NCCN Policy Report: Ensuring Patient Safety and Access in Cancer Care (December 2017)

Summary

As cancer care becomes inundated with cutting edge and novel treatments, such as personalised medicine, oral chemotherapy, biosimilars, and immunotherapy, new safety challenges are emerging at increasing speed and complexity. 

Content

The US National Comprehensive Cancer Network hosted the Ensuring Safety and Access in Cancer Care Policy Summit in June 2017 to discuss pertinent patient safety issues and access implications under the Trump administration, as well as policy and advocacy strategies to address these gaps and build on opportunities moving forward. This report summarises the discussions from the Summit.

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