Skin Cancer Champions, a new online community, aims to offer support to patients and caregivers affected by non-melanoma skin cancer.
Skin Cancer Champions is led by Boston-based co-founders Emily Ruiz, MD, MPH, Director of the High-Risk Skin Cancer Clinic at Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center, and Chrysalyne Schmults, MD, MScE, FAAD, Vice Chair of Surgical Oncology in the Department of Dermatology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
“We are launching this integrated community platform to encourage patients, caregivers, and clinicians to join us and benefit from a connection with one another to obtain knowledge, support, and understanding regarding the best treatment strategies for their diagnosis,” says Dr. Ruiz in a news release. “Our collective goal is to significantly improve the journey for those affected by non-melanoma skin cancer.”
The platform provides medically accurate content relevant to the patient’s diagnosis while supporting caregivers along the treatment journey. The community encourages patients, caregivers, and clinicians to unite and foster knowledge exchange, mutual support, and enhanced comprehension of optimal treatment strategies for respective diagnoses.
Skin Cancer Champions offers private online groups, disease management strategies, webinars, a clinical trial tracking tool, a treatment access map to identify certified providers in specific geographies easily, and real-time interaction with peers undergoing similar experiences.
