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To the Editor: The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS), a survivor-led organization that advocates for high-quality cancer care, supports the principles of palliative care outlined by Drs. Morrison and Meier (June 17 issue).¹ In 1996, the NCCS published Imperatives for Quality Cancer Care, which states among its principles, "People with cancer should be provided a range of benefits by all health care plans that includes . . . supportive therapies to manage pain, nausea, fatigue and infections, long-term follow-up, psychosocial services, palliative care, hospice care, and bereavement counseling."² Only when our reimbursement system values and pays adequately for the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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