Care for HER
Navigating a better future for Black Breast Cancer patients
Making a Difference in the lives of Black Breast Cancer Patients
We are experiencing a health crisis. According to the American Cancer Society, Black women are 41% more likely to die of breast cancer than white women and have the lowest 5-year survival rate of any race or ethnicity.
This October, TOUCH: The Black Breast Cancer Alliance and Unite for HER are honored to announce the return of our impactful campaign to spread awareness of this crisis while providing real support directly to Black breast cancer patients.
Note: This link will direct you to our secure online program application.
Presented by
Gold Sponsor
Community Sponsors
Genentech
Guardant
Lilly
Novartis
Our mission is to improve the lives of Black Breast Cancer patients by providing 24/7 personal nurse navigational support and integrative therapies and services directly to patients at no personal cost.
Partners with Purpose
Care for HER is a joint campaign by nonprofit leaders Touch: The Black Breast Cancer Alliance and Unite for HER in an effort to improve the lives of Black Breast Cancer patients nationwide while educating about the impact of integrative care and culturally-tailored nurse navigational support.
Care for HER seeks to educate about disparities in health care, the impact of integrative care and culturally tailored nurse navigation support while directly providing these services to Black Breast Cancer patients in the United States. This unique program is an awareness campaign with real impact. Join us all month long as we learn about these impactful therapies and hear from real patients enrolled in the program.
How it Works
Care for HER is an innovative campaign that educates about the impact of integrative care and culturally-tailored nurse navigation while directing supporting Black Breast Cancer patients in the United States.
All net proceeds provide free integrative therapies, services, and personal 24/7 nurse navigational support directly to US patients at no personal cost.
Introducing Care for HER
Ricki Fairley and Valarie Worthy talk about initiatives, TOUCH Care and Care for HER. Together, these programs shed a light on the impact of nurse navigation and integrative therapies as part of whole person cancer care.
Care Tailored to You
Culturally-Tailored Nurse Navigation Support
Valarie Worthy MSN, RN explains what nurse navigation is and how it can make a difference in your life
About Us
Unite for HER is a national nonprofit organization that provides free integrative therapies, services, support, and education to breast and ovarian cancer patients. Unite for HER has supported more than 25,000 patients since founding in 2009.
Touch, The Black Breast Cancer Alliance drives the collaborative efforts of patients, survivors, advocates, advocacy organizations, health care professionals, researchers and pharmaceutical companies to work collectively, with accountability, towards the common goal of eradicating Black Breast Cancer.
More than a Campaign
Care for HER is an awareness campaign with real impact. This unique campaign educates about nurse navigation and integrative care while providing free services and support to patients nationwide.
2025 SABCS Poster Presentation
Disclaimer: Unite for HER presents this poster in support of Cancer Support Community. Questions were answered by and data was obtained from members of The Cancer Experience Registry (CER). Results support the benefit of nutrition education and supportive services, including Unite for HER, on quality of life.
Weldon, S., Worthy, V., Fairley, R., Powers, E., Kelly, G., Meakim, J., Fortune, E., A New Comprehensive Integrative Care and Navigation Model for Enhancing Outcomes for Black Breast Cancer Patients: Evidence from the Care for HER Program. Poster presentation. San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium 2025.
Care for HER Stories
Personal nurse navigational support and integrative care changes lives. Watch as patients share their experiences.
Presented by
Gold Sponsor
Community Sponsors
“Nobody talked to me, they talked at me. I just felt like, who’s advocating for me? I need somebody that I can trust—that’s why I called you.”
– Care for HER patient member