Thank you Liz Szabo of USA Today for writing and showing how social media is changing the conversation on breast cancer. The IBC Network is proud to be a part of this movement.
This is the final installment in USA TODAY’s four-week series on breast cancer. The series looks at screening, treatment and support via social media.
USA TODAY7:40AM EDT October 23. 2012 – Twitter, perhaps best known lately as a source of Big Bird jokes, might not seem like the first place to look for a breast cancer support group, a boot camp in medical research or the seeds of a social movement.
Yet a weekly Twitter chat on breast cancer, launched just over year ago, has blossomed into all those things and more, participants say.
The online chat, known as BCSM — or breast cancer social media — has a growing following of men and women looking to share war stories, empower patients and change the national conversation on breast cancer.
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