Survivorship & Palliative Care
GOAL: Improve quality of life for cancer survivors.
From the time of cancer diagnosis a person is considered a survivor and continues to be one for the remainder of their life. Partners working together on the Survivorship Task Force have a goal to improve Nevada cancer survivors’ quality of life through increased awareness, education, and access to survivorship resources and services, as well as palliative care, while also increasing knowledge of both survivorship and palliative care among health care professionals. This goal along with objectives and proposed strategies is outlined in the Nevada Cancer Plan.
Survivorship Task Force
Staff Lead: Amy Thompson, Cancer Survivorship Programs Manager
Oncology Patient Navigation Network
Recognized as a Local Navigation Network by AONN+, this group is a networking group that meets every other month to discuss barriers, brainstorm solutions, share resources and network.
Staff Lead: Valerie Martinez, Cancer Outreach Coordinator
NCC's Survivorship Work
ThriveNV — through our Patient Navigators, statewide community partners, and extensive resource database — is getting cancer patients, survivors and caregivers the tools they need to improve access to care and enhance quality of life, including better communication with their rural providers. In addition to care resources, we are building a support network where the cancer community can connect, learn, collaborate, be empowered, and find new ways to manage health.
