9/1/2010

A thanks to our grantor To Celebrate Life for supporting our mammogram screening program for women under 50 www.tocelebratelife.org

5/27/2010 Update

Sorry, I've not checked in. It's been a busy couple of months. We continue to work on the National Latino Cancer Summit which is less than 9 weeks away. Go to our home page for more on that.

Our Mother's Day Walk Against Cancer turning the Spotlight on Breast Cancer drew 445 registered walkers.

If you're interested in getting our E-Newsletter send me a note.

Meantime for anyone working with Spanish speaking cancer patients here's a nice resource in Spanish.

Spanish-Language Health Resource
On its Web site, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) offers an Información en español section and a variety of consumer materials and other health tools in Spanish. Materials that can be downloaded include such topics as Quality of Care, Surgery, Health Conditions / Diseases, Quit Smoking, Prevention and Wellness, and Prescriptions. Regular health columns and press releases are also available.
http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/espanoix.htm

3/05/2010 Advocacy Training Alert

Don't Miss Out - Apply for FREE Advocacy Training by April 2!

Take advantage of an amazing opportunity to learn all about cancer advocacy at the National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund’s 2010 Advocacy Training Conference.

This year NCCS is pleased to announce a scholarship program for qualified advocates to attend this conference, held in Washington, D.C., May 22 - 25, 2010. Read more and apply today! http://www.canceradvocacy.org/take-action/cancer-advocacy/nbcc-scholarship.html

 

2/18/2010

The new guidelines recommending that women should not get screened for breast cancer before age 50 have disturbed many women and made our work more difficult. Added to that, the State of California is proposing cuts in free breast and cervical screening as well as treatment programs for low income women that will do harm to the progress agencies like Latinas Contra Cancer have made in getting low income and underserved Latinas screened.

Read more in this fact sheet from Susan G. Komen for a Cure, San Francisco.

2/05/2010

A Request for participants in a research study. Latinos  need to pay more attention,  get the facts and get engaged! Outcomes from these studies could help improve the quality  of lives for cancer survivors.

Calling all working adults (aged 18 or over) who are survivors of childhood cancer!! Or please send to such survivors you know. We would like to invite you to take part in a 15 minute study that assesses your experiences in the workplace. This study, run by Dr. Mikki Hebl at Rice University in Houston, TX, is focused on identifying key issues and concerns with survivor experiences in the workplace.

What's involved? Just click on the survey (http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9XGSBQK ) and begin. If you have any questions whatsover, feel free to call 713-348-2270 or email hebl@rice.edu for more information.

2/02/2010

Alert!  Hearing next Monday, February 8th in the Assembly Budget Committee, on the Governor’s proposal to eliminate the Every Woman Counts breast cancer treatment program, at 2pm in Rm 4202 of the Capitol.

Hello everybody, if you have not heard, the Governor of California has also proposed reducing the free breast cancer screening program for low income women between 40-49(EVC). This will not only hurt the low income women many of us represent, but it will have a negative impact on clinics and public health care providers which are already restricting mammography services to serve only women over 50.
There is a caravan expected to go to the State Capitol on Monday. If you can, plan to be there!
Or send the information below to your networks.

Ysabel Duron
Latinas Contra Cancer
www.latinascontracancer.org

We Can't Have a Voice, If We Don't Sit at The Table

1/31/2010

Latinas Contra Cancer is concerned about the impact of the new recommended screening guidelines on Latinas who are uninformed or unable to access consistent care.

The scientific panels recommends that women start semi-annual screening at age 50. There's more. Follow this link to hear more....

WASHINGTON , Members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) defended the science behind new mammography recommendations before a congressional panel on Wednesday, but repeatedly admitted that communication on the guidelines was poor.

Click here for the full story: http://www.medpagetoday.com/HematologyOncology/BreastCancer/17272