81 Table 7b: MBC Patient Support Provided by MBC Alliance Members Patient Support Organization Print Teleconference Support Groups Radio/ Podcasts TV/ YouTube Chat Message Boards Facebook Twitter Blog Helpline Social Media App Financial Assistance Conference / Networking AdvancedBC.org ✓ Breastcancer.org ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Cancer Support Community ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ CancerCare ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ FORCE ✓ ✓ ✓ Living Beyond Breast Cancer ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Metastatic Breast Cancer Network ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Nueva Vida ✓ ✓ ✓ Patient Advocate Foundation ✓ SHARE ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Sharsheret ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Susan G. Komen ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Triple Negative Breast Cancer Research Foundation ✓ ✓ Triple Step Towards the Cure ✓ Young Survival Coalition ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Definitions Patient Advocacy - Use of health plans/mediation/arbitration; supporting patients to become advocates Research - supporting MBC research; surveys; convened round tables Policy - providing MBC policy forums PatientEducation-informationtopatientsandtheircaregiversthatwillaltertheirhealthbehavioursorimprovetheirhealthstatus Awareness - about MBC for the wider community; for families Clinical Trials/Registries - providing information about clinical trials; maintaining registries Scientific Contribution - MBC funded research *current as of June, 2014