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Welcome to our monthly resource roundup! Each month, we curate study opportunities, new clinical trials, research results, news articles, personal perspectives, and upcoming events of interest to women and families affected by breast, ovarian, or metastatic breast cancer. Below are some links you might find useful.

Enid was diagnosed with HR+, HER2- breast cancer in 2012. Now, she’s a volunteer on SHARE’s peer Helpline and gives back to other newly diagnosed women.

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of LatinaSHARE, we are telling stories of women who have turned to LatinaSHARE over the years and helped make LatinaSHARE into the thriving and critically important program it is today. 

 
1. What was it like when you were first diagnosed? What resources did you access?

I was diagnosed with breast cancer on August 19, 2010. When I learned that I had cancer, I asked for a second opinion.

Welcome to our monthly resource roundup! Each month, we curate study opportunities, new clinical trials, research results, news articles, personal perspectives, and upcoming events of interest to women and families affected by breast, ovarian, or metastatic breast cancer. Below are some links you might find useful.

In 2009, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) released a statement recommending that mammograms should not be widely encouraged for women over 75, stating that there was not enough evidence that showed a benefit in these women receiving regular mammograms.

Most of the callers I’ve spoken with on the helpline are recently diagnosed and terrified.  I’d like to hope that I help them divert from that proverbial rabbit hole of despair by explaining much of that cancer science, so that instead they look towards the challenges that lay ahead with renewed sense of perseverance and inner strength.

Please join us for an open house to learn about SHARE’s Ambassador Program and the opportunity to become an Ambassador! SHARE Ambassadors are breast and ovarian cancer survivors or caregivers trained to educate underserved Latino, African-American and Caribbean communities about these diseases.

This is a guest post by Serena Wills, who  has also written about being a caregiver for her mother with Stage IV ovarian cancer. Read that post here, or download our infographic on how not to talk to people with cancer.

This past month was Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, and I wanted to write a special post about a beautiful friend with ovarian cancer that I met in the last year.