Save the date for one of the most enjoyable, humorous, musical & gleefully bawdy charitable events of the breast cancer calendar! On Sunday, October 7, 2018, the eighteenth annual “Les Girls” cabaret will take place at the Avalon Hollywood in Los Angeles and all proceeds raised will support the National …
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, BCCRF can continue educating and advocating for those who are facing breast cancer. …
by Michele Atlan, BCCRF Board Director The annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chicago is a huge event that brings together oncology professionals from all over the world. The latest news in state-of-the art cancer research, therapies, controversies and policies are all discussed over the …
Exciting news from the Nation’s capital! Members of our Board just attended the National Breast Cancer Coalition’s (NBCC) annual Advocate Leadership Summit in Washington DC, and it was an energizing and jam-packed 3-day event. Almost 200 advocates from all over the U.S. gathered to hear the latest news on cutting-edge …
Cookie Good is offering beautifully wrapped and deliciously baked cookies for Mother’s Day with a special twist – 50% of all sales will be donated to the Breast Cancer Care and Research Fund. This year, Cookie Good is offering a selection of special Mother’s Day cookies featuring flavor combinations inspired …
One quick, easy and efficient way for would-be advocates to participate in scientific research is to contribute their genetic data to DNA.Land, a non-profit partnership of geneticists from Columbia University and the New York Genome Center. Millions of people have already had their DNA tested through 23andMe, Ancestry.com and FamilyTreeDNA …
The BCCRF is on the verge of launching a new Student Science Program to educate and inform Los Angeles high schoolers on the complexities of breast cancer as well as the growing role of patient advocates. In association with local university mentorship programs and non-profit youth organizations, we will be …
We are very proud to announce that as of January 2018, the BCCRF now has a seat on the National Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC) Board of Directors. The NBCC is a broad coalition of national, state, regional and local advocacy organizations that are all working together to achieve the Breast …
The technologies used to screen for breast cancer have changed over the past decade. While the mammogram remains the foundation of breast cancer detection, newer variations on the test may improve its ability to detect cancer. In the late 1960’s, the modern-day film mammogram was invented and x-ray units dedicated …
Increased screening and technological advances in breast imaging have led to earlier detection of breast cancer. Although this progress is beneficial, questionable or ambiguous breast images often require a follow-up biopsy, even if they end up being false positive results. BI-RADS (Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System), the current system …
