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A Message from Dr. Love
Remember how worried we were that all of our computers would crash when we welcomed in the year 2000? Now, a decade later, don’t those concerns seem so, well, last century as we find ourselves spending more time than we could ever have imagined online, wirelessly updating our Facebook status, tweeting on Twitter, and blogging about what we are doing.
It was all that typing that got me to thinking: How could we use the Internet to change the face of breast cancer research?
As you know, my first idea was the Love/Avon Army of Women, which we launched in 2008 with a generous grant from the Avon Foundation for Women. The Army of Women offered a revolutionary new Internet-based opportunity for women to partner with research scientists to move breast cancer beyond a cure—and, in response, more than 325,000 women have already said, “Yes! Sign Me Up!”
The Army of Women’s success got me to thinking: What if we could enroll millions of women in an online breast cancer study? Well, that kernel of an idea has come to fruition, and I am thrilled to tell you that 2010 is getting off to an amazing start with our launch of the groundbreaking Health of Women Study (HOW)—the largest-ever study designed to tell us HOW breast cancer starts and HOW to prevent it!
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 The Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation gives out pilot grants to jumpstart innovative research and to encourage scientists to pursue the intraductal approach. These grants are awarded through an innovative grant process at the Foundation’s biennial International Symposium on the Intraductal Approach to Breast Cancer.
 In 2007, Kimberly Baltzell, RN, PhD, an assistant adjunct professor at the University of California, San Francisco, and Gertrude Buehring, PhD, a professor of virology at the University of California, Berkeley, received a $5,000 grant from the Foundation for their project, “Oncogenic Viruses in Nipple Aspirate Fluid: Biomarkers for Breast Cancer Risk Assessment?” The pilot grant provided the foundation the investigators needed to receive $490,000 from the Avon Foundation to pursue this line of research.
Learn more about Drs. Baltzell and Buehring and their research here.
Dr. Love will be the featured guest at the Breast Cancer Care and Research Fund’s Wellness Lecture on Monday, April 12, 2010, at 7:00pm at the Fairmount Preparatory Academy Theatre in Anaheim, Calif. Send an email to RSVP for Dr. Love’s talk. Download the full schedule of events.
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Cause for Love
We are very saddened by the recent loss of our dear friend, Jennifer Lyon. Many of you knew Jennifer because she was a contestant on Survivor: Palau. What you may not have known is that she also was a friend and supporter of the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation and a strong breast cancer advocate. We will miss her smile and her enthusiasm for life.
In her honor, the Foundation has established the Jennifer Lyon Fund. To make a donation, click here.
You can learn more about Jennifer in the People magazine article Inside Story: Jennifer Lyon's Cancer Battle.
You can help us kick off our 2010 research agenda by making a donation to the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation. Your generous support will play a critical role in moving breast cancer beyond a cure. Donate today!
Looking for a great present for yourself or a friend? Then check out our Beyond a Cure Army of Women T-shirts and Pendants!
Our Army of Women “One in a Million” T-shirt allows you to wear your support for our revolutionary research initiative! The bright pink shirts are 100% cotton, come in sizes S-XL, and are priced at just $20. Buy your T-shirt today!
Our Army of Women pendants are just $5 and look great with a dress or jeans. Even better, each one you buy supports the Foundation and our groundbreaking Army of Women initiative! Buy your pendant today!
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Research Update
We are about to kick off our 2010 research agenda. But before we do, we wanted to give you an update on our progress and tell you about some very intriguing new data. First, though, we want to send a huge “Thank You!” to the many volunteers who participated in the Foundation’s studies. Without you, none of this would be possible.
So, what have we learned from our most recent research? MORE >
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Bernadette Pikul