2016 Cancer Moonshot
Alicia Staley, Patient Advocacy Leader, Selected to Participate in Vice President Joe Biden’s Cancer Moonshot Summit Three-time Cancer Survivor Will Represent Patients in White House Initiative to Accelerate Cancer Cures CAMBRIDGE Mass.— June 24, 2016— Alicia Staley, a three-time cancer survivor, founder of #BCSM, a leading breast cancer social community, and Patient Advocacy Manager for […]
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What Do Patients Prefer?
On: Jun 21, 2016
By: bcsmadmin
In October, we asked you to participate in a research survey designed to identify how patients prefer to be notified of a new cancer diagnosis and cancer-related test results. The results were presented at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Breast Surgeons in April. The full manuscript – What Do Patients Prefer? Understanding […]
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8th Biennial Cancer Survivorship Conference
On: Jun 20, 2016
By: Alicia
This past week, I had the opportunity to attend and speak at the 8th Biennial Cancer Survivorship Research Conference. The theme for this year’s conference was Innovation in a Rapidly Changing Landscape. Each day was packed with presentations and key notes on survivorship topics. Over the course of the conference, three key themes emerged: Survivorship Care […]
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Good night, Jody.
On: May 18, 2016
By: Alicia
It started with a tweet. Cancer survivorship was the unifying force. In 2009, Jody Schoger and I first connected while participating in Livestrong’s first major social media campaign. The campaign was simple: send out a tweet with the hashtag #BeatCancer and tell the world how you’d crush cancer. #BeatCancer made the rounds on twitter, and […]
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Highlights from #ASBrS 2016
On: Apr 24, 2016
By: bcsmadmin
The American Society of Breast Surgeons held their 17th Annual Meeting from April 13-17th in Dallas, TX. Several of breast surgeon members who were in attendance share their thoughts here. This is not meant to be a comprehensive summary of the meeting, but rather to discuss some of the highlights. Feel free to reach out […]
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