What Visitors Can Find in the PMP Pals Blog and Event Coverage

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PMP Pals uses its blog and event coverage to keep patients, caregivers, and clinicians current on appendix cancer and pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP) community news, research developments, and advocacy work. The site's event content centers on recorded programs and conference participation, such as the organization's presence at SSO Advanced Cancer Therapies 2025 and a recorded Appendix Cancer Awareness Month broadcast. This coverage is informational: it reports on programs, research initiatives, and resources rather than offering clinical advice.

What the Blog and Event Coverage Include

The site's headings point to a dedicated PALS BLOG alongside event features. Based on the page's own description of its programming, visitors can expect coverage in these areas:

  • Community news and organizational updates — new programs and services from PMP Pals and partner organizations.
  • Research initiatives — developments in appendix cancer research, presented by physicians and researchers.
  • Patient resources — information on tools such as the global specialist map and peer support calls.
  • Advocacy efforts — how the community and partner organizations are working to support patients and caregivers.
  • Conference coverage — PMP Pals' participation in professional meetings, including SSO Advanced Cancer Therapies 2025.

Recorded Awareness-Month Program

One concrete example of the event content is a recorded Appendix Cancer Awareness Month program, described on the site as recorded live on Monday, August 3, 2026. It brought together patients, caregivers, physicians, researchers, and advocates from around the world to reflect on progress and look ahead.

The program features:

Speaker Role
Jula Veerapong, MD UC San Diego Health; Chair of the PMP Pals Medical Advisory Board
Laura Lambert, MD NYU Langone Health; Chair of the ACPMP Research Foundation Medical Advisory Board
Adele Jasion President of PMP Pals
Jim Carroll President of the ACPMP Research Foundation

The session covers updates on new programs, research initiatives, patient resources, and advocacy from both organizations, and is available to watch on YouTube. The site frames it for a broad audience — newly diagnosed patients, long-time survivors, caregivers, healthcare professionals, researchers, and advocates — under the theme "ONE COMMUNITY. TWO ORGANIZATIONS. ONE MISSION."

How to Use This Content

  • If you are newly diagnosed or a caregiver, start with the recorded awareness-month program for a plain-language overview of the landscape, then use the blog for ongoing updates.
  • If you are tracking research, the conference coverage and physician-led segments are the most relevant; note that these are summaries of presentations, not primary research papers.
  • If you want direct support, the blog and event pages sit alongside PMP Pals' core services — the free, twice-weekly HOPE ZOOM peer support calls (registration required) and the curated global map of appendix cancer specialists — so event coverage is a complement to, not a substitute for, those resources.

Because PMP Pals is a volunteer-run peer support community, its blog and event content reflects community and organizational perspectives. For treatment decisions, confirm details with a qualified specialist, such as those listed through the Find a Surgeon resource.