|
||
“15 Influential ePatients and Patient Advocates to Follow.” By Erica Garvin, Health IT. Whether its public speaking, blogging, or tweeting, these empowered ePatient and patient advocates are changing the way we think about our role in healthcare. It’s patients who have used mobile technologies and social media outlets to tell their stories—who use apps and . . . → Read More: 15 Influential ePatients and Patient Advocates to Follow
“Seeing Red During Breast Cancer Awareness Month.” By Anne Loeser, NPR. The public has often been misled by pink ribbon messages that exaggerate prevention and cures for breast cancer. The lump first surfaced in my breast in 1989, when I was 36 years old. My mammogram was completely normal. But four years later . . . → Read More: Seeing Red During Breast Cancer Awareness Month
“Stink Pink” By Phil Brown, Huffington Post. What does it mean “to pink?” It means corporations get to look charitable, while getting cheap advertising. It means that people buy into a commodification of the suffering of women who have had breast cancer and their families, and the fears of so many others that they may . . . → Read More: Stink Pink
“Tinged Pink: When The Cancer Narrative Can’t Compass Your Loss.” By Erika Anderson, Gawker. The American insistence on hope has become a burden. It’s the smile stamped on tragedy. Not only must you brace for the inevitable, but you must do so with glee. Consider the man who marathons even though he’s dying of brain . . . → Read More: Tinged Pink: When The Cancer Narrative Can’t Compass Your Loss
“How Effective is Breast Cancer Early Detection?’” ABC News. ABC News’ Chief Health and Medical editor Dr. Richard Besser examines early detection and prevention of breast cancer. He interviews author Peggy Orenstein and Dr. Laura Esserman. Peggy Orenstein, who has been diagnosed twice with breast cancer, initially believed that the mammogram she had early . . . → Read More: How Effective is Breast Cancer Early Detection? 
by Shobita Parthasarathy Shobita Parthasarathy is an Associate Professor of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. She is also a faculty affiliate of UM’s Risk Science Center and Science, Technology, and Society Program. Shobita’s research focuses on the comparative politics of emerging science and technology, particularly genetics and biotechnology. Findings from her first . . . → Read More: Awash in pink, but breast cancer awareness isn’t a cure 
It is estimated that 20 to 30 percent of those diagnosed with “early-stage” breast cancer later develop a metastatic form of the disease, metastatic breast cancer (MBC). It is unclear which breast cancer patients will have metastatic recurrences, but metastasis is the major cause of treatment failure and the duration of survival after a metastatic . . . → Read More: Changing the Landscape for People Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer 
Take breast cancer awareness into your own hands. Print, Cut, and Share these postcards from the Breast Cancer Consortium. There are 4 postcards per 8 1/2 x 11 sheet. They print nicely in color, or black and white. Download #RethinkPink Postcards (4-sheet) » (PDF) Find more tools for action here. . . . → Read More: #RethinkPink Postcards
“Living with stage 4,” By Diane Mapes, Hutch News, Oct. 24, 2014. In a culture focused on survivorship, those with metastatic breast cancer who will be in treatment for the rest of their lives can feel isolated and misunderstood. An estimated 155,000-plus women (and men) in the U.S. currently live with “mets,” stage 4 . . . → Read More: Living with stage 4 
by Belinda Silvestro Belinda Silvestro is an environmental activist living in Brindisi, Southern Italy. With other women committed to taking action against the environmental pollution affecting her town and threatening the health of its inhabitants, she founded the association The Red Stroller (Il Passeggino Rosso). The summer of my mother’s breast cancer diagnosis my . . . → Read More: Starting a Movement: The Red Stroller |
||
| Copyright © 2025 Breast Cancer Consortium – Archives - All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy | ||