A free event designed to provide awareness about cancer clinical trials focused on breast cancer among Hispanic/Latina women is scheduled for Saturday, May 21 in Albuquerque. “Hispanic/Latina Needs and Breast Cancer Trials: A Community Cultural Awareness Seminar” will feature national and local cancer experts and oncologists discussing why it is important to participate in breast cancer studies. It is co-sponsored by the Comadre a Comadre Project at the University of New Mexico.
The workshop will be held from 8:30 a.m. to noon, at MCM Eleganté, 2020 Menaul Blvd, NE. Free breakfast and refreshments will be served. Childcare will be provided for children two years old and older. To register for the event call 462-3939.
Comadre A Comadre is a one-on-one peer support program housed in the UNM College of Education. It provides support, resources and referrals to newly diagnosed Hispanic women with breast cancer. The project trains and recruits “comadres” who are breast cancer survivors to meet and assist patients at medical appointments and to serve as a liaison between the patient and medical providers.
The New Mexico affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation awarded Elba L. Saavedra, assistant professor for research at the College of Education, nearly $50,000 to administer Comadre A Comadre. The project is housed in the Physical Performance and Development health education program. It recruits and trains peer counselors and in the next year will work to develop a bilingual newsletter about breast health and breast cancer.
Comadre A Comadre was featured recently in the national magazine Latina Style. For information about the project, contact Elba Saavedra at 277-3243.
Contact:Greg Johnston, (505) 277-1816