Breast cancer is currently one of the most common types of cancer. Everyone has breast tissue, so anyone can be affected by it. Although it mainly affects women, more men are being diagnosed with the disease each year.

Find out more about breast cancer in men and how this stigma is being disseminated.

After being diagnosed with breast cancer, there are many processes undertaken to help rid a person of the disease. Treatments and therapies, radiation and chemotherapy (when applied) and post-surgery follow-ups are necessary steps that follow the diagnosis. That’s why it’s really important for patients to engage in a community that will provide help and care throughout the recovery process.

In this video, shared by Live Sonima, learn more about how community programs can help women (and men) deal with their breast cancer, from the diagnosis, throughout the treatment and then the whole recovery. This video features an interview with Sonima.com’s founder, Sonia Jones, as she talks with Yannette Tactuk, a clinical oncology social worker, about the several different ways medical workers can make themselves available both on- and off-site.

Learn more about life after breast cancer and how you can keep active when your treatments end. 

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