Improve quality

of life for those living with cancer

Provide compassionate care

for the person beyond their diagnoses

Give people control

over the things they can control

during cancer treatment

Help patients live better

Make everyday

the best it can be

Working together to
improve the quality of
supportive cancer care.

SOC News

Teenagers and Young Adults Require a Different Approach to Supportive Care

This story about a young adult with cancer in the New York Times illustrates some

Supportive oncology and survivorship care: Initial impact of the Coleman Supportive Oncology Collaborative.

Supportive oncology and survivorship care: Initial impact of the Coleman Supportive Oncology Collaborative. Trosman JR, Weldon CB, Rosenberg CA, Gerhart J, Garcia SF, Dale W,

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RT @Medscape: Expanding palliative care during #COVID. https://t.co/3TBYQy6na4

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Improving Supportive Oncology Care

The Coleman Foundation convened the Supportive Oncology Collaborative to explore supportive oncology, an aspect of care which has been overlooked by conventional cancer treatment. Supportive Oncology care aims to help cancer patients:

Clarify diagnosis, prognosis and treatment plans
Address concerns that affect day-to-day life
Complete treatment while managing side-effects
Explore and document medical and care wishes

National organizations, such as the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and Commission on Cancer (CoC), recommend systematic delivery of supportive oncology and survivorship care to all cancer patients throughout the continuum of care.