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MBCC President Bethany Zell Interviews Dr. Hyman Muss

While at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium on December 10, 2016, Maine Breast Cancer Coalition President Bethany Zell had the opportunity to sit down with Dr. Hyman Muss of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center to discuss Assessment and Treatment of Breast Cancer in Older Adults. View the video here.

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Other Recent News

MBCC Wins $5,000 Bangor Savings Bank Community Matters More Grant

Maine Breast Cancer Coalition is pleased to announce that we won a $5,000 grant from Bangor Savings Bank’s Community Matters More campaign. This is part of the Bangor Savings Bank Foundation’s donation totaling more than $100,000 to Maine-based non-profit organizations throughout the state. All of us at Maine Breast Cancer Coalition are grateful to Bangor Savings Bank and to the many MBCC supporters who voted for us during the campaign.

Photo, left to right: Bethany Zell, MBCC President; Jaclyn Silk, Bangor Savings Bank Assistant Vice President and branch manager of the State Street branch; Carol Beagan, MBCC Treasurer.

Caring Connections Annual Breast Cancer Survivor Retreat

Breast cancer survivors---Join Caring Connections for a sock hop-themed retreat on September 9 and 10, 2017! For more information, call Caring Connections at 207-941-2808, ext. 330.

Demand Equal Access to Lymphedema Treatment

We need to fix a critical gap in insurance coverage for lymphedema treatment. Ask your members of Congress to cosponsor the Lymphedema Treatment Act.

Currently, Medicare and many private insurance policies fail to cover the costs of the daily compression supplies people with lymphedema need to control their swelling. People who can’t afford these supplies are left with worsening lymphedema, which can lead to infections and even long-term disability.

The Lymphedema Treatment Act would end this injustice by changing Medicare law to cover compression supplies—setting an important precedent for Medicaid and other insurers to do the same. Read more.

MBCC Representatives Attend the National Breast Cancer Coalition Advocacy Summit

On May 20, 2017, Maine Breast Cancer Coalition President, Bethany Zell, and advocacy committee co-member, Laurel Bezanson, (both volunteers) once again headed to Washington, DC to represent the MBCC at the National Breast Cancer Coalition Advocate Leadership Summit.

MBCC President Bethany Zell wrote, "Breast Cancer Deadline 2020® is the National Breast Cancer Coalition's global initiative to know how to end breast cancer by January 1, 2020. As leaders in the breast cancer movement and supporters of Breast Cancer Deadline 2020®, we are committed to being a part of this important work."

Sushi Maine and Lois' Natural Marketplace Support MBCC

Sushi Maine of South Portland and Lois' Natural Marketplace of Portland donated 10% of their October sales of Sushi Maine’s pink rice organic Maine beet sushi rolls to Maine Breast Cancer Coalition. MBCC thanks them for their generous support!

Photo: MBCC volunteer Gail Murphy, fundraiser coordinator; Matt Howe, owner of of Sushi Maine