After five years in development:
TRIO launches its PTC Website to save lives
(PTC: Post-transplant Cancer)
Most transplant patients don't die from organ rejection, rather it's a sad story of cancer causing so many premature lost lives post transplant, many of which can be prevented if diagnosed early and treated before spreading. But too often transplant recipients aren't aware of their higher risk for cancers and thus miss the life saving early treatment opportunity.
As I asked Steve, "So what do you expect we can do about CANCER!" . . .
As a result of that sad phone call sharing the loss of a TRIO member to cancer, TRIO identified and took on the challenge of raising awareness for this higher risk with board approval to develop resources addressing that issue. The result, after five years of design, research, collecting the facts, engaging a medical faculty, was the creation of this patient educational website resource. With 46 fact and action filled content pages, learning reinforcement quizzes and videos, organized around the '4 L's' of
> LEARN (the risk factors),
> LOOK (for symptoms),
> LIVE (a proactive life facing cancer) and finally,
> LINKS (to more PTC resources),
. . . we are supporting your local transplant teams (always your primary source of advice) with this unique resource hopefully extending your longevity post transplant, leading a healthy and active life.
Click on the 4-L's image below (or enter HTTPS://TRIOwebPTC.org in your browser) to start your journey into a world of life saving post-transplant cancer text, videos and quizzes, along with patient videos of successful dealing with cancer.
