Explore solutions to the challenges women with cancer face because of biases around race, culture, language, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression. Presented by SHARE Cancer Support, the conference is available virtually or in person on June 26 & 27 in New York City. Day 2 of the conference …
With tens of thousands of synthetic chemicals on the market, and new ones in development all the time, knowing which ones might be harmful is a challenge both for the federal agencies that regulate them and the companies that use them in products. Now scientists have found a quick way …
Vaccines are often called the miracle of modern medicine for their ability to target the immune system against disease-causing viruses and bacteria. Since they work against infectious diseases, why not against breast cancer? Keith Knutson, an immunologist at Mayo Clinic, who along with his colleagues is testing this type of …
BCCRF is now accepting applications for our community based micro grant program. These awards are given to US-based nonprofit organizations and nonprofit institutions for innovative short-term projects. The purpose of the program is to stimulate community action and engage researchers while broadening the audience for BCCRF’s work. The micro-grants projects …
Join the National Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC) at the 2024 Advocate Leadership Summit, held in Washington, DC from May 4-6. Hear from top researchers, policy experts, and advocate leaders as you build the skills and confidence necessary to take on the important work ahead—and use what you learn to spark …
The voices of educated patient advocates must be a part of all levels of health care decision-making, especially when those decisions will affect patient lives. Patient participation has been a tenet of the National Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC) since its inception. Read more and learn how you can be part …
Breast Cancer Care and Research Fund’s mission is to end breast cancer through education, research and advocacy. Advocate and BCCRF member Melanie Canter, co-creator of Cookie Good, talks about her breast cancer journey, her family and business and their continued support of BCCRF.
The research presented at the 46th Annual SABCS was exciting, as usual. The symposium was designed to provide state-of-the-art information on the biology, etiology, prevention, diagnosis, and therapy of breast cancer to an international audience of academic and private physicians and researchers. CancerCare is offering a free one-hour virtual update …
The 10th annual Metastatic Breast Cancer Research Conference will take place August 30 – September 1, 2023 in Park City, Utah. This will be an in-person meeting that will be livestreamed. The mission of this research conference is to bring together a diverse audience to create a collaborative research environment …
Join Researchers, Clinicians and Advocates for 3 days of learning at the International Invasive Lobular Breast Cancer Symposium 2023 in Pittsburgh on September 28-30. There will be a morning session of advocate-oriented workshops followed by a robust agenda of international leaders in lobular research and treatment strategies who will present …
