Additional Resources
The Beautiful Gate Cancer Support & Resource Center, Inc.
was founded in 2006 by Pamela Burnett, a breast cancer survivor. Pamela started
an outreach program to help improve early breast cancer detection among African
American women by emphasizing health education and support services. The
Beautiful gate has now expanded its services to three locations, YMCA of
Homestead, Silver Blue Lakes Missionary Baptist Church in Miami and the Austin
Hepburn Human Services Center in Hallandale.
Formerly
known as The Wellness Community-Greater Miami, the Cancer Support Community
Greater Miami is part of an international network which is the merging of The
Wellness Community-National and Gilda's Club. In 2009, these organizations
joined forces under the Cancer Support Community umbrella to become the largest
provider of cancer support worldwide. Since opening its doors in 2002, the
Greater Miami affiliate has been offering professionally led support groups,
educational workshops, nutrition and exercise programs, as well as stress
reduction classes to help people affected by cancer learn vital skills that
enable them to regain control and restore hope. All programs are free of charge
and are available to cancer patients and their loved ones from the moment of
diagnosis. For more information, please call 305-668-5900, or visit
www.CancerSupportCommunityMiami.org.
The League Against Cancer (La Liga) was founded in Miami, Florida in 1975 as a
community based not for profit organization providing free medical care to needy
cancer patients. La Liga helps cancer patients who have no financial resources
or health insurance. South Florida physicians, who are board certified,
volunteer their services to La Liga along with nurses and psychologists. La
Liga’s philosophy is: Where there is love, there is hope.
The Taylor Breast Health Center, located at Jackson Memorial Hospital in
Miami, offers comprehensive breast health services. Available services include
diagnostic imaging (mammography, breast ultrasound, breast MRI and image guided
biopsies), outpatient procedures, as well as clinical and surgical
consultations. The Center hosts a weekly breast cancer conference for newly
diagnosed patients. Participants receive a full evaluation from a team of
physician and care givers including medical oncologists, radiologist, surgical
oncologists and pathologist, to develop a proper care and treatment plan
developed on an individual basis for each patient. After receiving services at
the Taylor Breast Health Center, breast health navigators and liaisons from
Jackson Memorial Hospital and the American Cancer Society transition breast
cancer patients into areas of treatment including chemotherapy, radiation
oncology, medical oncology and surgical oncology. For evaluation and treatment
options of benign or malignant breast tumors, surgical interventions, breast
imaging services, counseling or follow up care, visit the Taylor Breast Health
Center's website at
www.jmf.org/web/Taylor-Breast-Health-Center.
Breast Cancer Partner
Breast Cancer Partner website is designed to help you navigate through life
after breast cancer in order to recover from treatment, restore your life back
to its "new" normal, and reenergize to live strong and healthy.
Florida Breast Cancer
Foundation
Florida Breast Cancer Foundation (FBCF) is a 501c(3) grassroots organization
with the mission to end breast cancer through advocacy, education, and research.
FBCF works statewide to raise awareness and mobilize Floridians to ensure
sufficient public funding for breast cancer research, quality health care for
all without fear of discrimination, and an environment free of carcinogens. FBCF
is the organization in the State of Florida with the End Breast Cancer license
plate. All monies raised stay in the State of Florida to support advocacy,
education, and research programs for Florida residents and institutions. For
more information, visit
www.FloridaBreastCancer.org.
The mission of Lauren's Light is to
empower families with young children, in which a parent has been
diagnosed with cancer, through resources and information, to better
address medical, psychological and administrative challenges.
Elekta
Elekta is a human care company pioneering
significant innovations and clinical solutions for treating
cancer and brain disorders. The company develops sophisticated,
state-of-the-art tools and treatment planning systems for
radiation therapy and radiosurgery, as well as workflow
enhancing software systems across the spectrum of cancer care.
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