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“Cancer is not the disease of the individual, but a disease of the whole family and friends” – Fatima Cardoso

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Nov 25, 2024, 07:54

“Cancer is not the disease of the individual, but a disease of the whole family and friends” – Fatima Cardoso

ABC Global Alliance shared a post on LinkedIn:

“Fatima Cardoso during the European Cancer Organization Summit at the session on Survivorship and Quality of Life Network made a very important statement ‘Cancer is not the disease of the individual, but a disease of the whole family and friends. Caring for someone with metastatic has a big toll, both physically and mentally’.”

Ginny Mason, Executive Director of the Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Foundation, shared this post, adding:

“People are quick to ask ‘what can I do?’ when someone is diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer. If the disease comes back, those offers of help gradually disappear, especially when treatment goes on and on. We need to remember the need for help/support remains indefinitely.”

"Cancer is not the disease of the individual, but a disease of the whole family and friends" - Fatima Cardoso

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Fatima Cardoso is the Director of the Breast Unit of the Champalimaud Clinical Center in Lisbon, Portugal and Editor-in-chief of The Breast Journal. She was the ESMO Transitional Director of Membership and member of the ESMO Board of Directors and was also Chair of the ESMO National Representatives Committee.

She is a member of the ESMO Public Policy Steering Committee and ESMO Guidelines Steering Committee, Past Chair of the EORTC-Breast Cancer Group, member of the ASCO International Affairs Committee and ASCO Breast Cancer Guideline Advisory Group.

She is also the Breast Cancer Program Coordinator of the European School of Oncology and chair of the Advanced Breast Cancer International Consensus Guidelines Conference (ABC) and of the ABC Global Alliance, associate editor of the European Journal of Cancer, and an editorial board member of several other journals.

She was awarded the prestigious Order of Santiago da Espada for Scientific Merit, from the President of Portugal, on June 10th 2015. She also received the 2020 European Breast Cancer Science Award – Emmanuel van der Schueren Lecture, and the 2021 Umberto Veronesi Memorial Award.

Ginny Mason is the Executive Director of the Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Foundation. She has experience in prevention, physician relations, oncology research, health advocacy, and patient advocacy. A strong business development professional focused on breast cancer, she holds a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing from Eastern Mennonite University.