In this episode of Inside the Genome, Dr. Slavin is joined by three-time cancer survivor, Annie Parker. They discuss how early genetic testing had an impact on her journey through survivorship.
In this interview, Claire Paxman welcomes Annie Parker, Founder of the Annie Parker Foundation. They talk about how the Foundation was born from Annie’s experience of cancer, how the foundation continues to educate, empower, advocate for and support patients throughout treatment and the importance of scalp cooling as a treatment option.
When cancer first entered Annie Parker’s life, she had no idea of the role she would play in a major medical breakthrough. Annie was one of the first women to be tested for the BRCA 1 gene mutation, helping esblish the link between genetics and certain cancers.
A Day of Caring for Breast Cancer Awareness sponsored by Miami Cancer Institute features 3 cancer survivors.
Decoding Annie Parker Focuses on Women, Breast Cancer and Changing Science. Decoding Annie Parker tells a remarkable story for anyone affected by cancer. This movie offers a rare window into the world of cancer treatment and being a female patient in the 1970s and 1980s.
What survival looks like is told in Decoding Annie Parker. It tells the improbable story of an Ontario woman who helps find link between family history and the cancer disease. Annie Parker lost her mother and sister to cancer. She herself was diagnosed with the disease three times. The doctors said it was bad luck. Then she met a brilliant geneticist.
Check out this live Q&A with Annie Parker, the woman and three-time cancer survivor who inspired the film Decoding Annie Parker, starring Samantha Morton and Helen Hunt.
‘Decoding Annie Parker’ Features A Real-Life Superhero Whose Discovery Has Impacted Countless Women.
What survival looks like is told in Decoding Annie Parker. It tells the improbable story of an Ontario woman who helps find link between family history and the cancer disease. Annie Parker lost her mother and sister to cancer. She herself was diagnosed with the disease three times. The doctors said it was bad luck. Then she met a brilliant geneticist.
‘Decoding Annie Parker’ Features A Real-Life Superhero Whose Discovery Has Impacted Countless Women.
