March 2008
Dear Colleague,
Here's what's new with the Survivor and Patient Advocacy Program and CR magazine:
CR MAGAZINE HIGHLIGHTS
We're excited to present our first single-topic issue—a bonus issue on
breast cancer! Visit www.CRmagazine.org to check out the great articles on diet and breast cancer,
brain metastases, finding markers of breast cancer, and more. And click
below to read our freely available cover story.
CR PODCASTS
Helping Others—and Yourself
Kidney cancer survivor Eric Perakslis talks about how reaching out to the survivorship community has helped his own recovery. To listen, please click on the
icon or title. You can also visit www.CRmagazine.org to listen.
Dietary Supplements and Cancer
Are the vitamins you are taking safe? Podcast correspondent investigates the link between supplements and cancer in this addition of CR's news podcast. To listen, please click on the
icon or title. You can also visit www.CRmagazine.org to listen.
CR Video
If you haven't seen it yet, please take a minute to watch our exciting new video for CR magazine at
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHv-4lU184k.
If you like what you see, and aren't currently a subscriber, please consider subscribing to the magazine through the link on our website at www.CRmagazine.org. (Subscribers also have full access to the archives online and receive free copies of special issues of the magazine published throughout the year.)
Please feel free to copy the embed link on YouTube to add this to any appropriate websites with which you are affiliated.
ADVOCATE OPPORTUNITIES
Advocate Affiliate Membership
We invite all advocates to take the opportunity to join the AACR as
advocate affiliate members. Membership in the AACR will allow you to
become an integral part of the organization and further strengthen
communication and collaboration among advocates, scientists and
survivors. Please take advantage of this invitation. For detailed
information, please click on the link above and download the advocate
affiliate membership application.
We look forward to hearing your questions and comments about the
activities and publications of the Survivor and Patient Advocacy
Program. E-mail us at advocacy@aacr.org.
Best wishes,
Gwen Darien
Jessica Gorman
Alanna Kennedy
James Marengo
Tracy Middleton
Karen Russell
Jenny Song
Survivor and Patient Advocacy Program
American Association for Cancer Research
615 Chestnut Street, 17th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19106-4404
www.aacr.org/SurvivorsAndAdvocates
E-mail: advocacy@aacr.org
Phone: 1-267-646-0552
Fax: 1-215-440-9319