The Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition

Here is a Breast Cancer Coalition in Pennsylvania that I came found: The Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition .

They are a grassroots organization advocating in (of course) Pennsylvania. They have a great website, as well as an annual conference. The 2008 conference will be held in October.

What caught my attention most?

One of the topics/workshops at the conference is "Breast Cancer in Young Women". Below is from their site about that particular workshop.

Breast Cancer in Young Women
Session AM 1
Session AM 2

Deena Damsky Dell, RN, MSN, AOCN, BC
Clinical Nurse Specialist/Clinical Educator
Fox Chase Cancer Center

Billie Hammond
Breast Cancer Survivor

Ruben Perez, MD
Good Samaritan Hospital

"Explore the specific issues young women face when diagnosed with breast cancer including fertility, psychological and sexual issues. Learn how treatment options might be different for a young woman and hear a young survivor's personal story."

Worth checking out. And really good to see that young women and breast cancer are being addressed. (Finally.)

Here is the link to the page on their Annual Breast Cancer Conference