The Cancer Patient Statement Of Principles

HelpWithCancer.Org reader Allison Klein alerted me to a recent Cancer Patient Statement of Principles, released by the International Myeloma Foundation:

THE CANCER PATIENT STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES:
Prevention, Innovation, Access, and Early Approvals

PRINCIPLE 1:
Prevention is the key to reducing the burden of cancer.
We must support every reasonable attempt to encourage
studies of cause and prevention to reduce the number of
new cancer cases.
PRINCIPLE 2:
Continuing innovation is critical to the early diagnosis and
the more effective and safer treatment of the vast majority
of patients with cancer.
PRINCIPLE 3:
Equality of access (and equality of insurance coverage)
should be available for all patients to all approved cancer
treatments.
PRINCIPLE 4:
National policies and procedures for early approval of
new treatments for cancer and other deadly diseases
need to be reformed and streamlined.
PRINCIPLE 5:
An efficient and effective mechanism is needed to permit
access to unapproved and experimental therapies for
patients who have exhausted other available possibilities.

Works for me! Feel good and keep smiling! Pat