Over 150 participants joined the Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition (DBCC) virtually on May 14 for the organization’s 27th Annual Breast Cancer Update, themed “The State We’re In.” The Zoom-based event brought together healthcare professionals, advocates, and community members to explore pressing issues in breast cancer care, including racial disparities, access to screening, and advances in prevention and treatment. The program …
The Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition (DBCC) will host its 27th Annual Breast Cancer Update virtually on May 14, featuring a presentation highlighting the troubling distinction as the state with the highest rates of Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) among Black women. As part of DBCC’s ongoing efforts to raise awareness of this disproportionate health crisis, the virtual update, titled …
WILMINGTON- A new study published in Nature Medicine suggests that metastatic cancer patients who regularly report their symptoms through a home-based electronic monitoring system experience improved quality of life, better clinical outcomes, and fewer emergency department visits compared to those who do not participate in such reporting. The study, led by researchers from ChristianaCare’s Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & …
This story was originally published on Spotlight Delaware. Regular visitors of Barbara Hicks Park in Wilmington’s Southbridge neighborhood face potential health risks stemming from contaminants in the soil that were discovered nearly two years ago. Despite the discovery, city officials have not yet made a decision on remedial action or established a timeline to clean up the park. Frequent park visitors face …
University of Delaware students raised more than $1.8 million for The Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation. Submitted photo/Rob Naylor. More than $1.8 million will go toward the fight against childhood cancer after the University of Delaware’s UDance Marathon wrapped up fundraising during it’s annual event Sunday. That brings the philanthropy’s lifetime fundraising total to $16,503,120 since its inaugural event in 2007. …
Photo courtesy of UDance. The country’s fifth-largest college dance marathon and University of Delaware’s largest student-run philanthropy event will “return to the Bob” this year for the first full-scale event since the onset of COVID. UDance, which aims to raise awareness and funds for the fight against childhood cancer, has raised $14,688,690 since it began in 2007. The event will …
Troy Haynes Jr. , left and Cole Willey Seaford – At the start of the 2021 football season Seaford Blue Jay wide receiver and defensive back Cole Willey changed his jersey number to the number 4 to honor the memory of his friend the late Troy Haynes Jr. Haynes wore the same number as an All-State quarterback at Woodbridge High School …
The Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation, the 4 Troy Foundation and Delaware Live Sports have teamed up to raise awareness of Childhood Cancer this fall. On Friday, October 29, 2021 Delaware Live Sports will livestream three high school football games throughout the state to help raise awareness towards childhood cancer. The First Annual “4Troy / B+ Games” will feature the follow …
