CURE COMMUNITY
Breast cancer survivors needed
BY LENA HUANG | JANUARY 22, 2010
It's been reported that more than half of survivors feel they didn't have all the information they needed to transition from treatment into survivorship. Many organizations are trying to address this need, especially as the population of survivors continues to grow.
Army of Women is one organization that is tackling this issue by sponsoring a study to understand the best way to empower breast cancer survivors with the information they need. The "Pathways to Recovery After Breast Cancer" study is sponsored by the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service and the Army of Women to find out the best way to provide post-treatment education. They are looking for 1000 participants, but only have about 600 registered, so if you want to help, here are the qualifications:
•You were diagnosed with Stage I, II, or III breast cancer.
•You have completed your primary breast cancer treatment within the last six months OR are about to complete treatment within the next month. "Primary" treatment includes surgery and/or chemotherapy and/or radiation. Although it is not required that you are taking any drugs, women who have completed or are about to complete primary treatment, but are taking Herceptin, Tamoxifen, and other such drugs, are eligible.
•You have never been diagnosed with another cancer (breast cancer is the only invasive cancer you have had).
•You are over 18 years old.
•You are able to speak and understand English.
•You live in the United States.
•You have access to a computer.
If you qualify, sign up here.
And if you don't qualify but are interested in other studies, check out the "current studies" on the Army of Women website. Every little bit helps in the battle against cancer.
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This is a subject very close to my heart! I found the post limbo treatment phase to be an extremely lonely and confusing time. You start to pick up the pieces where you left off before you were diagnosed and you tell yourself you can get back to normal now that all treatment is over. So you wait and you wait for your life to return to "normal"…but I believe we need to find a new normal. A new way of restoring balance to our lives and a new way of being in this post treatment phase. This is where structured programs such as this one is so valuable and it is great to see attention being given to the post-treatment phase in this way.
http://beyondbreastcancer.wordpress.com/2009/07/04...
- Posted by Marie O'Connor 1/26/10 3:49 AM