I just read this press release and am wondering if anyone is going to participate, or do you prefer to stick with the big name Komen run? Also, what do you think of the online component?The creators of 26.2 with Donna: The National Marathon to Fight Breast Cancer, have taken their cause to end breast…[more]

If you weren't blown away by Kim and StephanieL's triple-negative breast cancer story, I just watched eight powerful short films. Here are a few descriptions:In SituA woman's experience as she undergoes chemotherapy — her initial reactions to her diagnosis and the continuing physical effects the toxic chem…[more]

It's called FORCE, and it stands for Facing Our Risk for Cancer Empowered. It's the only national nonprofit organization devoted to hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. Their mission  includes support, education, advocacy, and promoting awareness and research specific to hereditary br…[more]

Stephanie and Kim, 39, are fraternal twins and breast cancer survivors.They searched for years to find their birth mother. They had a happy life with their adoptive parents, but always wondered who gave birth to them. When Stephanie was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer, they w…[more]

It must not be common: a breast-cancer researcher who actually has breast cancer herself. But I just read about one in a local newspaper. Here's an excerpt:Like many of its survivors, Deborah Breiter hopes there comes a day when no one has to hear their doctor say “You have breast cancer.” That s…[more]

Saw this press release and found it to be an innovative program. What do you think?Elizabeth Krause is a perfectly healthy 40-year-old woman. So it's surprising to learn she has oncologists, breast surgeons, radiologists and nurse practitioners watching over her like an army of cancer-killers, ready to …[more]

I need to get a will made, now that I'm a mama. I am not sure about doing it online, though. Here's a press release that sounds like it could be a good thing:Benefact has launched the "Will for a Cure" campaign for Breast Cancer Awareness month to raise money for breast cancer research. This is th…[more]

From the San Francisco Chronicle:As you watch Lifetime's powerful new film "Living Proof," prepare for a number of unsettling side effects. Cancer movies can do that.Maybe it will get you thinking about the hundreds of billions being spent for this crisis or that as you watch the story of a researcher for whom just a few mill…[more]

We all know pink is everywhere. The good thing is that an organization has taken the time to figure out which companies are actually giving a good chunk of money towards the fight - and being open about it.An article in the Seattle Times details this. Here are a few:Clinique's Dramatically …[more]

This series of stories in the Baltimore Sun right now is intense and inspiring, all at the same time. Here's an excerpt:Enrolling in one of Dr. Leisha Emens' vaccine trials is a far cry from getting a tetanus shot. It is a long-term commitment for a group of women with terminal cancer - 42 so far - wh…[more]