by Dawn Anderson In April 2010, The President’s Cancer Panel (PCP) issued a report entitled “Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk: What We Can Do Now.” In their opening letter to the President, the authors state, “The Panel was particularly concerned to find that the true burden of environmentally induced cancer has been grossly underestimated. With nearly […]
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by Dawn Anderson The Department of Defense’s Breast Cancer Research Program issues a yearly report on the current state of breast cancer. This is a summary of the 2021 report, which you can read in its entirety HERE. All specific data references can be found at the end of the original report. INCIDENCE and SCREENING:
by Dawn Anderson You know you’ve done it. We’ve all done it. We toast a new year, and we think, “It’s a blank page. I should start something new! Or finish the book I started. Or organize all my spices alphabetically and old photos by calendar year. Maybe run a marathon.” (Not me. I’ve never
The WBCC is pleased to announce this year’s Volunteer of the Year: Kelly Gramblicka! Kelly has been an active part of our organization for eight years and has consistently participated in the Rare Chair Affair. She names her personal growth and connections to other survivors as the key motivators for her annual participation. To Kelly,
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The Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act (MBCACA) is a bill designed to eliminate the potentially lethal waiting periods for metastatic breast cancer patients who already qualify for the SSDI benefits. Read more about it here to see how you can help make a difference.
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A story about smart, courageous women; a heroic Senator; and a revolutionary way to fund research by Dawn Anderson PART TWO In Part One of our story, we learned about how a breast cancer research program wound up being housed at the Department of Defense and that the women who made that happen also made
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A story about smart, courageous women; a heroic Senator; and a revolutionary way to fund research by Dawn Anderson PART ONE The Wisconsin Breast Cancer Coalition (WBCC) has for many years asked our members to call their representatives in Washington DC and ask them to sign on to the DoD-BCRP Appropriations letter. Some of you
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by Dawn Anderson The coronavirus has rocked all of our worlds in one way or another. There is virtually no one alive now to tell us how they muddled through the 1918 pandemic, and other than the sacrifices Americans made during WWII, most of us have never been asked to forego so much of our
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