Vital Options presents Advocacy in Action (AIA), in partnership with the ESMO Cancer Patient Working Group and in collaboration with the ECCO Patient Advisory Committee. This six-part AIA Forum brings together influential leaders in cancer advocacy, to address the core issues that impact cancer survivorship. Joining Vital Options CEO, Selma Schimmel, will be AIA co-chair [...]

Vital Options presents Advocacy in Action (AIA), in partnership with the ESMO Cancer Patient Working Group and in collaboration with the ECCO Patient Advisory Committee. This six-part AIA Forum will bring together influential leaders in cancer advocacy, to address the core issues that impact cancer survivorship. In this episode, David Kerr, discusses the importance of [...]

This discussion is led by Regina Vidaver, Exec. Dir. of the Nat’l Lung Cancer Partnership. Featuring Cancer Advocates: Selma Schimmel (Vital Options International), Prof. David Kerr (President of ESMO), Diane Blum (Lymphoma Research Foundation), Kim Ryan (Fight Colorectal Cancer), Cara Tenenbaum (Ovarian Cancer National Alliance), and Ginny Mason (Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Foundation). The Group [...]

Advocacy in Action was filmed at ASCO 2011. This discussion is led by Professor David Kerr, President of the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) and contains a very specific plea for President Obama. Featuring: Selma Schimmel (Vital Options International), Ginny Mason (Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Foundation), Kristin Richeimer (International Association for the Study of [...]

This discussion is led by Prof. David Kerr (President of ESMO), Diane Blum (CEO Lymphoma Research Foundation), Regina Vidaver (Exec. Dir. of the Nat’l Lung Cancer Partnership) and Selma Schimmel (Founder & CEO Vital Options International. Featuring Cancer Advocates: Arin Assero (International Myeloma Foundation), Andrea Evans (Y-Me National Breast Cancer Foundation) and Kim Ryan (Fight [...]

This discussion is led by Diane Blum (CEO Lymphoma Research Foundation) and addresses the recent drug shortage issues specifically for cancer patients and how advocate organizations are handling it. Featuring Cancer Advocates: Cara Tenenbaum (Ovarian Cancer National Alliance), Kim Ryan (Fight Colorectal Cancer), Prof. David Kerr (President of ESMO), Eric Rosenthal (Oncology Times) and Selma [...]

This discussion is led by Prof. David Kerr (President of ESMO), Diane Blum (CEO Lymphoma Research Foundation), Regina Vidaver (Exec. Dir. of the Nat’l Lung Cancer Partnership) and Selma Schimmel (Founder & CEO Vital Options International. Featuring Cancer Advocates: Joya Delgado Harris (Y-Me National Breast Cancer Foundation), Ivy Ahmed (Cancer Support Community), Arin Assero (International [...]