The mission of NNECOS is to promote the highest quality care for patients with cancer and blood disorders in our region through professional networking, education, and scientific research, as well as patient advocacy and public policy.

ANNUAL MEETING SPOTLIGHT

Join us October 24-25th for education, connection, and more at the beautiful Omni Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, NH.

Program Highlights Include:

  • PCS - Mind Matters: Navigating Cognition, Mental Health, Substance Misuse Disorder, and Insomnia in Serious Illness
  • AI in Oncology - It's here whether we like it or not
  • Environmental Exposures - Digging in to the data, how to accurately talk about exposures with patients
  • Too Close to Home: Navigating a family cancer diagnosis as a medical oncologist
  • And much more!

Learn More & Register Today!
Last chance - late registration closes October 9th!

Please note - attendee lodging is now sold out. 


ALL UPCOMING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

Lunchtime webinar Series

Thursday, October 16th at 12:15pm

Precision in Breast Cancer: Unpacking Biomarkers, Predicting Recurrence, and Prioritizing Patients' Needs*

presented by Novartis

Jillian Parrelli, BSN, RN
Michael Kenausis, BS

*Please note: employees of industry are not eligible to attend this program


LIFE AFTER CANCER SYMPOSIUM

Saturday, October 18th - 9am to 4pm
Lebanon, NH

Life After a Cancer Diagnosis: A Day of Connection, Hope, and Wellness

Learn more & register by September 29th!

ANNUAL MEETING

NNECOS Annual Meeting
October 24-25, 2025

Register Today!

SPRING MEETING

Save the Date!

NNECOS Spring Meeting
April 25, 2026

RESEARCH, PROJECT & PROGRAM FUNDING


Fall Submission Deadline - September 15th


Fall Submission Deadline

October 15th


Up to $4,000 to fund your educational program.

Rolling Application Deadline

NNECOS PATIENT PHILANTHROPY


Rolling Application Deadline

Up to $3,000 per grant


Rolling Application Deadline

Up to 125, $25 grocery/cards 


OTHER NEWS & INFORMATION

NNECOS Classifieds

Visit the NNECOS Member Classifieds for more information about job listings from the following centers:

  • MaineHealth Cancer Care
  • UVM Cancer Center, Larner College of Medicine

REGIONAL EDUCATION

Visit the Regional Educational Programs for more information about the following upcoming programming:

Member Institution Programs:


Industry Supported Programs:


Nonprofit Sponsored Programs:

  • September 2025 - March 2026 - American Cancer Society's Building Pathways to Fertility Preservation in Cancer (monthly virtual sessions)

FELLOW LIAISON UPDATES

Welcome, new board fellow liaisons!


Join us in thanking our outgoing fellow liaisons & wishing them the best of luck in their future endeavors!


Drug Shortages Sign On Letter

Looking Back!

Enjoy this wonderful interview with 3 of NNECOS' founding members!



SOCIAL MEDIA

 

Participate on a NNECOS Task Force


FDA Approvals & uPDATES

Latest FDA Approval

  • September 25 - FDA approves imlunestrant for ER-positive, HER2-negative, ESR1-mutated advanced or metastatic breast cancer
  • September 19 - FDA approves pembrolizumab and berahyaluronidase alfa-pmph for subcutaneous injection
  • September 11 - FDA approves selumetinib for pediatric patients 1 year of age and older with neurofibromatosis type 1 with symptomatic, inoperable plexiform neurofibromas
  • September 9 - FDA approves gemcitabine intravesical system for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer
  • August 8 - FDA grants accelerated approval to zongertinib for non-squamous NSCLC with HER2 TKD activating mutations
  • August 6 - FDA grants accelerated approval to dordaviprone for diffuse midline glioma
  • July 2 - FDA grants accelerated approval to linvoseltamab-gcpt for relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma
  • July 2 - FDA grants accelerated approval to sunvozertinib for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer with EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations
  • June 23 - FDA grants accelerated approval to datopotamab deruxtecan-dlnk for EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer
    June 18 - FDA approves tafasitamab-cxix for relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma
  • June 12 - FDA approves mitomycin intravesical solution for recurrent low-grade intermediate-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer
  • June 12 - FDA approves neoadjuvant and adjuvant pembrolizumab for resectable locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
  • June 11 - FDA approves taletrectinib for ROS1-positive non-small cell lung cancer
  • June 3 - FDA approves darolutamide for metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer
  • May 14 - FDA grants accelerated approval to telisotuzumab vedotin-tllv for NSCLC with high c-Met protein overexpression
  • May 14 - FDA approves belzutifan for pheochromocytoma or paraganglioma
  • May 8 - FDA grants accelerated approval to the combination of avutometinib and defactinib for KRAS-mutated recurrent low-grade serous ovarian cancer


Package/Label Updates


    Code Updates

    • Claim Issue Reported 1/8/25 impacting Part B providers in Jurisdiction JK and Jurisdiction J6 - Claims with healthcare common procedure coding system (HCPCS) G2211 with date of service (DOS) 1/1/2024-9/30/2024.

    • Effective for dates of service on or after April 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has assigned the following Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS)* J-Code for ELREXFIO (elranatamab-bccm) injection:
    J1323- Injection, elranatamab-bcmm, 1 mg

    Other Updates


    Thank You Corporate Members!


    Group Practice Members

    Because your entire team benefits
    from being a part of NNECOS!

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    View the complete list of corporate members.

    Northern New England Clinical Oncology Society
    P.O. Box 643
    Sandown, NH 03873-0643
    Telephone (603) 887-1948
    info@nnecos.org

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