We established the Bulgarian Breast Cancer Association (BBCA) at the beginning of 2022 – 01/03/2022 as a non-profit association according to the Non-Profit Legal Entities Act (NPOA). As of December 2022, we have decided to expand our activities and add gynaecological tumour care to our objectives. Thus, we are now “Bulgarian Breast and other gynecological cancers Association”, and as of June 2024, we have transitioned to a public benefit.
The Board of Directors (BoD) of the Society consists of two doctors – Dr. Mariela Vassileva, a specialist surgeon and Dr. Elitsa Valerieva, a specialist obstetrician-gynecologist.
Our mission
BBCA core mission is to improve survival and quality of life of patients with breast and other gynecological cancers in Bulgaria working together with medical specialists, different organizations in Bulgaria and abroad, patients and patients advocates.
We actively work for improving education of medical specialists involved in cancer diagnosis and treatment as we believe this will improve the oncological care!
Our activities are focused on:
- Improving survival of Bulgarian cancer patients.
- Improving oncological care for patients in Bulgaria and other countries
- Supporting education of professionals involved in diagnosis and treatment of cancer
- Improve education and supports patients with cancer