Download August 29, 2011

THE STOP A DOC VIDEO CONTEST LAUNCHES TODAY!
Patients and Healthcare Professionals Get Rewarded for Creativity That Can Increase
Cancer Survivorship for Adolescents and Young Adults
Orange, California - August 29, 2011
Meet Carey Moyer. “I work at a place called ‘The Happiest Place on Earth’, Disneyland,
the place ‘where dreams come true’. But 18 months ago my own dreams came to a
sudden stop.” Carey is a 32-year-old project manager at Disneyland; she is also a breast
cancer survivor and part of the adolescent and young adult cancer segment known as
AYA. “I had lost my mom to cancer when I was little, and I had just gotten married, then
blammo – stage three breast cancer. Now the mastectomy, chemo and radiation are
behind me. I want to empower other young adults with the awareness to know their
own bodies in health, so that they can tell when something subtle is wrong, and have
the confidence to let their doctors know about it. Early detection saves lives!”
Seventy thousand Americans aged 15 to 39 year olds are diagnosed with cancer every
year. “I wish someone had done Stop A Doc on my doctors. Just two years ago, the
first doctors I saw examined me and said, ‘It’s a lump but it’s not cancer – you’re only
31.’ Then I met Dr. Leonard Sender. His diagnosis probably saved my life.”
Misdiagnosis is a significant problem with AYA cancers. Patients have special needs and
challenges, early diagnosis and fertility preservation.
“For over two decades the survival rates for adolescent and young adult cancer
patients has stayed the same. SeventyK is fighting to change that” says Dr. Leonard
Sender, Founder of SeventyK and Medical Director of the Adolescent and Young Adult
Cancer Program in the Hyundai Cancer Institute at CHOC Children’s and UC Irvine’s Chao
Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Sender, known as “Lennie” by his patients,
has an unflagging passion to better health outcomes for this under-served cancer
segment.
How is SeventyK going to improve the survival rates of AYA cancer patients? “Education
is the beginning”, says Sender. Moyer agrees. “To healthcare professionals - there are
five things you need to know to understand the basics. We are on a mission to educate
you. We’re speaking up.”
The Stop A Doc campaign features a video contest. Everyone is encouraged to enter a
video to win a cash prize and have your video become a featured SeventyK Stop A Doc
public service announcement.
Get the details and download your Stop A Doc entry kit at StopADoc.org. Make a
difference and STOP A DOC today!
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SeventyK has also launched a free wellness network for AYA patients and healthcare
professionals at https://www.mybridge4life.com/seventyk
SeventyK is a 501(c)3 non-profit medical charity dedicated to changing the course of
AYA cancer. http://www.seventyk.org/
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Bios:
Leonard Sender, MD, is board certified both in Pediatrics and Pediatric
Hematology/Oncology with professional interests strongly centered on the diagnosis,
treatment, and epidemiology of adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer (patients aged
15 to 39). Dr. Sender is Medical Director of the Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer
Program in the Hyundai Cancer Institute at Children’s Hospital of Orange Co., and UC
Irvine’s Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Carey Moyer works as a creative entertainment project manager for the Walt Disney
Company at Disneyland. But she first met cancer at the age of 9 when her mother was
diagnosed with a rare melanoma. A decade later she lost her mom to that cancer.
Carey feared that someday she too might have to battle cancer, but never imagined that
battle would come so soon. Not long after her marriage, at 31, she was diagnosed with
stage three breast cancer. Her journey has included fertility treatment, chemotherapy,
a mastectomy and radiation. She now shares her story with young adults everywhere.
Her goal is to teach that knowing our bodies “in health” can enable early detection – a
lifesaver.