/R E P E A T -- Media Alert - Groundbreaking Report on Breast Cancer Reveals
Alarming Impact on Financial and Labour Matters/

OTTAWA, May 26 /CNW/ - The Canadian Breast Cancer Network (CBCN) is releasing a comprehensive national report titled, Breast Cancer: Economic Impact and Labour Force Re-Entry. It is the first report of its kind to review both the financial burden and labour impact on Canadians with breast cancer - it firmly positions breast cancer as an economic issue as well as a health issue.

    
    Who Will Be Speaking:

    Ms. Cathy Ammendolea, President, Canadian Breast Cancer Network
    Ms. Marsha Davidson, Executive Director, Breast Cancer Society of Canada
    Ms. Janet Dunbrack, Health Policy Consultant and report author
    CBCN board members will be available for media interviews in Atlantic,
    Eastern, Central and Western Canada

    Breast Cancer: Economic Impact and Labour Force Re-Entry reveals:

    -  Percentage of Canadians financially impacted by a breast cancer
       diagnosis
    -  The drop in annual household income and how patients cover treatment
       costs
    -  How limited Employment Insurance coverage impacts patients
    -  How a return to work may mean a different job (title and salary),
       termination, or resignation
    -  Important next steps - How governments, employers, and the public can
       ease the burden

    When: Thursday, May 27, 2010
    10:30am - 11:00am EST

    Where: Charles Lynch Room, Centre Block
    Parliament Hill, Ottawa
    

Note: Media are invited to attend a reception following the launch at the Chateau Laurier (Québec suite) from 11:30am-1pm. Refreshments will be served. Please RSVP to Tiffany Glover at [email protected].

For further information: To attend the Parliament Hill announcement, or to arrange an interview, contact: Lyndsey Scott, MS&L, [phone], [email protected], or Gillian McInerney, MS&L, [phone], [email protected]