Co-Founder & Vice-President of Young Women Breast Cancer Care

Young Women Breast Cancer Care (YWBCC): It is NGO, built in South Korea, 2018 with hundreds of members who currently has or had breast cancer in their age from 19 to 37. This organization aims for supporting the breast cancer patients’ career return, enhancing quality of life, updating recent and trustworthy information that patients need and want, and customized consultation to the patients in diverse ways including rehabilitation program. With these programs, YWBCC is focused on the post management issue and reduce the young age patients in late stage.

Since the most breast cancer patients in young age concern a lot of their recurrence or relapse, almost of them reluctant to continue their career or social activities voluntarily and by others. (As of 2019, survey of our members) To reduce their own worries and connect them well to the society with our career interrupted program, we want them to go back to the normal life and continue to have personal life without fear or burden as the cancer survivor. Not only the patients insight, the social recognition of breast cancer survivor also need to be changed positively and widely open up to embrace. YWBCC is trying to provide diverse campaign as the patients level to the society.

Author(s): Jiyeon SUH

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