It’s widely known that today’s physicians appreciate the informed patient. It’s the One Cancer Place Institute’s goal to encourage patients to be active participants in their own treatment and care decisions by providing them with evidence-based knowledge and support. OCP is leading the way in cancer literacy education for patients so that they understand why they need to take an active part in shared decision-making with their physicians.

With the introduction of the One Cancer Place Institute, OCP takes the lead in patient self-advocacy, offering navigational education and providing a unique and respectful pathway to survivorship. The Institute's goal is to provide access to important information for the patient seeking satisfaction for questions; e.g., “why am I having a PET scan?”, “what is the difference between chemotherapy and immunotherapies?”, “why should I not have my tumor sequenced for mutations?”, etc.