A Wake Up Call: A new film about coping with cancer featuring Mira Sorvino and Ashanti
Anyone who’s been touched by breast cancer through a family member, friend, business acquaintance, or one’s own self, knows that though scientists continue to promise that the cure is down the pike, it is still frustrating, and too often, heartbreaking waiting for the eradication of this killer disease.
During her bone marrow treatment for breast cancer 21 years ago, educator/writer/activist, Barbara Masry met a young African-American woman, Angela, whose cancer had metastasized because she didn’t have the health insurance that would permit an early diagnosis.