Kristin Bright and Melanie Adrian receive grant from CIRA to develop e-health tool for cancer patients

Be the Choice – Building the Next Generation Breast Cancer Support Tool

The CIRA award will enable Kristin Bright and Melanie Adrian and their organization Be the Choice to develop one of the first comprehensive, publicly available, online tools for breast cancer treatment information. Last year in Canada, an estimated 25,000 women and 220 men were diagnosed with breast cancer. New patients must navigate through an overwhelming thicket of new information in order to determine their course of treatment. The tool will enable patients to explore all treatment options on their own schedule, in consultation with family and friends, and in a supportive online setting that promotes more informed discussions with medical providers.