Sisters Network, Inc.: the Importance of African American Survivor Advocates in Addressing Breast Cancer Disparities

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To explain the role of African American survivor advocates in addressing breast cancer disparities. RECENT FINDINGS: The Sisters Network, Inc. is a national African American survivor advocates organization, founded in Houston Texas in 1994 and active today via affiliate chapters t...

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Autores principales: Jackson, Karen, Waters, Mary, Newman, Lisa A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2021
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Breast Cancer Disparities (LA Newman, Section Editor)
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7941868/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33717409
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12609-021-00404-4
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description PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To explain the role of African American survivor advocates in addressing breast cancer disparities. RECENT FINDINGS: The Sisters Network, Inc. is a national African American survivor advocates organization, founded in Houston Texas in 1994 and active today via affiliate chapters throughout the United States as well as its national headquarters. The Sisters Network provides essential outreach, educational, and research support to the breast oncology community. SUMMARY: The breast oncology community should partner with the Sisters Network and support their activities in efforts to achieve breast health equity.
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spelling pubmed-79418682021-03-10 Sisters Network, Inc.: the Importance of African American Survivor Advocates in Addressing Breast Cancer Disparities Jackson, Karen Waters, Mary Newman, Lisa A. Curr Breast Cancer Rep Breast Cancer Disparities (LA Newman, Section Editor) PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To explain the role of African American survivor advocates in addressing breast cancer disparities. RECENT FINDINGS: The Sisters Network, Inc. is a national African American survivor advocates organization, founded in Houston Texas in 1994 and active today via affiliate chapters throughout the United States as well as its national headquarters. The Sisters Network provides essential outreach, educational, and research support to the breast oncology community. SUMMARY: The breast oncology community should partner with the Sisters Network and support their activities in efforts to achieve breast health equity. Springer US 2021-03-09 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC7941868/ /pubmed/33717409 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12609-021-00404-4 Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC part of Springer Nature 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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title_short Sisters Network, Inc.: the Importance of African American Survivor Advocates in Addressing Breast Cancer Disparities
title_sort sisters network, inc.: the importance of african american survivor advocates in addressing breast cancer disparities
topic Breast Cancer Disparities (LA Newman, Section Editor)
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