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Cancer support groups can provide both emotional and informational support. However, many online cancer support groups skew towards providing more informational support. [4] For example, cancer support groups may also share information regarding available treatments, managing side effects, or negotiating accommodations from a workplace.
Y-ME was founded in 1978 by breast cancer patients Ann Marcou (1932–2004) [6] and Mimi Kaplan (d. 1983), [7] and began as a hotline operated out of Marcou's Chicago-area home and a support group that met at a local YWCA. [7]
Actor Dave Coulier has stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma, he revealed in an interview with People, published on Wednesday, November 13. The Full House alum, 65, is currently undergoing treatment and ...
Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC) is a grassroots advocacy organization that combines the power of advocacy, education, policy, and research to unite around the goal of ending breast cancer. It was founded in 1991 by a group of breast cancer survivors, including President Fran Visco. Coalition members include breast cancer support, information ...
Partnering with My Breast Cancer Support was easy partnership Portsmouth's Roe Beland hits the ball over the net during Wednesday's annual "Dig Pink" volleyball game at Stone Gymnasium.
One of the group's first acts was a meeting with the director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to demand that the agency address the breast cancer epidemic. Founding members Elenore Pred, Susan Claymon, Belle Shayer, and Linda Reyes attended this meeting along with other breast cancer activists.
Gilda's Club was founded by Joanna Bull, Radner's cancer psychotherapist and co-founded with Radner's widower, Gene Wilder (himself a cancer survivor) and broadcaster Joel Siegel (who would himself fight colon cancer until his death in 2007). [1] Joanna Bull started the project with just $10,000 and networked in the New York cancer support ...
SHARE seeks to play an active role in shaping the public policy agenda related to breast and ovarian cancer. [13] Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related death among women in New York State, and nearly 14,000 New York State women are newly diagnosed with breast cancer each year, and approximately 3,000 die from the disease ...