Tbreast mood: running to defeat it. Come back again this year Race for the Cure, the largest event for the fight against breast cancer in Italy and in the world, organized by Komen Italy. Arrived at XXIV editiontakes place under the High Patronage of the President of the Republic, a Romeat the Circus Maximus, and in 5 other Italian cities: Bari, Bologna, Brescia, Naples And Matera.
The Health Village
Until the May 7th in Rome, al Circus Maximusat the Health Village, in an area of 25,000 square meters, from 10 to 20 it will be possible to participate for free in numerous activities in the fields of sport, fitness, healthy eating, psychological well-being and entertainment. Lots of them too conferences on health and prevention topics. Present as partners, among others the Johnson & Johnson Foundation, Is in the, Italian State Railways and also Fit and Go.
Free prevention
Until 18, then, they will be offered free of charge diagnostic tests and specialist consultations in collaboration with the Foundation A. Gemelli University Hospital IRCCS. “The Race for the Cure is a great opportunity to raise funds and multiply opportunities, but above all to be close to women who have more difficulty in systematically accessing prevention”, declared the Professor Marco Elefanti, Director General of the Foundation. Actively engaged in the prevention campaign also theFatebenefratelli Hospital Tiber Island – Gemini Island.
The “Salotti” of Donne in meta
Not just live, the meetings between specialists and patients they will also be online, thanks to “Salons” by Women in Metathe campaign promoted by Gilead Sciences in collaboration with Europe Woman Italy. The appointments will be coordinated by the professor Guendalina GraffignaFull Professor of Consumer and Health Psychology and Director of the EngageMinds HUB Research Center of theCatholic University of Cremona. “In many cases the oncological diagnosis goes to cancel all the other different dimensions of the everyday sphereleaving only the one strictly connected with the disease: then it is necessary stimulate patients to continue to use their skills to maintain a project and a quality of life. In this sense, the importance of the therapeutic team has now been scientifically certified», underlines the expert.
Breast cancer: a team of professionals in the field
Invite and help patients a maintain your identity with the help of everyone, specialists and loved ones, is the first goal in 2023 Of “Women in Meta”, whose site will be enriched with a new section dedicated to podcastsby title “Let’s team up”, with interviews with 5 great sports champions on the topic of mutual support. Not only. Self the oncologists they have as always a fundamental rolethe “Women in Meta 2023” team also sees the growing presence of other specialistssuch as psychologists, sexologists and nutritionists, to support patients a keep feeling like a woman even in the presence of the disease, without losing the contact with your body and without giving up one daily life made up of affections and social relationships.
Breast cancer: improving the quality of life
«Increasing the quality of life in the therapeutic process also means increase adherence to therapy and therefore the quality of care itself. But for this to really happen, you need the constitution of Specific Breast Units: to have the patient in the centernot a patient who goes from one doctor to another, and to have specialists from different sectors but all qualified in the oncological field, therefore able to speak the same language and operate in a coordinated way”, concludes the Professor Alessandra Fabihead of UOSD Precision Medicine in Senology, “Agostino Gemelli” University Hospital Foundation IRCCS of Rome.
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