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“Will Extending the Women’s Health Initiative Lead to Better Research and Policy?” by Chloe Bird, Women’s Health Issues. In a time of scarce research dollars, securing support to sustain even highly successful research studies on women’s health is difficult, if not impossible. Yet, improving women’s health and health care requires data and answers to inform . . . → Read More: Will Extending the Women’s Health Initiative Lead to Better Research and Policy? 
Cause Marketing: a type of marketing involving the cooperative efforts of a for profit business and a non-profit organization for mutual benefit. Housed in the marketing divisions of corporations, this marketing approach has three primary objectives: (1) to build a reputation as a good corporate citizen, (2) to deepen employee loyalty through employee matching and . . . → Read More: Cause Marketing Is Not Philanthropy 
Annette Madlock Gatison To continue my education as a breast cancer advocate and social activist I participated in two flagship programs offered by the National Breast Cancer Coalition, the Advocate Leadership Summit and the Project LEAD® (Leadership, Education and Advocacy Development) Institute earlier this year. Both programs are designed to increase the knowledge . . . → Read More: BCC Member Attends the Advocacy, Leadership and Scientific Training with the National Breast Cancer Coalition
“Hopeful Glimmers in Long War on Cancer.” The New York Times on Nov. 4, 2013. This Retro Report video examines the “war on cancer” — a federal research initiative authorized by President Richard M. Nixon in 1971. Many anticipated quick results, in part because of the public relations campaign, complete with ads suggesting we could . . . → Read More: Hopeful Glimmers in Long War on Cancer 
“My metastatic breast cancer recurrence: “You first” and other lessons.” By Jody Schoger, MD Anderson’s Cancerwise. “I was doing what I do every day: advocating for breast cancer survivors through various social and traditional media outlets. I advocate, write, review grants, educate, read research studies and, yes, even joke about it when conditions are right. . . . → Read More: My metastatic breast cancer recurrence
“Breast cancer ‘rising in under-40s’ across Europe.” By Helen Briggs, BBC News. Cases of breast cancer in women under 40 are rising across Europe, research suggests. Researchers in France and Italy studied trends in breast cancer in women under 40 in Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland over an 18-year period. They found . . . → Read More: Breast cancer ‘rising in under-40s’ across Europe
“Reconstruction after breast cancer: It’s not a boob job.” Today Health. You’re thrown into a world of wounds and drains and aspirating syringes that look like something you’d use to impregnate livestock. Tissue dies, incisions refuse to heal and your body can be racked by infections that can last for weeks, even months. Recent studies . . . → Read More: Reconstruction after breast cancer: It’s not a boob job
“Do Docs Skirt Risks of Routine Cancer Screening?” Med Page Today. Results of a small online survey suggested that physicians may not be conveying the risks of overdiagnosis or overtreatment when recommending routine cancer screening for patients. A total of 91.5% of 317 men and women who took part in an online poll said they . . . → Read More: Do Docs Skirt Risks of Routine Cancer Screening?
“An NFL Cheerleader and Breast Cancer Survivor Fights ‘Pink-Washing.’” Everyday Health. In November of 1998, while cheerleading for the NFL at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla., I abruptly walked off the field and quit my gig in the middle of the game. It was October, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and also the middle . . . → Read More: An NFL Cheerleader and Breast Cancer Survivor Fights ‘Pink-Washing’
“Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Survey Finds ‘Alarming’ Gap in Public Knowledge about Hematologic Cancers.” Oncology Times on Oct. 25, 2013. A survey commissioned by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) found what it called an alarming gap in knowledge about hematologic cancers. Fewer than half (46%) of 1,007 adults polled in the survey knew that . . . → Read More: Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Survey Finds ‘Alarming’ Gap in Public Knowledge about Hematologic Cancers |
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