Challenges and Issues the LGBTQ Community Face with CancerThe LGBTQ community celebrated Pride month in June, and, despite the ongoing pandemic, Pride month rallied on with its message of awareness and acceptance of individuals from the LGBTQ community. Often heteronormative ideals assume struggles of the LGBTQ community are limited to denial of freedom to be who they are. And it definitely is the biggest challenge they face; however, it is not the only one. Heterosexual society may assume the...
GRACE has partnered with Lilly Oncology for the REThink Testing Campaign for Lung Cancer Awareness Month BRIDGING The Biomarker Gaps More than 1.8 million Americans will face a new cancer diagnosis this year. Each of these cases is unique. Biomarker testing gives you more knowledge and helps empower well-informed treatment decisions. For Lung Cancer Awareness Month, we have partnered with Lilly Oncology to help spread the word and education about biomarker testing, and the important role it...
Dr. Rafeh Naqash, one of the participants in the GRACE Patient Education Ambassador Program, shares a fantastic video series on understanding clinical trials. For this series, Dr. Naqash speaks with Ivy Elkins, Patient Advocate and Lung Cancer Survivor and founder of the EGFR Resisters Patient Group, (https://egfrcancer.org/founders/) and Fumiko Chino, MD, a Radiation Oncologist with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/doctors/fumiko-chino). In these videos...
Dr. Rafeh Naqash, one of the participants in the GRACE Patient Education Ambassador Program, shares a fantastic video series on understanding clinical trials. For this series, Dr. Naqash speaks with Ivy Elkins, Patient Advocate and Lung Cancer Survivor and founder of the EGFR Resisters Patient Group, (https://egfrcancer.org/founders/) and Fumiko Chino, MD, a Radiation Oncologist with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/doctors/fumiko-chino). In these first...
Dr. Medhavi Gupta, one of the participants in this past year's GRACE Patient Education Ambassador Program, shares a fantastic video series on Breast Cancer.For this series, Dr. Gupta discusses Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer with Dr. Aditya Bardai.Dr. Bardai is Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Attending Physician in Medical Oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital. In this video, Drs. Gupta and Bardai discuss Antibody-Drug Conjugate Treatment Options...
Dr. Medhavi Gupta, one of the participants in this past year's GRACE Patient Education Ambassador Program, shares a fantastic video series on Breast Cancer. For this first series, Dr. Gupta discusses Surgical Management in Breast Cancer with Dr. Jessica Young. In this video, Drs. Gupta and Young discuss body image and reconstructive surgery. #breastcancer #surgery #cancerGRACE #genentech #lilly To join the conversation, visit https://cancergrace.org/forum.
GRACE is pleased to announce the acceptance of three amazing individuals into the inaugural year of the GRACE Clinical Trials Experiences through Storytelling Program for the 2021-2022 Program Year!We had an overwhelming response to our call for clinical trial participants who would be interested in creating educational content for others by sharing their experiences!We are very excited to launch this new program and introduce our participants, whose backgrounds and experiences cross multiple...
COVID 19 Resources Part 2Now that it’s been a little over a year since we were introduced to the pandemic and turned everyone’s world upside down, we are slowly getting to some sense of normalcy hopefully. I wanted to take this opportunity to provide some resources for anyone who may be struggling and give an overview of COBRA.COBRA OverviewCOBRA, which stands for Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, allows you to continue your coverage with your employer after you leave your job or...
Join us for the 2021 Targeted Therapies Patient Forum, presented Live-Online on July 17, 2021, at 10:00 am eastern time!But meanwhile -- Videos from the 2020 Targeted Therapies Patient Forum are still available!This past event's live-online presentations and discussions were launched by our Event Chair, Luis E. Raez, MD FACP FCCP, Member of the GRACE Board of Directors, President of the Florida Society of Clinical Oncology (FLASCO), and Chief Scientific Officer & Medical Director at Memorial...