SHARE would like to let its constituents know about a program that offers benefits to women in New York City who may have been diagnosed with breast or ovarian cancer as a result of 9/11.
The James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010 established a World Trade Center Health Program to provide high-quality, compassionate healthcare for survivors of 9/11 who lived, worked, or were attending school in the area.
SHARE is pleased to offer a new telephone support group for women newly diagnosed with breast cancer.
This group is for women of all ages who have been newly diagnosed with breast cancer. It is facilitated by Rebecca Coyle, a trained breast cancer peer.
This article was originally published on HealthUnlocked.
11 May 2017
Ovarian cancer is the seventh most common cancer in women worldwide• and an earth-shattering piece of news to anyone who has just been diagnosed. HealthUnlocked are striving to make sure every one of those living with ovarian cancer has access to life changing personal online support, help and information whenever they need it.
My hope in sharing my story is to encourage women to trust their intuition and act on it when something doesn’t seem right with their body--even when symptoms might be brushed off by the medical experts, like physicians assistants & even some physicians.
SHARE and State Senator Marisol Alcantara, along with Assemblywoman Carmen De la Rosa, launched a campaign this March to raise awareness about breast cancer in Latino and African-American communities.
This article was written by Joan Mancuso
This year’s annual National Breast Cancer Coalition’s Leadership Summit and Lobby Day included informative sessions on metastasis research. One session about preventing breast cancer from metastasizing also holds promise for developing treatments to work against active metastatic breast cancer lesions.
Over the next few weeks, each Tuesday we'll be posting information and stories on our blog and social media about the importance of clinical trials for cancer patients and research.
First up are Annie Ellis, an ovarian cancer advocate, describing her participation in 2 clinical trials, and Chiara D'Agostino, who is living with metastatic breast cancer, in a short video on why the Keytruda clinical trial is important to her.
This is a guest blog post by ovarian cancer advocate Dorinda “Dee” Sparacio.
Through the years I have worked as a chemical engineer, packaging engineer, and high school computer science and math teacher. When I was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer in 2005, I did not realize that I would “work” as an advocate longer than I held any of those positions.
SHARE is pleased to partner with Cancer and Careers on the 7th Annual National Conference on Work & Cancer, on Friday, June 23, 2017, in New York City! This FREE event will explore the complexities working people face as they try to balance their cancer treatment and recovery with employment.
This post was written by Teri Pollastro.
Over the last several years we have heard about precision medicine, payment reform and patient-centered care. While I was at ASCO this year, I heard a new buzz word; financial toxicity. The phenomenon of financial toxicity has been whispered about for years.
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