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Breast cancer accounts for approximately 30 percent of all new cancers in the United States. Estimates show 288,000 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed annually. Risk for breast cancer increases with age, but is also dependent on other factors such as genetic mutations, health history, etc. Breast cancer variations also occur depending on race and ethnicity.

Advances in early detection and treatment have helped to reduce breast cancer mortality, however disparities remain among cancer patients. ACCC education programs examine the latest multidisciplinary education and resources regarding health disparities in breast cancer care, the latest clinical advances, and initiatives that aim to improve the quality of breast cancer patient care.

While breast cancer is a high-profile disease, receiving significant private and public research funding and focused awareness and prevention initiatives, patients with metastatic breast cancer face unique challenges.

ACCC supports multidisciplinary breast cancer care teams with education and resources in areas such as HR+, HER2-, HER2+, Triple Negative, and BRCA testing.

Access ACCC resources to address barriers to supportive oncology services for underserved populations with breast cancer.

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Read how these ACCC Cancer Program Members have developed innovative programs to provide efficient, quality care to their patients with breast cancer.

From the ACCCBuzz Blog

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Cancer Buzz Podcasts

A One-Stop Breast Clinic Improves Time to Diagnosis and Patient Satisfaction — [MINI PODCAST] Ep 159 Jul 16, 2024

This accelerated delivery platform improves clinic workflow and speeds up breast cancer diagnosis and treatment planning.
Social Determinants of Health in Metastatic Breast Cancer – [Mini Podcast] Ep 154 May 30, 2024

Social determinants of health have been proven to impact access to care, but further delineation is necessary to describe their effect on treatment selection itself. To mitigate this knowledge gap, the Association of Cancer Care Centers (ACCC) sought to identify the impact that social determinants of health may have on guideline-concordant treatment selection in hormone receptor positive, HER2 negative, metastatic breast cancer and early breast cancer.
Improving Care Delivery to Patients Newly Diagnosed with Breast Cancer – [Podcast] Ep 151 May 3, 2024

Addressing this issue required a coordinated, multidisciplinary approach that involved engaging the cancer center leadership across 3 treatment departments—medical, radiation, and surgical oncology—administration, physicians, advanced practice providers (APPs), patient navigation, genetic counseling, scheduling, imaging, lab, and pathology. The primary goals of the initiative were to transform patient experience and improve timeliness to care for every newly diagnosed patient.

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From Oncology Issues

Carrie's TOUCH: Supporting Black Women with Breast Cancer
Maddelynne Parker and Tammie Denyse, M. DIV., MCL

With disparate breast cancer outcomes, lack of messages of hope, and limited available support for Black women, Rev. Tammie and her late sister were inspired to co-found Carrie’s TOUCH in 2006.
Empowering Cancer Patients Using Integrative Medicine: A Novel Model for Breast Cancer Risk Modification
Christina M. Bowen, MD; Robin Hearne, MS, RN; Caroline Dixon; and Charles H. Shelton, MD

As a CoC-accredited critical access hospital—one of only about a dozen nationwide—The Outter Banks Hospital has developed a quality program with a focus on removing rurally linked barriers to care.
Engaging the Community to Improve Patient-Centered Care for Inflammatory Breast Cancer
Gayathri R. Devi, PhD, et al.

Through a community engagement session and focused interviews, researchers from Duke University School of Medicine, N.C., held a consortium to help stakeholders identify barriers to inflammatory breast cancer awareness, diagnosis, and appropriate treatment. Today the Duke Consortium for Inflammatory Breast Cancer is committed to translating research into action.

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