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We’ve teamed up with Cancer Council Western Australia on this exciting upcoming event. Join your fellow members for networking, dinner and the incredible opportunity to learn and apply effective Goals of Patient Care Conversations. Register now ➡ https://bit.ly/3VuHQdb Here are 5 reasons why this workshop is essential for you: ✔ Hands-On Learning: Dive into practical, real-world scenarios where you'll engage in guided role-play exercises with a specialist actor. ✔ Practical Tools: You'll leave with a toolkit that helps you better understand patient values and preferences to immediately implement in your day-to-day practice. ✔ Personalised Approach: Develop a communication style that feels authentic to you and resonates with your patients. ✔ Immediate Feedback: Receive valuable feedback to build confidence in your communication skills. ✔ Networking and Support: Connect with fellow cancer nurses who share your passion for patient-centred care.

In this scoping review, we summarized findings from the existing literature in the interdisciplinary field of the built environment and cancer survivorship. Our search demonstrated a breadth of current cancer survivorship research in neighborhood walkability and greenness, but also gaps in other aspects, such as light pollution, noise pollution, and blue space.   What started as a class project (for EH249: Built Environment, Nature, and Health) has now finally evolved into a publication! Many thanks to my co-authors: Carol Mita, Ilkania Chowdhury-Paulino, Alaina Shreves, MS, Cindy Hu, Li Yi, and Peter James!

When was the last time you took a victory lap? Sometimes I feel like I’m moving a mile a minute, never pausing long enough to say, “Wow, I made a real impact.” But that’s important too! It’s so easy to keep moving forward in pursuit of the next outcome. There’s always something to cross off the to-do list or another email awaiting a response. Today, take a moment to recognize the impact you’ve made on the world around you. Share a story about what’s made you proud! Here’s mine… In 2019, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) engaged Sachs Media to help with the reauthorization of $3 billion in bonds for the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas ensuring this vital funding source – and the life-saving research and treatment it supports – would continue. We started by persuading the Texas Legislature to put the measure on the ballot, then developed an integrated statewide “Yes on 6” campaign to urge a YES vote on Proposition 6. Our data-driven strategy, which targeted Texas super voters most likely to come out for an off-year election, propelled Prop. 6 to victory, passing with an overwhelming 64% YES vote. Did we cure cancer? No, but securing $3 billion for cancer research in Texas will undoubtedly get us closer to a cure! What’s made you proud? #CancerPreventionMonth

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🌟 New Evidence: Breastfeeding Safe After Breast Cancer Treatment 🌟 Two international studies presented at the ESMO - European Society for Medical Oncology Congress 2024 have brought new hope for young women treated for breast cancer! 🧬💪 Key findings show that women, including those with the BRCA mutation, can safely breastfeed without an increased risk of cancer recurrence or new breast cancer. This groundbreaking research offers the first evidence supporting breastfeeding as a safe and feasible option for breast cancer survivors. Key Takeaways: 📊 Nearly 5,000 women were studied, including those with the BRCA mutation. 👶 No increased risk of recurrence or new cancer for those who breastfed. 🤱 Women can now consider balancing the needs of their baby and their own health. Dr. Eva Blondeaux and Dr. Fedro Alessandro Peccatori emphasize how these findings debunk myths surrounding breastfeeding post-cancer. It’s time to empower survivors with all the choices they deserve! 💙 #BreastCancerAwareness #ESMO2024 #Breastfeeding #Oncology #BRCA #HealthcareResearch #WomenEmpowerment #Survivorship #LeadAnalyst #HealthcarePharma #MarketResearch #Consulting

🥁 "The Cinderella Article" is finally public. 📣 Today the fourth and final article from my thesis was published online in Patient Education and Counseling. 🎆 This piece of writing is a true ❤️ -projekt. All the way from the inspiring and eye-opening personal interviews on patients' own journeys through hereditary cancer - to an (extended) qualitative content analysis process to writing up some of the most important findings that really echoed the core results in my thesis work. ⭐ BUT why "The Cinderella Article"? 👗 Well, I conducted the interviews all the way back in the fall of 2018 - but then when we got full funding for the DIRECT-study, there was always a more pressing and urgent tasks to attend to. The raw data just sat there for years. While I was busy writing up other quantitative results (much faster work flow) and designing, implementing and monitoring the resulting clinical study at four different sites nationwide. 🖋 The doctoral "to-do-list" is never short, but getting down to the last bullet point took a good few years. In hindsight, the data is now very valuable and serves as a good baseline - as we're seeing a shift in practice and develoment of new clinical routines - and the interviews were made in the "old" paradigm still. So sometimes disadvantages can turn to advantages like a good well matured cheese 🧀 . ✅ Extremely satisfying milestone, almost exactly a year after I recieved my doctoral hat at the Spring Academic Ceremony at Umeå University. Not all paths are straight - and I'm so happy to finally be able to say my Doctoral thesis work is officially complete. 💫 https://lnkd.in/gkGTKWrY

A little over 3 months into my role at the American Cancer Society, one of my greatest joys has been getting to introduce partners to programs that they had no idea about! For example, did you know we… 🎓 Invest to increase inclusion and diversity through our Center for Diversity in Cancer Research Training (including through our Summer Healthcare Experience program, which provides female high school students a 2-week opportunity to learn from researchers at top institutions)? 🐕Are expanding our Pups Assisting with Support (PAWS) program to increase access to the benefits of animal-assisted therapy for pediatric cancer patients and their families? 🫴Support non-medical, community-based organizations that address the social drivers of health – ex. nutrition, job security, physical activity, financial stability – through our Addressing Barriers to Care grants? 🏥Are funding clinical trial expansion grants that support local oncology practices and hospitals serving diverse populations as part of our efforts to address prostate cancer disparities affecting Black men? There are so many ways that ACS’ work dovetails with purpose areas of corporate partners looking to expand their community impact initiatives. If you’re interested in pursuing an opportunity – from collaborating on a campaign to getting your employees engaged – #connect with me!

Meet Rutvi. Rutvi is a graduate of Biomedical Research, living in Leith. Her studies had a focus on cancer and radiation. Rutvi is in £92,000 of debt due to her studies. She's yearning for "stability" - the word permeated our time with her. So much so that she's actively considering turning her back on her studies and entering the Aldi graduate scheme. There's nothing at all wrong with the Aldi graduate scheme - but shouldn't the brightest minds in the country that have studied cancer and radiation, be trying to cure cancer? The Higher Education system was a big part of our findings in the "What the fuck is going on? with the Heartland" project with Saatchi & Saatchi UK and Richard Huntington and team. Read their excellent report here: https://lnkd.in/eHqFSuX8 And follow our newsletter for more findings over the coming weeks: https://lnkd.in/ekTUE4_Z

📢 In case you missed it! Don't forget to check out MedNews Week's most recent Keynote Speaker, 🌟Dr. Ann LaCasce🌟 of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute – as she discusses the latest updates in Hodgkin's Lymphoma. It was a pleasure to learn from her! Event link:  https://lnkd.in/gCYkxiAf Accomplishments:  🌎Internationally Recognized leader in Hematological Malignancies and Treatment 👨🔬director of the advanced fellowship in Hematologic Malignancies  🏆recipient of multiple prestigious awards such as: -Regional Top Doctor in Castle Connolly  -medical Oncology education Award of DFCI -Institutional citizenship award at DFCI 🎓passionate mentor to students in all levels of training Yan Leyfman, MD Maduri Balasubramanian Sean Jackewicz Shreevikaa Kannan Soumiya Nadar Rabab Hunaid Abbas Emad Bin Zahid Ahmed Hashim Azeez Vallabhaneni Sree Harshitha Muskan Joshi  Helena Sanchez Coloma Alexandra Van de Kieft Harshal C. Gayathri Pramil Menon Fabiha Amin Adhith Theyver #HodgkinLymphoma #HodgkinDisease #HodgkinCancer #HodgkinAwareness #HodgkinWarrior #HodgkinFight #HodgkinStrong #BeatHodgkin #LymphomaAwareness #CancerSurvivor  #Lymphoma #LymphomaAwareness  #BloodCancer #CancerAwareness  #FightLymphoma #LymphomaSupport #LymphomaWarrior #BeatLymphoma #CancerSurvivor #CancerResearch #Hematology #Hematologist #BloodDisorders #BloodResearch #BloodHealth #HematologyAwareness #HematologyEducation #BloodScience #HematologyConference #HematologyNews #cancer #cancersucks #cancermemes #cancersurvivor #cancerawareness #cancerousmemes #cancerous #cancerresearch #cancerfree #cancerfighter #cancerwarrior #cancermeme #cancersupport #cancerprevention #cancersurvivors #cancers #cancercare #cancerresearchuk #cancerawarenessmonth #oncology #immunology #immunotherapy #genetherapy #cancer #cancerawareness #cancerresearch #oncologist #oncología #oncologyresearch #clinicaltrial #clinicalresearch #oncology #immunology #immunotherapy #genetherapy #cancer #cancerawareness #cancerresearch #medicine #research 

Henrietta Lacks, an African American woman born in 1920, left an indelible mark on the landscape of modern medicine through her unwitting contribution to science. Initially shrouded in obscurity, her story has since become representative of the ethical complexities surrounding medical research and the enduring legacy of individuals whose impact transcends their lifetime. 🔬 In 1951, Henrietta Lacks was diagnosed with cervical cancer at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Unbeknownst to her, a sample of her cancer cells was taken for research purposes. These cells, dubbed HeLa cells, exhibited an extraordinary ability to proliferate and survive outside the human body. They became the cornerstone of countless medical breakthroughs, from the polio vaccine development to advancements in cancer research and beyond. 🌐 HeLa cells played a pivotal role in various scientific endeavors. They even journeyed into space aboard the Skylab space station, contributing to our knowledge of how zero gravity affects human cells. ⚖️ Henrietta Lacks' story ignited discussions about informed consent and the use of human tissues for research. Her family, unaware of her contribution for years, became advocates for patient rights and privacy. Her legacy underscores the importance of ethical guidelines in medical research and the need to honor the contributions of individuals like Lacks. Henrietta Lacks may have passed away in 1951, but her legacy lives on in the countless lives saved and the scientific frontiers explored thanks to her remarkable cells. Her story serves as a poignant reminder of the individuals behind scientific progress and the ethical responsibilities that accompany medical research. #MedicalResearch #EthicalGuidelines #PatientRights