Panel Discussion: Battling Breast Cancer

Battling Breast Cancer, Life Interrupted, Film Screening 4/9 - 4/15 & Panel Discussion, 4/15 4:00 ET. Free Ticket, https://nnlm.gov/LIGAHEC

Information about the Event:

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The film screening is available to the public for one week at no charge, and to Library patrons for three months. The screening concludes with a moderated livestreamed panel Q&A discussing breast cancer topics such as: screening and detection, treatment, support networks, and reconstruction surgery. The filmmaker, Paula Mozen, a breast cancer survivor herself, also serves as a featured panelist to discuss topics brought up in the film. 

Watch

Order your free ticket at https://nnlm.gov/LIGAHEC to watch the 64-minute film.

Join us for the Virtual Panel Discussion

April 15th

4 pm ET / 1 pm PT

Event information will be included with your free film ticket.

Ask Our Panelists a Question

We welcome audience feedback and questions to panelists prior to the virtual discussion on April 15th. Video, audio, and text submission will be accepted via email at linda.loi@unthsc.edu. 

*Please note that watching the film prior to the panel discussion is not required. 

 

Information about the Film

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“I AM SORRY, BUT YOU HAVE BREAST CANCER."

In the United States, one in eight women will hear these shattering words in her lifetime.

LIFE INTERRUPTED, a film of great intimacy, features empowering stories of breast cancer survivors told through unflinching graphic imagery from the survivor’s perspective. These women are confronting a life-altering diagnosis and respond to their disease process and the rebuilding of their lives with honesty, dignity, humor, and grace. Each woman sheds light on the emotional and physical roadblocks they overcame and what we can learn today from their persistence.

LIFE INTERRUPTED is distinguished for its diversity and inclusiveness, representing survivors of widely diverging ages from 27 to 68; ethnicities including, African American, Native American and Jewish American with a wide range of socio-economic and geographic backgrounds.

 

Livestream Panel Discussion Q&A Themes

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ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL

• Breast cancer does not discriminate. (However, access to healthcare can and does discriminate)

PUT A FACE TO THE STATISTICS

• 1 in 8 women will get breast cancer in her lifetime (in the U.S.). 325,000 will be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2020

VALIDATE SURVIVOR'S EXPERIENCE

• Breast cancer is not pretty pink ribbons. The treatments are rough, including amputating body parts and taking toxic chemo into system

EMPOWER PATIENTS

• Learn from those who have gone before us and empower current survivors to be proactive in their treatment decisions. Ask questions, get support, make best decisions for your situation

HELP PROVIDERS TO "TREAT THE PATIENT NOT THE DISEASE"

• Survivor/thrivers are Real people with real lives. Give family members, friends, advocates a sense of what living with a breast cancer diagnosis is truly like.

OUTCOMES/OBJECTIVES (SURVIVORS/LAY PEOPLE)

• Increase Breast Cancer awareness
• Empower patients to be self-advocates 
• Provide practical education of diagnosis and treatment
• Increase screenings and breast health interventions
• Provide HOPE, support, and resources for quality-of-life survivorship
• Provide resources for prevention and non-toxic lifestyles

OUTCOMES/OBJECTIVES (HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS)

• Insight and empathy to the cancer experience
• Better cancer patient understanding
• Understanding of different generational reactions and cultural differences
• Increased awareness of the emotional, physical and psychological side effects of breast cancer    
• Understanding of cancer psychosocial impacts on family relationships