About Breasts Charlotte NC

About Breasts Charlotte NC A safe and sound place where we can share information about breast health and breast cancer. Sisters Network History
Sisters Network® Inc.

(SNI), founded in 1994, is a leading voice and only national African American breast cancer survivorship organization in the United States. Sisters Network is governed by an elected Board of Directors and assisted by an appointed medical advisory committee. Membership is 3000, which includes more than 40 affiliate survivor run chapters nationwide. The organization’s purpose is to save lives and pr

ovide a broader scope of knowledge that addresses the breast cancer survivorship crisis affecting African American women around the country. As a nationally recognized organization among leading medical establishments and breast cancer physicians, Sisters Network is also recognized as a critical information resource for African American women. At the core of the Sisters Network mission is support, outreach and education. Sisters breast health outreach initiatives impact an estimated 3.9 million families annually. Charting new territory is not uncommon for the innovative organization. In 1999, Sisters broke new ground by hosting the nation’s first national Breast Cancer Conference to specifically address the impact of breast cancer among African American women. The annual conference, which attracts more than 600 participants, including nationally recognized medical experts, has been held in metropolitan cities such as Houston, Atlanta, Detroit, Richmond Virginia and Chicago. Among the organization’s trademark and successful national community outreach programs are "The Gift for Life Block Walk®," "The Pink Ribbon Awareness Project, and " STOP THE SILENCE® These initiatives are implemented through Sisters affiliate chapters and are generously underwritten through federal funding, corporate partnerships and private contributions. In April 2010, Sisters Network Inc. National Headquarters made history by holding the 1st National African American Breast Cancer 5K Walk/Run in Houston Texas. The historic event is an annual walk to Stop the Silence®, bring about breast cancer awareness and replace fear with HOPE as participants from across the country walked and ran together to find a cure. Sisters national branding campaign, "STOP THE SILENCE®," speaks directly to the African American community, with its long-standing history of not discussing cancer and other life-threatening health concerns. The national slogan has been used in billboard and bumper sticker campaigns. This level of keen understanding of the African American community mindset continues to allow the organization to effectively educate and heighten breast health awareness and survivorship in the African American community.

Today is Observed annually on the first Sunday in June, National Cancer Survivor’s Day has been set aside to “demonstr...
06/02/2019

Today is

Observed annually on the first Sunday in June, National Cancer Survivor’s Day has been set aside to “demonstrate that life after a cancer diagnosis can be a reality.”

Here are some tools for the journey.
05/17/2019

Here are some tools for the journey.

Carrying chronic illness can be very difficult, but there are ways to navigate the world without being crushed by the weight of what we cannot control.

FYI
03/14/2019

FYI

The agency highlights misleading claims for thermography and warns that it is not an alternative to mammography and that could miss a diagnosis of breast cancer.

05/22/2018

Join the conversation about breast cancer in African-American women:

We invite you to help us close the disparities gap by joining us in the Health Equity Revolution.

02/21/2018

If you were treated with the drug Taxotere and your hair did not grow back, this may interest you.

01/26/2018

Great resource. Pass it on.

Interesting thoughts.
09/13/2017

Interesting thoughts.

If I’d known I would forget so easily, I would have snapped a photo. I could have easily locked the photo away for safe keeping. When I got the urge to remember, I could have pulled out the photo and looked, but would that have really been a good thing?

08/28/2017

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Faslodex (fulvestrant) to treat patients with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, HER2-negative locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer in postmenopausal women who were not treated with endocrine therapy.

This is not a good thing. Delays in diagnosis shortens the list of breast conserving treatment modalities (options) and ...
07/01/2017

This is not a good thing. Delays in diagnosis shortens the list of breast conserving treatment modalities (options) and decreases the chance of survival.

Medicaid rollbacks in Tennessee in 2005 led to an increase in cases of late-stage breast cancer, which are more costly and deadly.

06/03/2017

Show your support for passing the Cancer Treatment Fairness Act (S152) in North Carolina to help save lives. We are one of the last U.S. states without critical patient protection that allows insurance plans to cover cancer treatment without a higher cost-share if the treatment comes in pill instead of IV form. As more and more cancer treatments are developed in pill form, this is our chance to finally bring North Carolina laws up to speed with modern medicine. Use this link to sign the petiion http://parity.lls.org/

I firmly believe that all North Carolinians deserve equal access to the cancer treatment that their doctor recommends no matter what form it takes---oral or IV.

Are factors that influence our health numerous and complicated? Yes. At the same time we must be vigilant and unrelentin...
06/02/2017

Are factors that influence our health numerous and complicated? Yes. At the same time we must be vigilant and unrelenting in our pursuit of health.

The most powerful thing you will watch all day! A soul-stirring conversation between two friends about the state of Black women's health, the historic root causes that have lead to an epidemic health crisis and the powerful solution that has inspired thousands of Black women to take to the streets to heal their communities. Watch. Share. Repeat Watch here: https://goo.gl/jEozjd

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