This is a different type of post - I'm encouraging more women like myself to volunteer for the Army of Women.
The Army of Women hopes to STOP CANCER BEFORE IT STARTS. By enlisting ONE MILLION WOMEN to participate in breast cancer research, we will be able to finally take the research out of the lab and look at real women. This will enable us to finally find the CAUSES of breast cancer and ultimately figure out how to prevent it all together. BILLIONS of dollars have been spent on breast cancer research to date, but we still don’t know what CAUSES it. While many advances in treatment have been made, our goal is to eradicate it once and for all, by preventing it in the first place. We discovered that cervical cancer was caused by a virus, the HUMAN papillomavirus . The way we discovered the cause of cervical cancer was by studying WOMEN. With a lot less money, and in a lot less time, we now have a cure because we now know WHAT to cure. We need to follow the same path and move breast cancer beyond a cure.
To sign up for the AOW, click here: https://www.armyofwomen.org/invitefriend
The unique vision behind the Army of Women should actually “sell itself”. We are using the internet as a tool to connect researchers with women, like you. This is a groundbreaking initiative, something that has never been done until now, and something that has already prompted over 337,000 women to sign up to date. By reshaping the way that research has been done for decades, we are advancing the outcome. It used to take researchers anywhere up to FIVE YEARS to recruit for crucial studies. With the Army of Women, we have been able to expedite the process, providing subjects for researchers in less than FORTY EIGHT HOURS! We are changing the way scientists conduct research, and as a result, will ultimately vastly yield quicker results.
Here are answers to frequently asked questions about the Army of Women, for more info visit: www.armyofwomen.org
* Men are able to sign up for the Army of Women.
You are signing up to be added to the Army of Women database to hear about research projects – signing up for the Army of Women does NOT sign them up for a study yet.
• The Army of Women Research Studies are prevention based, not clinical trials.
• Participants must be 18 and older – but we need ALL ethnicities – ALL ages, we need healthy women, women with cancer and women who are survivors.
• There is absolutely NO COST to join and take part in something this important – we are not asking for donations, just for women to sign up and agree to hear about studies. Participation in any of our studies is ALWAYS, COMPLETELY voluntary.
• Participants will be involved in important research to discover THE CAUSE of breast cancer – how to stop it before it starts.
• Women have the ability to participate only in those projects that interest them. They can opt to decline any study invitation, or accept any invitation of their choosing.
Want to see the Public Service Announcements!!! - Here are the links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JBqNkN5NG4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB8P0Pa1Gg8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0ghdrHFX_o
