Tikkun Patient Advocates

01/03/2024

Truth is many diseases are not curable. Instead, it and its symptoms are managed. But we believe that patients deserve more than that and in our new post we explain why.

Discover a new perspective on healing with 'Managed Vs. Cured.' Uncover how managing disease can lead to fulfilling lives. It's not just about curing, it's about living well with managed disease. Dive in today!

09/12/2023

A great video about why DEI in cancer clinical trials is important
https://fb.watch/n0hO13aKDn/?mibextid=I6gGtw

08/24/2023

CAR-T therapy is a type of immunotherapy and this is some really promising news!

Now that chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy has become part of the treatment landscape in hematologic malignancies, researchers are focused on developing more potent, less toxic agents that can be used in earlier treatment settings.Several studies presented at ASCO Annual Meeting highlighted t...

08/18/2023

Exciting things happening at SWOG, a cooperative group of the National Cancer Institute. We are all for decentralized clinical trials and how this can help patients

The incoming leaders of our patient advocate committee are co-chair-appointees Anne Marie Mercurio and Barbara Segarra-Vazquez, DHSc. The two will share leadership of the group when our current patient advocate chair and vice-chair – Rick Bangs and Hildy Dillon – reach the end of their second an...

08/08/2023

An important article about how to gain health insurance if you lost Medicaid coverage

Millions lost Medicaid coverage when pandemic protections expired in the spring.