Breast Reconstruction in Oncology and Cosmetic Surgery: A Comparative Sociological Analysis - Posted By BCC Admin, April 11th, 2016 
Breast Cancer Consortium heartily congratulates BCC partner Cinzia Greco on the successful completion and formal defense of her dissertation research at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) and CERMES3 laboratory. Her comparative research in France and Italy explores how patients and doctors view and manage post-mastectomy breast reconstruction versus cosmetic breast surgery.
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So Much To Be Done:The Writings of Breast Cancer Activist Barbara Brenner - Posted By BCC Admin, April 2nd, 2016 
The power behind the national organization Breast Cancer Action, Barbara Brenner brought an abundance of wit, courage, and clarity to the cause and forever changed the conversation. Brenner’s columns and blog posts, collected in So Much to Be Done, form a chronicle of breast cancer research and health care activism that is as inspiring as . . . → Read More: So Much To Be Done:The Writings of Breast Cancer Activist Barbara Brenner
Breast cancer-detecting bra won’t go away–and the news coverage is still sub-par - Posted By BCC Admin, March 25th, 2016 
By Kathlyn Stone
This post appeared originally on Health News Review (HNR). HNR evaluates health care journalism, advertising, marketing, public relations and other messages that may influence consumers and provides criteria that consumers can use to evaluate these messages themselves. Improving the quality and flow of health care news and information to consumers can be . . . → Read More: Breast cancer-detecting bra won’t go away–and the news coverage is still sub-par
Eva Endures - Posted By BCC Admin, March 21st, 2016 
By Christine Byl
Author Christine Byl writes in memory of her friend Eva Saulitus, an author and field biologist who died of metastatic breast cancer on January 16th, 2016 at age fifty-two. We shared an excerpt of one of Eva’s writings, Wild Darkness, on Breast Cancer Consortium last year and were deeply saddened to learn . . . → Read More: Eva Endures
The Dehumanizing Impact of Biomedical Surveillance - Gayle Sulik PhD, March 14th, 2016 
Writer Adam Bessie was diagnosed with a form of brain cancer six years ago. Since that time, he’s had at least 30 MRIs. In the six-week period it took him to complete his most recent writing project, he had radiation treatments and x-ray scans five days a week. That’s 30 more scans! It stands to . . . → Read More: The Dehumanizing Impact of Biomedical Surveillance
The Lown Institute’s RightCare Alliance - Posted By BCC Admin, March 1st, 2016 
The Lown Institute’s RightCare Alliance is a grassroots movement of clinicians, patients, and community leaders who are demanding and creating change to the healthcare industry — one that sees patients as people, not profits, and gives everyone access not just to care but to the RIGHT CARE for their medical needs.
Learn more: www.rightcarealliance.org . . . → Read More: The Lown Institute’s RightCare Alliance
The Invisible Scars: Feminist Perspectives on Breast Cancer - Posted By BCC Admin, February 22nd, 2016 
Cicatrius (in)visibles (The Invisible Scars), a new book edited by Ana Porroche-Escudero, Gerard Coll-Planas, and Caterina Riba published in March (2016) by Capsa de Pandora.
The book, translated into in Catalan, demystifies the dominant discourses of pink ribbon culture, analyzes androcentric, political, and economic biases in breast cancer biomedicine, and explores embodied resistance . . . → Read More: The Invisible Scars: Feminist Perspectives on Breast Cancer
BCCQ (2016, Issue 1) is out! - Gayle Sulik PhD, February 6th, 2016 
Dear Friends,
Our first issue of the 2016 BCC Quarterly is published in loving memory of one of our founders, Rachel Cheetham Moro. Rachel died of metastatic breast cancer on February 6th, 2012.
This issue contains an article by Rachel’s mother-in-law Felicia Moro, a classic post from Rachel’s blog “The Cancer Culture Chronicles,” and a . . . → Read More: BCCQ (2016, Issue 1) is out!
Breast Cancer and Middle School - Posted By BCC Admin, February 2nd, 2016 
By Rachel Cheetham Moro (1970-2012)
Rachel Cheetham Moro was on the ground floor of the Breast Cancer Consortium (BCC). She died on February 6, 2012 of metastatic breast cancer at age 41, just 8 months before BCC’s launch. Rachel became a full-time blogger following a career spanning fifteen years in public accounting and tax . . . → Read More: Breast Cancer and Middle School
With Love, From MIL - Posted By BCC Admin, February 1st, 2016 
By Felicia Moro
Felicia Moro of New Jersey writes about her daughter-in-law Rachel Cheetham Moro, a Breast Cancer Consortium founder who died from metastatic breast cancer four years ago.
I first met Rachel in a Starbucks in London when I was visiting my son, Anthony. I was excited to meet the woman who stole my . . . → Read More: With Love, From MIL
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