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