Cancer Connections and WellFlorida’s North Central Florida Cancer Control Collaborative (NCFCCC) are teaming up for a Lunch and Learn on the the topic “Triple Negative Breast Cancer” with guest speaker Dr. Tina Lam. The Lunch and Learn will be held on Oct. 19 from 12 to 1 p.m. at HealthStreet, 2401 SW Archer Road, Gainesville. It is made possible by a grant from the Florida Breast Cancer Foundation.
Attendees are invited to stick around after the Lunch and Learn for the NCFCCC meeting which will include a […]
HealthStreet is hosting a live panel discussion with experts and community members to discuss everything you wanted to about breast cancer research.
Share your experiences and questions, Discuss with an expert about breast cancer research,Learn about the benefits of participating in a research study!
The event is the third installment of Our Community, Our Health, a town hall series that shares innovative research findings to foster conversations among researchers and community members across the nation.
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Lauren Vagelakos, program manager of Health Insurance Marketplace Navigators and North Central Florida Cancer Control Collaborative at WellFlorida, will be a panelist at the Healthcare Financing and Cancer discussion on Nov. 19. The event is hosted by the Cancer Alliance of Marion County and will take place at Marion County Sheriff’s Office from 11:30 am to 2:00 pm. The objective of the panel discussion is to gain a clearer understanding of healthcare financing as it relates to cancer along all phases of cancer care continuum […]
Empower and educate young women about breast cancer
About 11% of new breast cancer cases in the U.S. affect women under the age of 45, but many young women may not realize they are at risk for this disease.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is looking for women to share their stories about hereditary breast cancer, breast cancer risk, exploring their family history of cancer, and breast health for their new campaign, Bring Your Brave.
Please respond no later than May 15, 2015, if you […]
The Florida Breast Cancer Foundation, North Central Florida Cancer Control Collaborative and Cancer Connections are hosting “Lunch and Learn—Triple Negative Breast Cancer: Current Practice and Future Promise.” The event is on October 29, 2014 from 12 to 1 p.m. at the Hope Lodge in Gainesville. Continuing education credits will be provided by Suwannee River AHEC. Guest speaker Dr. Lisa Spiguel will focus on the surgical care of breast cancer, the assessment of high risk patients and overall breast health. Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP […]
North Central Florida Cancer Control Collaborative worked with WellFlorida to create an online cancer resource guide to help residents find low and no cost services, support groups and other resources. View the guide at: www.CancerResourceGuideNCF.org
WellFlordia brought public awareness of breast cancer disparity among African American women in Alachua county and provided branding, marketing collateral, a training curriculum and resource guide for this project, sponsored by the American Cancer Society.
WUFT News
By Elly Ayres
Gainesville resident Hazel Walter, an 89-year-old sister to two and aunt to 10, could not believe how heavy the small lump in her chest felt after her June 21 diagnosis.
Breast cancer.
The benign lump she’d carefully monitored for 30 years had developed into stage one of the top cause of cancer-related deaths for women in the United States, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In North Central Florida, the disease is second to cancer of the trachea, bronchus and lung […]
