Breast Cancer Support Group Seeking Mentors
Survivors Offering Support is now affiliated with the Inova hospital system.
A volunteer network of women who have battled breast cancer is looking for mentors to match newly diagnosed women with breast cancer survivors. Mentors with Survivors Offering Support (SOS) provide emotional and informational support to newly diagnosed breast cancer patients through peer mentoring, partner support workshops and facilitation of “Jumpstart to Survivorship” programs. The program began in Maryland and has is now in Northern Virginia through the five hospitals in the Inova hospital system, said Inova Alexandria Hospital spokeswoman Allison Kenty. “It’s another way for survivors to offer support for people who are going through breast cancer, and people can access this support regardless of whether they’re treated at one of our …
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