Every summer, dozens of breast cancer advocates gather in the idyllic city of La Jolla, California to embark on an adventure of discovery and awareness by attending the National Breast Cancer Coalition’s Project LEAD® Institute. Project LEAD® is an intensive scientific study program that teaches a foundational knowledge of the …
Women (and men) diagnosed with early stage breast cancer are constantly on the lookout for low cost, non-pharmacologic interventions they can incorporate in their everyday lives to stay healthy and help prevent a recurrence. A study lead by Ruth E. Patterson, PhD, of the University of California, San Diego, investigated …
In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Cookie Good will be donating a portion of this month’s sales to BCCRF. Stop by the shop at 2448 Wilshire in Santa Monica or order yours online. Be sure to check out all the flavors and find your favorites: Cookie Good has the …
With great appreciation, we thank Cookie Good, the Los Angeles gourmet bakery, for once again sponsoring a Mother’s Day fundraiser for BCCRF. With the continued support of Melanie and Ross Canter and all of those who participated, we will be launching a new student science and advocacy program. Please stay …
Edited: Thanks to your efforts and those of so many other concerned citizens, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was not repealed this summer. Please continue to reach out to your Congress members and continue to demand that health care be made available to all Americans, regardless of condition. YOUR IMMEDIATE …
Regular use of low-dose baby aspirin reduces the risk of women’s breast cancer, according to the first research to reach such a conclusion. Aspirin is already known to reduce the risk of people having heart disease, colon disease and other conditions. The research involved a subset of patients in the …
This Mother’s Day, the gourmet bakery Cookie Good has created a very special box of cookies for a very special cause. When you purchase a Mother’s Day Cookie Box, a donation will be made to the Breast Cancer Care & Research Fund in honor of your recipient. What the box …
More and more women with a breast cancer diagnosis are advised to have their biopsied tumor tissue analyzed through genomic tests such as Oncotype DX or Mammaprint. In contrast to genetic testing that analyzes a single gene and its role in transmitting certain traits or conditions from parent to child, …
According to what we know now, only 5 to 10% of breast cancers in the United States are linked to an inherited gene mutation. Of those, half are linked to abnormal structural changes in the BRCA1 or the BRCA2 gene, both of whose functions are to repair damaged DNA by …
National Breast Cancer Coalition 2017 Advocate Leadership Summit Washington, DC, from May 20-23, 2017 Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel, Arlington, VA The NBCC Advocate Leadership Summit is a premier training and networking event for serious advocates seeking to take action to end breast cancer. The 2017 Advocate Leadership Summit, …
