In a recently filmed public service announcement (PSA), Patrick Dempsey is speaking out to help connect cancer patients to the free resources available to them via Amgen’s Breakaway from Cancer® initiative. In the video, Dempsey talks about the challenges of choosing the right path and making the right choices – and urges people to take advantage of the free resources available via Breakaway from Cancer.
Dempsey first teamed up with Breakaway from Cancer in 2007 to help bring the issue of better supporting patients to the forefront. In 2008, he founded The Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing (www.dempseycenter.org) at the Central Maine Medical Center -- the same hospital where Patrick was born and his mother received her cancer treatment. The spot will air during the week of the Amgen Tour of California on Versus, the cable and internet sports television network.
About Breakaway from Cancer®
Founded in 2005 by Amgen, Breakaway from Cancer® is a national initiative to increase awareness of important resources available to people affected by cancer – from prevention through survivorship. Through Breakaway from Cancer, Amgen has joined forces with four nonprofit partner organizations: Prevent Cancer Foundation, Cancer Support Community (formerly known as The Wellness Community), Patient Advocate Foundation, and National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship. These organizations offer a broad range of support services complementing those provided by a patient's team of healthcare professionals. For more information, please visit www.breakawayfromcancer.com.
