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Breast Cancer - Linda Creed Breast Cancer Foundation

The Linda Creed Breast Cancer Foundation honors the memory of songwriter Linda Creed by empowering women and their families to practice breast health, fostering the healing process and establishing a public agenda for prevention and cure.

The Foundation was the first local organization to address breast cancer as a serious and widespread disease threatening the lives of women living in the Delaware Valley. Before the Linda Creed Breast Cancer Foundation was established, local women and families had limited information and access to resources when faced with a breast cancer diagnosis. The Linda Creed Breast Cancer Foundation broke the silence surrounding breast cancer, empowered women and their families to talk about it, learn about breast health and take control of their health and their lives.

LCBCF Mission

• Educating women and their families with regard to detection, treatment and survival strategies
• Offering access to detection and treatment resources
• Providing information regarding breast health and breast cancer
• Providing critical financial assistance to women receiving breast cancer treatment
• Driving an effective advocacy agenda
• Supporting critical breast cancer legislation
• Seeking increased governmental funding for breast cancer research

Programs and Services:

Screening
Screenings are scheduled at twelve area hospitals.  The screenings provide the three parts to good breast health care: mammogram, clinical breast exam and instruction on breast self-examination.

Mammograms
Free mammograms are provided for women with inadequate or no health insurance. 

Diagnostic Testing Services

• Diagnostic Tests are provided to women with inadequate or no health insurance who are experiencing symptoms such as breast lumps, nipple discharge, etc., or who have had a suspicious mammogram.
• Diagnostic mammograms offer additional views to assist in diagnosis and are provided to women with suspicious screening mammograms and are generally the first level of testing suggested to women over thirty experiencing a symptom, as described above.
• Ultrasounds are the first level of specialized testing for women under thirty and generally the second level of testing provided to women over thirty with suspicious mammograms.  They offer critical diagnostic information regarding size, location and density of masses found in the breast.

Safe Circle
Outreach program to African-American women providing breast health information, screenings and support services.

Rainbow Circle
Outreach program to the lesbian community providing breast health information, screening and support services.

Patient Emergency Fund
The Emergency Assistance Fund fulfills a crucial need to provide non-medical financial assistance to women facing day-to-day hardships while dealing with breast cancer treatment and its effects.

Advocacy
Statewide Alert Network advocates for increased funding for breast cancer research and necessary legislation on the state and federal levels. The Foundation is a founding member of the National Breast Cancer Coalition.

Support Services
Includes Eva’s Room, a place to find information on treatment, available resources and research through books, articles, tapes and the Internet, and the toll free information line, 1-877-99 CREED.

Screenings are held in the spring (March - June) and in the fall (September - November).  Diagnostic tests are scheduled on an as needed basis.  For more information on any of the programs and services call 215-545-0800 or visit the LCBCF website: http://www.lindacreed.org.