Vision

The Vision of Fighting 4 the Tatas Breast Cancer Inc., Program “Fighting Inflammatory Breast Cancer” is to push through the medical bias facing Black women and women of color trying to stay alive with a diagnosis of Inflammatory (IBC), Triple Negative (IBC), Her2 Positive IBC, or Metastatic IBC. To one day stop the misdiagnosing, delays in diagnosis and treatment Black women and women of color receive. To make sure all test and treatments given are the same whether a Black woman or a White woman. To educate the general public, doctors, hospitals, medical clinics, women, teens, and men about a breast cancer with NO LUMP

To increase public awareness through public speaking, Panel Discussion, Question and Answer Sessions, Poster Session/Presentations, trade shows, educational brochures, a cutting-edge website, social media, radio shows, television, in person interviews in order to reach as many women and men as possible to spread the word there is more than one type of breast cancer to change the idea that all breast cancers present with a lump. our vision is to make a difference in the fight against all Breast Cancers. We offer emotional help for women and men during and after breast cancer treatment.

Our vision is to also help educate communities that despite all the incorrect statistics about Black women dying before a white woman, there is a bright future because of our advocacy as an organization and by working together with some top medical doctors and researchers that see our contribution to this deadly form of breast cancer earlier than stage IIIB. This is not acceptable. In our 11 years of being a non-profit breast cancer resource we have met Countless women fighting their own health care physicians to get a proper diagnosis and follow-up treatment.

Through education and awareness, this can change.

Values

Fighting 4 the Tatas Breast Cancer Organization is operating under the following core values:

The Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Our advocacy stems from our passion, fostering innovation and respect in all our initiatives. We aim to pursue our mission with integrity and accountability.

Credibility: We are committed to making decisions informed by current research and leading practices.

Accountability: We are committed to operating in a transparent manner with full accountability and the highest standards of professionalism, ethics, and personal responsibility. We strive to ensure that donors and the public can remain confident that their dollars are used wisely in carrying out our mission.to the breast cancer community, and the public.

Diversity: We are committed to promoting diversity in our board, staff, and volunteers, including full participation in programs and decision-making.

Community: We recognize the invaluable contribution of our volunteers; whose support and commitment makes our work possible.

Objectives

To relieve a portion of the financial burden that breast cancer patients haveto endure with temporary utility financial support.
To continue our work to get a specific ICD Code for Inflammatory Breast Cancer.
To educate women that Mammograms will not detect all rare breast cancers
To bring awareness to the public the difference in clinical/pathologicaldefinition that has been in use since the late 1800s with little change in the 1900s is and doesn’t result in a diagnosis of all cases of IBC.
To continue our outreach campaign for a National Day, “ Make October 3rd Inflammatory Breast Cancer Day.”
To create a medical conference, town hall meeting, and expo in California forall aggressive breast cancers
The ultimate goal is to improve the survival of a disease that is historicallyknown to be associated with a poor prognosis

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Goals

Our goal is to replace fear with facts and empower women with information. Most of all, we want women, men, and their families to know that you do not have to have a LUMP to have breast cancer.

To educate the public that Inflammatory Breast Cancer is treatable ifdiagnosed correctly. Knowledge is Power! Even in the face of breast cancer.
We are determined to "teach it and beat it."
To aid in finding the causes of Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC).
Increase public awareness of Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC) through our public speaking, trade shows, educational brochures, website, Facebook, and Twitter.
To get physicians, the ones who deal with breast cancer every day, including gynecologists, general practitioners, nurse practitioners, and healthcare providers to realize the impact of this type of breast cancer in our society.
To help in developing advanced imaging techniques so that our doctors can "see" the cancer.
To bring attention to the environmental causes of breast cancer.