Hope and Help

 Today’s post was written by Bert E. Thomas IV, PhD, MBA, CEO of the Sarcoma Foundation of America. Hope and Help is my patient advocacy motto. I believe that one can characterize patient advocacy efforts into two buckets: activities focused on Hope and activities focused on Help.  Hope for finding a cure and Help with the patient journey.  Historically patients had the smallest voice in terms of advocacy, but that is not the case anymore.  The accomplishment of the patient advocacy community in raising the impact and importance of the patient voice is a testament to how a group of people…  Read More »