| Our mission | To provide financial support to help meet basic needs, decrease stress levels, and allow breast cancer patients in active treatment to focus on healing while improving survivorship outcomes |
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The Pink Fund
| About us | The Pink Fund provides 90-day non-medical cost-of-living expenses on behalf of breast cancer patients in active treatment for breast cancer, so they can focus on healing, raising their families, and returning to the workplace. |
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With your support, we are meeting critical expenses of housing, transportation, utilities, and health insurance, allowing patients the time to take a breath and focus on healing. Thank you for helping us provide #RealHelpNow and #OneLessWorry.
#financialtoxicity #breastcancer
National Parents’ Day is a celebrates the ones who do it all. We remember those we have lost, thank those who have stepped in, and admire the ones battling breast cancer while raising a family. Celebrate yourself and your loved ones. #NationalParentsDay
Transportation barriers lead to rescheduled or missed appointments, delayed care, and missed or delayed medication use. With the support of @WarriorsinPink The Pink Fund has made $181,172.68 in transportation bill payments in our last fiscal year.
#OneLessWorry #RealHelpNow
The financial burden of a breast cancer diagnosis is daunting. We are grateful to be a part of a qualitative study to learn about financial stressors experienced during treatment.
Link to full study: https://ecs.page.link/wtK4S
@reshmajagsi @LGharzai @ASCO_pubs #JCOOP
new in @ASCO_pubs @reshmajagsi et al Qualitative analysis to inform strategies to mitigate financial toxicity during breast cancer treatment #bcsm https://ascopubs.org/doi/full/10.1200/OP.21.00182?bid=91798347&cid=DM8116 Gaps include treatment expectations, provider conversations, identification of resources, and support-finding
