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"Breastcancer.org
was my
first
call for
help,
and
continues
to be my
'go to'
source
for
concerns
and
questions
and
up-to-the-minute
information
about
research
and
medications.
There
is no
better
resource
for
breast
cancer
patients
or their
families,”
said
bestselling
author
Kelly
Corrigan
at
Doubles,
the
elegant
Club, in
the
Sherry
Netherland
Hotel.
It was a
reception
celebrating
the
release
of
Corrigan’s
second
book
“Lift,”
hosted
by
Cynthia
Lufkin
and Dr.
Marisa
Weiss.
Cynthia
Lufkin
is a
philanthropist,
breast
cancer
survivor
and
advocate.
Throughout
her
cancer
journey,
she
empowered
herself
and made
it her
mission
to make
this a
positive
experience
by
dedicating
herself
to
helping
women
who are
facing
the
burden
of this
dreaded
disease.
She was
full of
praised
for
BreastCancer.org
and Dr.
Weiss’s
efforts.
Dr.
Marisa
Weiss, a
breast
cancer
oncologist
in the
Philadelphia
region,
is
regarded
as a
visionary
for her
innovative
and
steadfast
approach
to
informing,
empowering
and
treating
patients.
She
created
Breastcancer.org
in
response
to her
patients’
need for
accessible,
reliable,
and
responsible
medical
information
and
treatment
options.
Kelly
Corrigan
charmed
the
crowd
with her
winning
personality.
She read
two
short
chapters
from her
books.
“The
Middle
Place,”
a memoir
about
her
triumph
over the
disease,
and
”Lift.”
Corrigan
is also
well
known
for her
essay
about
"women’s
remarkable
capacity
to
support
each
other,
to laugh
together,
and to
endure,"
which
her
publisher
videotaped
and
posted
on YouTube.
The
video
has
received
over 4
million
views.
Wendy
Carduner,
the
chatelaine
of
Doubles
and her
staff
served
wine and
hors
d’oeuvres
to a
group
that
included
Tory
Burch,
who a
week
earlier
had been
named
“Mother
of the
Year,”
by the
American
Cancer
Society;
financier
and
environmental
advocate
Dan
Lufkin;
Anne
Sutherland
Fuchs,
Chair of
the
Commission
on
Women's
Issues
for New
York
City;
Grace
Hightower
DeNiro;
Pamela
Fiori,
Editor-in-Chief
of Town
&
Country;
Joanne
Lipman,
a former
editor
at Conde
Nast and
the Wall
Street
Journal;
Dr.
Catherine
Manno,
Head of
Pediatrics
at NYU
Med
Center;
CNN’s
Felicia
Taylor;
Kinga
Lampert;
The
Worth
Collection’s
Saundra
Smith;
Barbara
Stovall
Smith;
Marilyn
Machlowitz;
Ann
Keating;
Dianne
Kenney;
Dr.
Eva
Andersson-Dubin;
Jill
Brooke;
Katy
Thompson;
Lauri
Panopoulos;
Lauren
Thierry
Watkins;
Lee
Fryd;
Leslie
Laredo;
Lisa
Leshne;
Meg
Thompson;
Michelle
McBride;
Meredith
Wagner;
Nancy
Ertag-Brand;
Patty
Raynes;
Somers
Farkas;
Stephanie
Krieger
and
Brian
Stewart.
There
were
four
other
breast
cancer
survivor/authors
in the
gathering.
Rochelle
Hirsch
wrote
“Lumps
and
Bumps.”
ABC News
20/20
dynamo
Geralyn
Lucas
wrote
“Why I
Wore
Lipstick
to My
Mastectomy.”
Marisa
Acocella
Marchetto
wrote
“The
Cancer
Vixen
Lee
Woodruff
wrote
“In an
Instant
and
Perfectly
Imperfect:
A Life
in
Progress”
with her
husband
ABC
anchor
Bob
Woodruff.
BreastCancer.org,
a
nonprofit
organization,
is the
number
one
online
resource
for
breast
health
and
breast
cancer
information.
Considering
the
complexities
of a
positive
diagnosis,
treatment
and
recovery
paths,
patients
must
supplement
their
knowledge.
BreastCancer.org’s
mission
is to
help
patients
and
their
loved
ones
make
sense of
the
complicated
medical
and
personal
information
in order
to make
the best
decisions.
With
over
6,000
pages of
original,
expert
reviewed
content
and a
vibrant
peer
support
community
with
over
65,000
registered
users..
BreastCancer.org
provides
the care
until
the
cure.
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