It’s time. After six months in the market, we’re excited to unveil the new home for AskEllyn. We’ve experienced tremendous response since we brought AskEllyn to market last October. With zero marketing investment to date, and through solely organic word of mouth, she has supported more than 15,000 interactions, with 38% of users having extended …
BRCA and More – Understanding Genetic Mutations and Breast Cancer
There are numerous genetic mutations associated with breast cancer. The exact number can vary depending on the criteria used to define these mutations. That said, the exact number of known mutations is not fixed. New mutations are continually being discovered through ongoing research. However, it is safe to say that there are hundreds of identified …
The story behind I WANT YOU TO KNOW
Life is a funny thing, full of collisions and intersections. A chance call to a woman named Jennie Dale, who is the Executive Director of Dense Breasts Canada, and the decision to have my good friend and colleague photographer Hilary Gauld document my journey during chemotherapy, led me to I WANT YOU TO KNOW, one …
Innovations in Breast Cancer Prevention and Detection that Excite Me (and should excite you too)
It’s too late to spare me, but I have hope that my 23-year-old daughter, 27-year-old daughter-in-law and other young women may someday be spared the trauma and hardship of a breast cancer diagnosis. Immersed in this world thanks to the advocacy work I’m doing and AskEllyn, I am exposed to some of the incredible strides …
How I Found My Breast Cancer
I have no family history of breast cancer. I am healthy. I do not have dense breasts. On paper, I did all the things right to prevent breast cancer from occurring. I eat well. I drink socially. I breastfed my children. I also had regular mammograms every two years as advised and performed routine self-exams. …