Tucson Opinion: Arizona Congressional leadership standing up for patients

Tucson Opinion: Arizona Congressional leadership standing up for patients

Mindy Griffith - Board President – Bag ITBag It Cancer’s Executive Director Mindy Griffith’s editorial about the forward movement of the Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act is featured in the Arizona Daily Star on October 6, 2022.  In it, she praises the seven bipartisan members of the U.S. House–including two members from Arizona’s Congressional leadership–for endorsing this impactful legislation that would ensure Medicare is able to provide coverage for early cancer detection tools.

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Andrew & Esther Schorr Advocate for Raising Patient and Care Partner Voices

Andrew & Esther Schorr Advocate for Raising Patient and Care Partner Voices

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Executive Director and Your Guide Through Cancer Podcast Host Mindy Griffin’s guests are Patient Power Co-Founders, Andrew and Esther Schorr.  Their mission is to raise “patient and care partner voices” to help them more actively participate and drive their own healthcare decisions  They talk about how they are working on patient community development, relationship-building with medical experts, centers of excellence, pharma and advocacy groups.

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How Escape to THRIVE Leadership Conference Boosted Cancer Advocacy

How Escape to THRIVE Leadership Conference Boosted Cancer Advocacy

Andrea Ivory, Mindy Griffith & Betsy Glosik

Andrea Ivory, Mindy Griffith & Betsy Glosik

This month, Bag It Cancer Executive Director Mindy Griffith talks with Andrea Ivory and Betsy Glosik–Escape to THRIVE Leadership Conference alumni–about how the conference impacted their cancer advocacy and why THRIVE is so unique and beneficial to cancer advocates.

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Cancer advocacy, storytelling, and survivorship with Dr. Veronika Panagiotou

Cancer advocacy, storytelling, and survivorship with Dr. Veronika Panagiotou

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In this episode of Bag It’s podcast, Your Guide Through Cancer, host and Executive Director, Mindy Griffith chats with Dr. Veronika Panagiotou, who currently serves as the advocacy and program manager at the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship.  She was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma a few days after celebrating her 25th birthday. Eight years later, she uses her cancer diagnosis and the knowledge she has gained through the process to empower other cancer survivors to tell their stories and support their advocacy.

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Lifestyle Recommendations To Reduce Risk Or Recurrence of Cancer

Lifestyle Recommendations To Reduce Risk Or Recurrence of Cancer

Dr. Sheena Patel Swanner

Did you know that 42% of cancers are potentially preventable? In this episode of Bag It’s podcast, Your Guide Through Cancer, host and Executive Director, Mindy Griffith chats with AICR’s Director of Nutrition Programs Sheena Patel Swanner.  She provides simple lifestyle recommendations you can start today to help reduce your risk of cancer or a recurrence. Learn more and Take the Healthy 10 challenge today!

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