing people volunteer their time and efforts to GRACE. This month we are pleased to give a huge thank you to Ketki Patel! Ketki Patel, MHA, is a Program Operations Specialist/Post Award...

We are very excited to bring to you more information through our new program regarding supportive care in cancer treatment. Arjun Gupta, MD, one of the GRACE Fellows Ambassador Program Winners for 2019 is the host of this video series, Supportive Care in Cancer Treatment. In this second video, Dr. Gupta's guest is Dr. Richard Dunne, with the University of Rochester Medical Center in NY. Their topic of discussion is cachexia during cancer treatment. For more, please visit http://cancerGRACE.org/...

We are excited to share with you more videos from a recent series of discussions between Drs. Howard (Jack) West, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, Medical Oncology, Executive Director, Employer Services at City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Founder, President and CEO Of GRACE, Charu Aggarwal, MD, MPH with the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, and Benjamin Levy MD, Clinical Director Of Medical Oncology, Assistant Professor Of Oncology at the Johns...