Blue Faery Enhances Liver Cancer Awareness During Hispanic Heritage Month

Blue Faery's Love Your Liver campaign is focusing on raising awareness about liver cancer risk factors within the Hispanic community, which is 2.5 times more likely to develop the disease compared to White Americans. Due to the high prevalence of fatty liver disease, liver cancer remains a significant health issue for Hispanic Americans. The community also faces additional challenges such as language and cultural barriers, and a lack of culturally appropriate educational programs.

The Love Your Liver campaign aims to overcome these obstacles by delivering culturally relevant education about liver cancer risk factors, liver cancer surveillance, and treatments, while also offering hope. As part of Hispanic Heritage Month, Blue Faery is hosting the Love Your Liver Live event series, starting with a virtual educational workshop on September 16 at 7 p.m. ET, featuring Dr. Jorge Marrero from Penn Medicine. A second workshop will be held on October 8 at 8 p.m. ET, with Dr. Andrés Gómez-Aldana from the Texas Liver Institute. Both physicians are gastroenterologists and transplant hepatologists who speak fluent Spanish.

These free events, conducted in Spanish, provide community members with the opportunity to learn about liver cancer risks and management from trusted local physicians. This initiative underscores Blue Faery's mission to prevent, treat, and cure primary liver cancer through research, education, and advocacy. The organization also offers an online Liver Cancer Community for patients and caregivers and provides free comprehensive patient education through its Patient Resource Guides for Liver Cancer.

By focusing on these educational workshops, Blue Faery aims to bridge the gap in liver cancer awareness and management within the Hispanic community, potentially leading to earlier diagnosis and better outcomes for those at risk.