Giving Compass' Take:

• Tina Reed explains that ss employers are offering more benefits for workers dealing with cancer, patients could benefit from resources are already available to them.

• What can we learn overall as a sector about the options in employer-based healthcare, specifically as it relates to life-threatening diseases? What does this mean for paid family leave?

• Learn how funders can make an impact on cancer research.

As they make more cancer benefits available to their employees than ever, large employers need to consider offering more help to workers who have been diagnosed with cancer to navigate the maze of options.

On Tuesday, the Northeast Business Group on Health released a guide to help employers do just that.

"Many employers have a variety of vendors and other people internally who can provide health to someone with a cancer diagnosis"

With a "constellation" of different offerings from those vendors, newly diagnosed patients can find themselves fielding calls from different companies including their health plan, a second opinion service, a disability manager, navigation services and wellness coaches. "And a newly diagnosed cancer patient likely isn't in the best of all minds to sit down and figure out all the options that are available to them," said Candice Sherman, the CEO of NEBGH.

Read the full article about cancer in the workplace by Tina Reed at Fierce Healthcare.