living beyond breast cancer

Diverse audiences, one community.

Anyone can have breast cancer, and everyone experiences it differently. Living Beyond Breast Cancer (LBBC) is a national patient support organization committed to ensuring that no one feels alone or uninformed during their breast cancer journey. ST has worked with LBBC since 2014 to achieve that mission through innovative media relations strategies, raising awareness of its programs and services tailored to the needs of young women, Black women, LGBTQ people, men, those living with metastatic disease, caregivers, and more.

what we did

Media relations
Messaging
Strategic communications planning
Web content
Event promotion

Screenshot of article from npr titled "When Men Get Breast Cancer, They Enter A World Of Pink"
Screenshot of article from The Philadelphia Inquirer titled "Why can't breast-cancer fight have NFL-quality stats?"
Screenshot of article from The Philadelphia Inquirer titled "At Philadelphia's Art Museum, cancer survivors find peace through yoga"

LBBC in Memphis

In 2017, we helped introduce LBBC to Memphis, a market known for particularly high rates of racial disparities in health outcomes. In partnership with the Memphis Breast Cancer Consortium, we developed a strategic effort spanning radio, digital, and billboard advertising. Our efforts resulted in 33 news stories in outlets ranging from The Commercial Appeal, Memphis Magazine, and Memphis Health and Fitness to The Tennessean, Baptist Leader, and Black Health Matters. Best of all, we beat attendance goals for LBBC’s National Conference in Memphis, connecting women to needed information and support.
Screenshot of article from Memphis magazine titled "Living Beyond Breast Cancer"
7 women in front of signs at the Living Beyond Breast Cancer National Conference in Memphis
Screenshot of an article from commercial appeal titled "Learning how to live beyond breast cancer"
Event promotion for Living Beyond Breast Cancer featuring 4 women and the text "Living Beyond Breast Cancer Conference: Sharing Wisdom, Sharing Strength; Connect with Others!"
Event promotion for Living Beyond Breast Cancer with two ladies and the text "2017 Living Beyond Breast Cancer Conference: Sharing Wisdom, Sharing Strength; October 6-8; Memphis, TN; Registration is open!"

LBBC in San Antonio

SteegeThomson helped raise LBBC’s national profile as thought leaders by publicizing its spotlighted poster, “The Changing Informational Needs of Young Women Affected by Breast Cancer” at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium December 7, 2022. Within a month, audience reach was 690 million in outlets ranging from Health Day, US News, today.com, and Yahoo! to ASCO Post and Physician’s Weekly. A geo-targeted digital ad campaign with CURE focused on health care providers within a 10-mile radius of the conference, delivering 47,800 impressions and driving almost 200 to LBBC’s webpage for providers.
Screenshot of an article from HealthDay titled "Concerns Around Sex, Fertility Often Ignored in Breast Cancer Care: Survey"
Screenshot of article "Concerns Around Sex, Fertility Often Ignored in Breast Cancer Care: Survey" for U.S.News & World Report
Screenshot of article "SABCS: Most Young Women With Breast Cancer Report Impact on Sexual Health" from Physicians Weekly
Screenshot of an article from Today titled "Many young breast cancer patients face unexpected side effects to their sexual health"
Magazine cover showcasing a smiling woman for Women Total Health & Wellness for Living Beyond Breast Cancer

“Sexual health is a really important quality of life issue, and we need to have this information given out to young women — and people of all ages, really — that are diagnosed with breast cancer.”

Arin Ahlum Hanson

Director of Outreach, Living Beyond Breast Cancer
in Health Day

Today, LBBC is supporting

,000

people affected by breast cancer each year.

We helped LBBC grow its Reach & Raise Yoga fundraiser to over

participants.

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with media coverage of LBBC’s poster, “Changing Informational Needs of Young Women Affected by Breast Cancer,” at the 2022 San Antonio Breast Cancer symposium.