One of my fellow Foundation Medicine Patient Community Council members, Karen Peterson, recently featured on the Today program speaking about how she self-advocated to receive genomic testing … that in turn led to very successful precision medicine treatment with an immuno-oncology drug. You can watch Karen here .
No matter what the chronic condition with which you live, this is a wonderful example of the value in informing yourself then advocating on your own behalf to your medical team. If AnCan’s tag line was not “Advocacy – Navigation – Support”, it would be “You Are Your Best Advocate!”
Btw, if you missed our recent webinar by Dr. Larry Fond on Immuno-Oncology, replay the recording and download the deck at https://ancan.org/5th-monday-webinar-dr-larry-fong-explains-immuno-oncology-mon-sept-30-8pm-edt/