In October at the successful Saks Fifth Avenue Key to the Cure Kickoff 2011, CancerForward celebrated noted cancer survivors in the Houston community as Forward Movers. The founder of CancerForward, Beth Sanders Moore, welcomed attendees by recognizing the importance of having community leaders be vocal about their cancer survivorship: “We’re here tonight to recognize and celebrate the 2011 Forward Movers. They are cancer survivors and highly respected community leaders. They are role models. The way they live beyond cancer offers hope and inspiration to other cancer survivor as they move forward with their own lives. There is nothing like the support of another cancer survivor.”
It is extremely important to have cancer survivors be active in their community and willing to discuss their experience with cancer, especially those who are successful and visible leaders. These noted cancer survivors serve as encouraging figures to cancer patients and cancer survivors. Knowing others have experienced similar events and emotions helps cancer patients and survivors feel less alone and more positive about their own situation.
The Survivor Network on CancerForward provides cancer survivors with a forum in which to interact with other cancer survivors; but, individuals like our Forward Movers stand as important resources for cancer survivors as well.
Continue reading Celebrating CancerForward Forward Movers→
We all know that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast cancer awareness events occur in almost every city and pink ribbons and products appear everywhere, including NFL football games and locker rooms. Breast cancer awareness and breast cancer research organizations have ensured that research on breast cancer cures and treatments are well-funded.
Breast cancer is a very intimate cancer. Although we typically focus on the cancer’s impact on women, we note breast cancer is also a very real disease for males. Ann Pietrangelo pens an exceptionally good article this month on the subject of male breast cancer.
During October, while we support breast cancer awareness and research causes, we should also remember to support breast cancer SURVIVORS, both male and female. We’re particularly drawn to the stories of two breast cancer survivors that appear on CancerForward.org. One is about a male breast cancer survivor. The other is about a female breast cancer survivor. One commonality between the stories is the vigilance with which both survivors looked to prevent a recurrence or second cancer. Another is the power of healing both found in spirituality.
Continue reading Men, Women & Survivors Are the New Pink→
By Team CancerForward on March 29, 2011 8:06 am
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Tagged Beth Sanders Moore, cancer survivors, CancerForward, ConnectToForward, Dan L. Duncan Family, Dr. Julie Silver, Michael J. Fisch MD MPH, National Cancer Institute, Randa Duncan Williams, The Survivor Network, U.S. Centers for Disease Control
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CancerForward: The Foundation For Cancer Survivors today announced the creation of ConnectToForward, a fundamental initiative of the Foundation’s three-prong mission to connect, educate and share information among cancer survivors through its website, cancerforward.org. ConnectToForward is a national outreach and partnering program developed to introduce CancerForward’s virtual cancer survivor community to constituents of the 300 U.S. nonprofit cancer-related organizations and the after-treatment patients of theNational Cancer Institute’s 65 designated cancer centers and other national leaders in cancer care.
On April 1, 2011, CancerForward will roll-out the new program, making available to cancer survivors, caregivers and healthcare professionals free memberships to The Survivor Network on CancerForward. Funded by The Dan L. Duncan Family, The Survivor Network is a unique online platform that provides survivors and caregivers a virtual community to connect and share experiential information.
Continue reading CancerForward Rolls Out New Free National Program to Connect Cancer Survivors→
In this, our first blog post, we want to share with you our vision for this forum. As we grow, we’ll be asking for thoughts, ideas, opinions and your stories. We’ll offer posts from special guests and collaborators. More than likely, we’ll have many surprises. We hope that you’ll participate in the conversation and by doing so, continue to help those of us who are Moving CancerForward.
Here’s what we see as the need: In the U.S. alone, 12 million people are living with cancer. Three of every four U.S. families include one family member with cancer. More cancer patients are surviving due to advances in cancer care. The lifelong effects of cancer touch not only those living with the disease, but also those surrounding them. Our broad-brush definition of cancer survivors – now the conventional norm – embraces those living with, through and beyond cancer diagnosis, along with family members, friends, and caregivers. Countless variables – cancer type, life circumstances, age, career, geography, finances, and more – make every survivorship experience one-of-a-kind. Available web-based information on survivorship issues is often cached or canned or offered by those whose experiences are dissimilar. Access to information and survivor groups is unfeasible to survivors who want to remain anonymous or who live in a geographical area where support groups are difficult or inconvenient to locate.
Continue reading Welcome to the CancerForward blog!→
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