Breast Cancer Care & Research Fund

06/18/2017

http://breastcancercare.org/2017/06/call-your-senators-today-to-protect-the-aca/

The Senate Republican leadership in Washington, D.C. is writing a new health care bill behind closed doors. While we do not know the specifics of their legislation, we do know that it would remove key protections the Affordable Care Act (ACA) put in place nationwide allowing people with pre-existing...

05/09/2017

When you purchase this Mother's Day Cookie Box, a dozen of the MOST DELICIOUS COOKIES YOU CAN IMAGINE will be delivered to your loved one, AND a GENEROUS DONATION is MADE TO BCCRF!
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04/13/2017

This is a remarkable educational opportunity for serious advocates interested in working with researchers or reviewing grants.

Learn the science so you can lead the breast cancer conversation. Apply by April 18th for the 2017 Project LEAD® Institute. http://bit.ly/2l3aksZ

07/25/2016

BCCRF Leader Mentors with new graduates of National Breast Cancer Coalition's Project LEAD® Institute. LEAD s a five-day intensive science course for breast cancer advocates covering the basics of cancer biology, genetics, epidemiology, research design and advocacy. This course provides a foundation of scientific knowledge upon which participants can strengthen and empower themselves as activists. Graduates go on to work with breast cancer researchers and to review grants for research funding, all with the goal of bringing us closer to ending breast cancer.

05/07/2016

BCCRF's Michele Rakoff & Kim Tankersley with Otis Brawley, MD, Chief Medical/Scientific Officer and Executive Vice President of American Cancer Society and Author at National Breast Cancer Coalition Advocacy Leadership Summit, May 2016

04/28/2016

When you purchase this Mother's Day Cookie Box, a dozen+half of the MOST DELICIOUS COOKIES YOU CAN IMAGINE will be delivered to your loved one, AND a GENEROUS DONATION is MADE TO BCCRF!

This Mother's Day we've created a very special box of cookies for a very special cause. When you purchase a...

04/04/2016

BCCRF & City of Hope Present San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium Research Update, March 30, 2016.
Dr. James Waisman and Dr. Joanne Mortimer presented research highlights, and BCCRF Board Member Michele Atlan provided an advocate perspective. Also pictured (from left), Board Members Barbora Stankova, Tina Krieger, Kim Tankersley, and Michele Atlan, and BCCRF Executive Director Michele Rakoff (center).

03/28/2016

03/25/2016

National Breast Cancer Coalition 2016 Artemis Project Meeting.
Advocates and researchers working together to learn how to prevent primary breast cancer and breast cancer metastasis. Pat Haugen, Debbie Laxauge, BCCRF Executive Director Michele Rakoff, and Dr. Leslie Bernstein.

03/25/2016

BCCRF taking part in Women of Courage photo shoot at B2V Salon. Board Member Ghecemy Lopez, Executive Director Michele Rakoff, and Board Member Kim Tankersley. There will be a fundraiser along with the presentation of the photos. Thank you B2V Salon, West Hollywood, CA!

05/04/2015

National Breast Cancer Coalition Leadership Summit--Californians working for an End to Breast Cancer--Deadline 2020!

05/04/2015

BCCRF at National Breast Cancer Coalition Advocate Leadership Summit. We have a Deadline to know how to end breast cancer--January 1, 2020. We are learning about research for vaccines that will prevent primary breast cancer and the metastasis that kills approx 40,700 women and men each year in the U.S.! On Tuesday, we will ask Congress to support HR 1197, Accelerating the End of Breast Cancer Act! It's time for change! BCD2020