Who We Are
The Young Breast Cancer Survivorship (YBCS) program is a component of the UCLA-LIVESTRONG Survivorship Center of Excellence. Our program is dedicated to identifying support services in the Los Angeles region for young women survivors of breast cancer (ages 21-45 at diagnosis).
Why Our Program Exists
Younger women with breast cancer face a variety of unique challenges associated with being diagnosed with cancer at a young age. Specifically, we focus on age-related survivorship concerns, such as greater psychosocial distress—depression, cognitive changes, sexuality & intimacy, career changes—as well as unique health conditions such as premature menopause and infertility. The YBCS program seeks to enhance outcomes for young breast cancer survivors in the Los Angeles County region by helping to coordinate services that will be tailored to this unique population and its unique needs.
What We Do
We are developing psychosocial services and educational services/resources to community members via our partnerships with Torrance Memorial Medical Center’s Cancer Resource Center, UCLA-Olive View Medical Center’s AVON Cares for Life program, and the Simms Mann Integrative Oncology Center at UCLA. We are collaborating with community organizations to disseminate information about these services. Our website (in development) will serve as a resource center for information, education, psychosocial support, and linkages to services in the Los Angeles region that are focused on young breast cancer survivors.
Breast Cancer Resources
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Vickie Williams, Project Coordinator
Email: v.williams@ucla.edu
Phone: (310) 794-5818
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This website page is supported by the Cooperative Agreement Number 1U58DP003429-01 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.