{"id":494,"date":"2025-10-13T21:07:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T21:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/494\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T21:07:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T21:07:10","slug":"breast-cancer-support-group-offers-strength-and-sisterhood-at-memorial-cancer-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/494\/","title":{"rendered":"Breast cancer support group offers strength and sisterhood at Memorial Cancer Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0October 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM<\/p>\n<p>Breast cancer support group offers strength and sisterhood at Memorial Cancer Institute <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">HOLLYWOOD, Fla. \u2014 Once a month, Carol Burgan gathers a special group of women at Memorial Cancer Institute \u2014 patients, survivors and those newly diagnosed with breast cancer. Dressed in pink, they meet in person and virtually to share strength, stories and support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s incredible that I\u2019m allowed to lead these ladies,\u201d Burgan said. \u201cNot just for an hour, but throughout their cancer treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Some are awaiting test results. Others are in active treatment. And many, like Chevay Hampton \u2014 diagnosed four years ago \u2014 are survivors giving back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWith no family nearby, this group was what I needed,\u201d Hampton said. \u201cEven if we just sit in silence, it helps.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Lily Mazurek beat cancer 30 years ago but recently faced a recurrence. Now, she finds comfort in talking with others who are just beginning their journey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cIt was more of a mental journey this time,\u201d she said. \u201cThe women like to discuss everything \u2014 from treatments to doctors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Burgan said the group offers more than just conversation:<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cHope is guaranteed. Faith is guaranteed. Strength. They learn how to cope with the adversities of life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Together, these women prove that emotional healing is just as vital as physical treatment \u2014 and no one has to face breast cancer alone.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2025 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Pablo Hernandez\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/https:\/\/author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/96ffb9dd-5e0a-4be5-8ede-.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Pablo Hernandez <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Pablo Hernandez is a Digital Journalist at WPLG. He was born in Cuba and has lived in Miami, Florida since 2002.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0October 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM Breast cancer support group offers strength and sisterhood at Memorial Cancer Institute&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":495,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}