Even if it takes years, we will fight until there is a National Day for Inflammatory Breast Cancer. Let’s proclaim October 3rd as National Inflammatory Breast Cancer Day. A Grass Roots Call To Action! We need your help by SIGNING this Petition and SHARING with your friends and family, to also support this campaign by signing up and/or sharing with someone else.
MAKE OCTOBER 3rd – IBC DAY
(A NATIONAL INFLAMMATORY BREAST CANCER DAY) SIGN THIS PETITION TODAY!
Fighting 4 the Tatas Breast Cancer Inc., a California501(c)3 Non-Profit, is joined by:
–Patti Bradfield, Co-founder of the EraseIBC Foundation
–Dr. Massimo Cristofanilli M.D. Associate Director for Precision Medicine and Translational Research at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University and Director of Northwestern OncoSET-Dr. Edith Mitchell M.D. past President of the National Medical Association, Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine and Medical Oncology; Program Leader, Gastrointestinal Oncology at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University and Associate Director of Diversity Programs and Director of the Center to Eliminate Cancer Disparities for the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson.
–Julie E. Lang, MD, Facs Associate Professor of Surgery Director, Business Cancer Program Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California,
–Dr. Paul H. Levine Researcher Research Professor Department of Epidemiology College of Public Health Nebraska Medical Center
–George Somlo, M.D. Director, Pharmaceutical Initiatives Professor, Departments of Medical Oncology & Therapeutics Research and Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, Medical Oncologist, City of Hope
–Dr. John Culhane, MD General Surgery / Critical Care Surgery Arrowhead Community Surgical Medical Group
As a collective, we request that the President of the United States, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), and all Members of the United States Congress, consider our petition for a National Day for Inflammatory Breast Cancer.
What is Inflammatory Breast Cancer?
Inflammatory Breast Cancer is a rare form of breast cancer that progresses quickly. Its symptoms differ from those of more common breast cancers and can, therefore, be harder to diagnose and have shown to be more difficult to treat. IBC is diagnosed as at least stage III and in some cases, approximately 30-35 percent of it has already spread to distant lymph nodes or organs and it is diagnosed as stage IV. “IBC is entirely different from other types of breast cancer – as a result, the symptoms, prognosis, and outcomes all require specific, customized attention,” said Dr. Cristofanilli. “There are an estimated 15,000-20,000 new cases of IBC diagnosed annually. For more info, visit – http://hospitals.jefferson.edu/diseases-and-conditions/inflammatory-breast-cancer/
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