Category Archives: Guest Bloggers

Meeting My Survivor Siblings

Apr 30 avatar by Victoria St. Martin, Young Survivor, YSC State Leader (N.J.) and Journalist

Whenever I meet other young women with breast cancer, I’m sad and happy at the same time. I hate knowing they had to experience this horrible disease, but I’m happy it brought us together as sisters. That feeling was magnified … Continue reading →

Categories: Guest Bloggers, Survivor SYNC

YSC Research Think Tank Demands Change

Mar 14 avatar by Courtney Preusse, Survivor and RTT Participant; Research Advocate, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

“Patient advocacy” has become a buzz phrase in recent years within the research and medical communities. Grant review boards, such as the Department of Defense (DOD) and National Institutes of Health (NIH), have begun to invite a small handful of … Continue reading →

Categories: Guest Bloggers, The Business of Breast Cancer

YSC Responds to JAMA Article on Breast Cancer Incidence

Feb 26 avatar by Michelle Esser, Program Manager, Advocacy and Research

An article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) on February 26, 2013, discusses the incidence of breast cancer in the United States and concludes that the number of young women presenting with metastatic disease at initial … Continue reading →

Categories: Guest Bloggers

From Drifting to Found: YSC Gave Me a Community

Feb 20 avatar by Pam, YSC Member and Patient Advocate

I thought it would be easy to write a blog post about what the YSC community boards have meant to me in the five years since my breast cancer diagnosis. However, I was wrong. The feelings this topic raises are … Continue reading →

Categories: Guest Bloggers

YSC’s Research Think Tank Remembers Randi Rosenberg (1965-2010)

Feb 14 avatar by Joy Simha, YSC Co-Founder

Diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 32 in 1998, Randi Rosenberg was one of the original founding members of Young Survival Coalition (YSC) and its third board president. Her drive to enact change fueled her talented way of … Continue reading →

Categories: Guest Bloggers