SEATTLE, Jan. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A group of 25 clinical staff
and breast-cancer survivors led by the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance will be
honored by the Puget Sound Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer
Foundation later this month for the third edition of a book they developed
for newly diagnosed breast-cancer patients.
Led by Dr. Julie Gralow, an SCCA medical oncologist and associate
professor of medical oncology at the University of Washington School of
Medicine, the group that updated Finding Your Way to Wellness will receive
the 2007 Komen Community Service Award during the foundation's annual
meeting in Seattle on Jan. 24. Gralow came up with the idea for the book in
the mid-90s and marshaled volunteers to write it. She serves as the book's
editor.
"This resource provides valuable information to newly diagnosed
breast-cancer survivors and has become an essential, trusted tool for
health-care professionals throughout the region," said Lynn Hagerman,
executive director of the Komen Puget Sound Affiliate.
Copies of the latest edition of Finding Your Way to Wellness are
expected to be delivered by Jan. 24 from publisher The Mountaineer Books in
Seattle. Komen pays for production and distribution.
Finding Your Way to Wellness is provided free of charge to newly
diagnosed breast-cancer patients throughout Washington by doctors' offices
and cancer centers. It is also available by calling the Komen office in
Seattle at (206) 633-0303.
The book's 25 chapters provide comprehensive information about breast
cancer, including genetics and prevention, screening and diagnosis, dealing
with a new diagnosis, treatment options, managing treatment side effects,
clinical trials, the role of complementary therapies, follow-up care, and
what to expect in the months and years after treatment.
About the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
The Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, established in 1998, unites the adult
and pediatric cancer-care services of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research
Center, UW Medicine and Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center. A
major focus of SCCA is to speed the transfer of new diagnostic and
treatment techniques from the research setting to the patient bedside while
providing premier, patient-focused cancer care. Patients who come to SCCA
receive the latest research-based cancer therapies as well as cutting-edge
treatments for a number of non-malignant diseases under development by its
partner organizations. SCCA has three clinical-care sites: an outpatient
clinic on the Fred Hutchinson campus, a pediatric-inpatient unit at
Children's and an adult-inpatient unit at UW Medical Center. For more
information about SCCA, visit http://www.seattlecca.org.
Media Contact:
Dean Forbes, (206) 667-2896
SOURCE Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
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Related links:
http://www.fhcrc.org
http://www.seattlecca.org/
CONTACT:
Dean Forbes of Fred Hutchinson Cancer
Research Center, +1-206-667-2896
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