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A Message from Dr. Love
I don’t know about you, but after this rainy and snowy winter I’m especially happy that we are seeing buds on the trees and crocuses peaking though the snow. It makes me feel as if almost anything is possible!
This sense of renewal is infusing our work at the Foundation as well. What can you expect to see over the next few months?
- We will be making improvements to the Health of Women (HOW) Study.
- Based on your feedback, we will be updating the Love/Avon Army of Women website, to better meet your needs.
- Our staff and office space will be expanding! I look forward to introducing you to all the wonderful new people who will be working with the Foundation!
To be sure, none of this would be possible without you! Our passion fuels our work, but it is your support that makes it possible. Your donation to the Foundation will help us to continue on our mission to go beyond a cure and end breast cancer in our lifetime.
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Hot Topics
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, Catherine Carpenter, PhD, an associate adjunct professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, received a $5,000 grant from the Foundation for her project, “Impact of Diet and Exercise Intervention on Breast Ductal Fluid Among Overweight to Obese Postmenopausal Women,” which is exploring the impact weight change has on the breast. Two years later, when the study was ready to get underway, she recruited study participants through the Love/Avon Army of Women.
Learn more about Catherine Carpenter and her intraductal 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.
Rarely a day goes by where we don’t get an email from a woman who has been diagnosed with breast cancer who is worried about whether she should be eating soy products. That’s why it was big news when a study published in February in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that women with breast cancer who ate soy had a decreased risk of having a cancer recurrence or dying of the disease.
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Cause for Love
April 1, 2010
Rise Club at the Highlands, Los Angeles
Women of all ages are invited to grab their girlfriends, husbands, boyfriends, partners, and dance! All proceeds from this fabulous dance event will benefit the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation. Learn more about MAMMOJAM and purchase your ticket here.
Mark you calendars now!
What: The Fabulous Love Walk!
When: June 6, 2010
Where: Pacific Palisades, California
Why: The Love Walks have generated more than $90,000 for the Foundation’s breast cancer research and pilot grant program. Learn more and sign up here.
Each time you buy an item on our new Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation eBay Giving Works page, the seller will donate between 10 and 100 percent of the final sale price to the Foundation! Check out the items currently for sale and learn how you can post your own items to benefit the Foundation here.
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
The 7th International Symposium on the Intraductal Approach to Breast Cancer will be held February 23-27, 2011, in Santa Monica, Calif. Registration information coming soon! You can read conference reports from all of our past Symposiums here.
The Foundation needs 20 Los Angeles-area women who are between 35 and 55 years of age to take part in a study testing a new nipple fluid patch. We need all women--women who are high-risk, women with breast cancer, women who have never had the disease. The one requirement is that you must be able to squeeze fluid from your nipple.
The patch we are testing collects the breast fluid, which will later be tested to see if it contains certain biomarkers. The test may one day be used to identify which women are at increased risk of getting breast cancer.
The patch test doesn't hurt and takes only a few minutes. Volunteers will be compensated $50 for their time. If you think you qualify, please call (310) 828-0060, ext. 32, or send us an email.
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Andrea Ross