Circus of Cancer

	CIRCUS OF CANCER BACKGROUNDER
	Created by Kelly Corrigan and Nan Davenport, friends and colleagues of many years, while Kelly was in treatment for Stage III Breast Cancer. Launched on April 15, 2005, the day Kelly completed her initial treatment of chemotherapy, surgery and radiation. Kelly will be receiving Herceptin infusions for the next year to help protect her from recurrence. Kelly Corrigan is a the mother of two girls, the lucky wife of Edward Lichty and a newspaper columnist in Northern California. You can see her writing at www.kellycorrigan.com. Circus of Cancer has over 70 photographs, taken by Kelly Corrigan, her husband, her sister-in-law and a few friends. The photographs represent every phase of treatment, including chemo, surgery, and radiation. There are no other sites that capture the breast cancer experience in photographs the way that Circus of Cancer does. Circus of Cancer currently has 11 essays and 1 poem that help the visitor empathize with the breast cancer experience. The site accepts submissions and hopes to post new essays from new writers over time. Circus of Cancer has 7 sections on How To Help Your Friend, listing over 50 specific ways to support a friend with breast cancer. Circus of Cancer links to 9 shopping sites where visitors can buy hats, scarves, jewelry, movies and gifts for a friend with breast cancer. Circus of Cancer has about 4,000 unique visitors a month. Visitors average 6 pageviews per visit. Circus of Cancer has been acclaimed by Jane Gross, New York Times health writer, Sheila Warnock, President of Chare the Care Giving, and Marissa Weiss, founder of www.breastcancer.org. Kelly Corrigan is a 37 year-old native of Villanova, PA, where her parents still live. Her father is currently in treatment for invasive bladder cancer and at 75, is defying the odds and amazing his doctors.