The SUCCEED (Survivor's Comprehensive Care, Empowerment and Education) Breast Cancer Survivorship Program is the first of its kind in Chicago. Our goal is to provide long-term interdisciplinary care for breast cancer survivors.
- The SUCCEED Program supports the following concept from the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship: “from the moment of diagnosis through the balance of life, an individual diagnosed with cancer is a cancer survivor.”
- We provide you and your doctors with a Treatment Summary detailing all aspects of your breast cancer and develop a personalized Survivorship Care Plan.
- The SUCCEED Program sponsors exercise and nutrition workshops focusing on the specific needs of breast cancer survivors.
- The SUCCEED Program helps coordinate survivorship care among your healthcare providers and navigate treatment options.
Media:
SUCCEED Featured on ABC 7 Morning News (10/1/09)
“Back in the Swing - Retail Therapy”
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=7040787
SUCCEED presentations and events:
Sunday, October 4th 12:00 – 1:00
“Cancer Survivorship: Creating a Personalized Care Plan”
Fairmont Hotel – Gold Room
200 N Columbus Dr.
Chicago, IL 60611
Register: http://www.cancer.northwestern.edu/events/survivorship_personalized_plan.cfm
Wednesday, October 21st 6:30 – 7:30
“Creating a Personalized Care Plan - Nutrition Guidelines”
Implementing a plan and applying a healthy habit for eating has noticeable benefits in survivor’s quality of life. Melissa Roch will prepare a survivor focused meal and provide other examples of easy to make, healthy choices for every day.
Gilda’s Club
537 North Wells
Chicago, IL 60654
http://www.gildasclubchicago.org/
Thursday, October 22nd 6:30 – 7:30
“Creating a Personalized Care Plan - Exercise Before, During or After Treatment”
Tolerance to treatment, concerns about recovery from surgery, and survival benefits from regular exercise will be discussed. Lindsey Hanna will demonstrate appropriate techniques and resistance exercises for a breast cancer survivor.
Gilda’s Club
537 North Wells
Chicago, IL 60654
http://www.gildasclubchicago.org/
Wednesday, October 28th 6:30 – 8:30
“Many Faces of Breast Cancer”
Wyndham Chicago
633 North St. Clair Street
Chicago, IL 60611
Event flyer
Vincent Cryns, M.D.
Vincent Cryns, M.D. is Director of the SUCCEED Breast Cancer Survivorship Program. He is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine and an Attending Physician at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. He received his M.D. degree from Harvard Medical School and did specialty training in endocrinology at Massachusetts General Hospital. He also leads a research group which focuses on developing improved predictive markers and therapies for breast cancer.
Dr. Cryns’ research has been published in leading journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine and the Journal of Clinical Investigation. His work has also been featured on National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered” and highlighted in Nature and Nature Reviews Cancer. Dr. Cryns has been the recipient of several awards, including an Outstanding Junior Faculty Award from the Avon Foundation, and he is an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation.
