Broward Health and the Florida Panthers recently recognized the Boccard Family as Broward Health Cancer Heroes of the Game.
Broward Health Heroes of the Game is a new initiative between the Florida Panthers and Broward Health designed to recognize community members who have been impacted by cancer and gone on to make a difference to the lives of others or the community.
The Boccard Family was the first to be recognized as Cancer Heroes of the Game. Lisa Boccard was 29 when she was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer. She has been in ongoing treatment again since 2003 for metastatic breast cancer and is presently undergoing chemotherapy. Throughout her long fight against cancer, her brother, Coral Spring Vice-Mayor Vince Boccard, and his wife, Terry, have been by her side.
Together they are working to make sure that women without insurance have access to mammograms through the Lisa Boccard Breast Cancer Fund and their partner, Broward Health Coral Springs Medical Center. In 2008, over 200 women received free mammograms. Of those, 10 patients were diagnosed with breast cancer.