Catherine Guthrie’s memoir Flat is a smart and beautifully written story that takes the reader on a journey through the land of the healthy and the sick as she faces breast cancer. As this you...
http://breastcancerconsortium.net/book-review-flat-catherine-guthrie/
Abstract Dominant breast cancer narratives equate early detection and screening with “cure,” advocate for “awareness,” and identify women who undergo treatment for early stage disease a...
Pinkwashing: supporting the breast cancer cause or promoting a pink ribbon product while producing, manufacturing, and/or selling products linked to the disease. In recent years the definition ha...
http://breastcancerconsortium.net/bcc-hot-topic-pinkwashing/
METAvivor is a nonprofit organization dedicated to metastatic breast cancer (MBC) awareness, research, and support. As part of this effort, METAvivor developed a project to explore the diverse...
http://breastcancerconsortium.net/intimacy-survey-people-advanced-breast-cancer/
“Many Breast Cancer Patients Receive More Radiation Therapy Than Needed,” NPR Shots. A growing number of patients and doctors are concerned about overtreatment, which is rampant across the ...
http://breastcancerconsortium.net/many-breast-cancer-patients-receive-radiation-therapy-needed/
Critical Health Literacy: understanding medical situations to make reasoned assessments of medical options, including their benefits, risks, and limitations. It involves extracting information, c...
http://breastcancerconsortium.net/bcc-hot-topic-critical-health-literacy/
“This is bad enough” was written by poet Elspeth Murray for the launch of the cancer information reference group of SCAN, the South East Scotland Cancer Network (January 20, 2006). Her poem i...
http://breastcancerconsortium.net/bad-enough-elspeth-murray/
Press Release: Sheila McGlown and Beth Caldwell to receive first ever Hear My Voice Awards for their work to change the conversation about Metastatic Breast Cancer (PHILADELPHIA, PA) — Living...
http://breastcancerconsortium.net/lbbcs-hear-voice-awards-metastatic-breast-cancer-awareness-day/
“Breast cancer awareness also includes who’s paying for campaigns” by Sharon Batt, Toronto Star. Drug access campaigns have wide emotional appeal but they also reflect a genuine desire by...
http://breastcancerconsortium.net/breast-cancer-awareness-also-includes-whos-paying-campaigns/
On Saturday, October 7th, there was an hour-long twitterstorm – #BreastCancerRealityCheck – dedicated to the following: Move beyond superficial “raising awareness” to focus on more educat...