While cancer is a disease that can affect anyone, it doesn’t affect everyone equally. Philadelphian Jamil Rivers is on a mission to disrupt those outcome disparities in breast cancer.
PREVENTATIVE CARE
Five Things to Know About Cancer Screenings
You don’t need to have insurance to get screened, and more.
MINDFULNESS
An Entrepreneur Explains How Cancer Patients Can Maintain a Positive Mindset
Hint: It can be as easy as making a cup of coffee.
SCIENCE
A New Initiative is Encouraging Women to Pursue Cancer-Related Careers
Women are underrepresented in leadership positions in cancer research. ResearcHERS is out to change that.
SELF-CARE
Bold, Bald, Beautiful: Breast Cancer Survivors Embrace Their Stories
How a photoshoot restored confidence for breast cancer survivors.
STYLE
Real Men Wear Pink candidates commit to raising a minimum of $2,500, wearing pink every day throughout the month of October and raising awareness for the cause.
WELLNESS
Cancer in the Time of COVID-19
Cancer doesn’t stop just because there’s another global health crisis. Here, six stories from doctors, patients, volunteers and others who stepped up in a time of great need.
The American Cancer Society’s CEOs Against Cancer:
Advancing the Breakthrough
October 1
THE MANN CENTER
5201 PARKSIDE AVENUE, PHILADELPHIA
The American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against
Breast Cancer of Ocean City, NJ
October 10
OCEAN CITY HIGH SCHOOL,
6TH STREET AND BOARDWALK,
OCEAN CITY, NJ
October 17
JACK CURTIS STADIUM
AT COOPER RIVER PARK,
5300 NORTH PARK DRIVE,
PENNSAUKEN, NJ
The American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against
Breast Cancer of Ocean City, MD
October 23
BOARDWALK AT THE INLET,
730 SOUTH ATLANTIC AVENUE, OCEAN CITY, MD
The American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against
Breast Cancer of Delaware
October 24
BELLEVUE STATE PARK,
800 CARR ROAD,
WILMINGTON, DE
The American Cancer Society’s Coaches vs Cancer
Preseason Luncheon
October 25
THE HILTON PHILADELPHIA,
4200 CITY AVENUE,
PHILADELPHIA
The American Cancer Society’s Real Men Wear Pink
of Greater Philadelphia Campaign
October 1-31
www.realmenwearpinkacs.org/philadelphiapa
