BCRF E-PRESS APRIL 2011

BCRF Researcher Profile:
Meet Judy Garber, MD, MPH

"When I first started out, it wasn't possible even to imagine being able to do such things as finding and understanding genes. This is an amazing time to be working in cancer genetics, when the possibilities seem to be unfolding all the time." Read More...

Where Do BCRF Dollars Go?

The following is the first in a series of pieces describing the impact on breast cancer research and treatment that your donations to BCRF have made.

In the early 1990s, the cancer research community was ablaze with great excitement. Several breakthroughs in cancer genetics occurred closely together. First, the gene for breast and ovarian cancer (BReast CAncer gene one, or BRCA1) was mapped. Then, in the same year, a group at Dana-Farber found that the tumor suppressor gene p53 was instrumental in the development of the Li-Fraumeni syndrome, a rare hereditary disorder that greatly increases a person's susceptibility to develop cancer. Then mapping of the second breast cancer gene, BRCA2, quickly followed. It was in this environment of great anticipation and expectation that BCRF was founded.

Since 1993, BCRF has steadily grown from a small organization funding eight grantees totaling $159,000 in its first year, to a widely respected grantmaker contributing $33 million towards breast cancer research worldwide in 2010-2011. Broadly organized into the categories of "Finding the Cause" and "Finding the Cure," BCRF-funded projects take a multi-faceted approach to solving the breast cancer enigma so that prevention and cure(s) can be achieved in our lifetime. Read More...

Host Your Own Fundraiser and use BCRF's New Online Event Registration!

BCRF now has Online Event Registration that can be customized for your event! This will help send more of the dollars you raise directly to BCRF, since most of the outside organizations offering Event Registration charge a fee for this service. BCRF offers a complete range of support and information for independent fundraisers. Many of them have also used our personal campaign program, Time For Research, to provide an easy way for their family and friends to participate. Learn all you need to know about how to get started on your fundraiser to benefit BCRF! Read More...

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BCRF Researcher Profile: Meet Judy Garber, MD, MPH

Where Do BCRF Dollars Go? The following is the first in a series of pieces describing the impact on breast cancer research and treatment that your donations to BCRF have made.

Host Your Own Fundraiser and use BCRF's New Online Event Registration!

BCRF Researcher Profile:
Meet Judy Garber, MD, MPH

Where Do BCRF Dollars Go?

The following is the first in a series of pieces describing the impact on breast cancer research and treatment that your donations to BCRF have made.