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Breast Cancer
Teenager's poetry booklet helps children cope with mothers' breast cancer
April 6th, 2004
The Breast Cancer Care & Research Fund (BCCRF) has been overwhelmed by requests for its poetry booklet "The Road to Communication Through Poetry of Healing," written by teenager Asha Mansukhani. After an initial mailing by the BCCRF of free educational materials, including the poetry booklet, to approximately 800 breast cancer clinics, healthcare facilities and support groups throughout the county, over 1,000 copies of the poetry booklet have been requested within three weeks. More requests are coming each day via email, faxes and phone calls. In "The Road to Communication Through Poetry of Healing," Mansukhani writes from a teen perspective to...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2004-04-06)
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