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Alliance Advocate Spotlight:

Alliance Advocate Spotlight:

Amanda Rice, Founder & CEO, Chick Mission
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OMNIBUS SPENDING BILL LETS CANCER PATIENTS DEFER STUDENT LOAN PAYMENTS

OMNIBUS SPENDING BILL LETS CANCER PATIENTS DEFER STUDENT LOAN PAYMENTS

The new bipartisan congressional spending package included an arrangement for patients actively receiving cancer treatment to defer payment…
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen’s Proposal to Let Cancer Patients Defer on Public Student Loans Included in…

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen’s Proposal to Let Cancer Patients Defer on Publ...

A proposal backed by U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., to allow cancer patients to defer public student loan payments was included as…
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Young adults with cancer are seemingly invisible

Young adults with cancer are seemingly invisible

Approximately 70,000 adolescents and young adults are diagnosed with cancer each year in the United States. In fact, I’m one of them.
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Kate Yglesias Houghton
Louisiana Lessons

Louisiana Lessons

On Tuesday, I testified before the Louisiana House Appropriations Committee about a piece of legislation to expand cancer coverage to…
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Kate Yglesias Houghton
Expand Fertility Coverage for Young Adult Cancer Patients

Expand Fertility Coverage for Young Adult Cancer Patients

Testimony in support of Louisiana HB 689
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Kate Yglesias Houghton
Emerging Trends in AYA Cancer Care: The Flat Line

Emerging Trends in AYA Cancer Care: The Flat Line

by Kate Yglesias Houghton, President & CEO, Critical Mass
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Kate Yglesias Houghton
Letters: Support Stokes’ cancer bill

Letters: Support Stokes’ cancer bill

I was 27 years old when I was diagnosed with cancer. My husband and I had bought our first house six weeks prior to that awful day, and up…
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Kate Yglesias Houghton
Emerging Trends in AYA Cancer Care: Fertility Preservation Coverage

Emerging Trends in AYA Cancer Care: Fertility Preservation Coverage

By Joyce Reinecke, Alliance for Fertility Preservation
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Emerging Trends in AYA Cancer Care: Aging Young

Emerging Trends in AYA Cancer Care: Aging Young

by Andrew B. Smitherman, MD MSc, and Hazel B. Nichols, PhD
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