100 Questions & Answers About Breast Cancer

Zora Brown is Special Assistant to the President's Office for Health and Minority Initiatives at Integris Health, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Ms. Brown is founder and chairperson of Cancer Awareness Program Services (CAPS) and the Breast Cancer Resource Committee (BCRC) and founder of Rise, Sister, Rise, a breast cancer support group model for African American women. In 1996, she organized Men in Action Against Breast Cancer, a support arm of the Breast Cancer Resource Committee. In 2002 Ms. Brown, along with her nieces, founded SASSi™ (Sisters Accessing Skills for Survival and Intervention). Ms. Brown is an outspoken advocate for minority and women's health issues; presenting at both national and international forums. She appears regularly on the networks and CNN and other media as an expert on women's health.Karl K. Boatman, M.D. is the clinical program director for the INTEGRIS Health Comprehensive Breast Center in Oklahoma City, OK.' He has devoted his entire professional career to the study and treatment of cancer.' He is a member of the American Medical Association, American College of Surgeons, Society of Surgical Oncology, American Society of Breast Surgeons, American Cancer Society, and the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project.' He has received numerous awards and honors and has published extensively.'