Breast Cancer

Learn more about the current state of Breast Cancer research

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Get Involved

There are many ways to make a positive impact on breast cancer research. Link below to learn more about how you can best make a difference.

I want to provide researchers with financial support

I want to contribute my questions and data to a breast cancer challenge

I want to join or create a team for this challenge

Get Connected

A vibrant breast cancer advocacy community has emerged and is playing an integral role to define the objectives of future research. Read more below and link to the sites of five breast cancer advocacy groups.

Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation

Our revolutionary initiative has two key goals:

- To recruit one million healthy women of every age and ethnicity, including breast cancer survivors and women at high-risk for the disease, to partner with breast cancer researchers and directly participate in the research that will eradicate breast cancer once and for all.

- To challenge the scientific community to expand its current focus to include breast cancer prevention research conducted on healthy women.

Avon Foundation for Women

The Avon Breast Cancer Crusade was launched in 1992 as a small pioneering program in the U.K. Avon in the U.S. adopted the Crusade the following year. Over the last 19 years, Avon philanthropy has raised and donated more than $740 million to breast cancer programs around the world, supporting cutting-edge research to find a cure for or prevent breast cancer as well as programs that enable all patients to access quality care.

Susan G. Komen for the Cure

The global leader of the breast cancer movement, having invested more than $1.9 billion since inception in 1982. As the world's largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists, we're working together to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find the cures.

Breast Cancer Research Foundation

Established in 1993 and dedicated to achieving prevention and a cure for breast cancer in our lifetime by providing critical funding for innovative clinical and translational research at leading medical centers worldwide...

National Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC)

We believe scientists must get the funding they need for meaningful breast cancer research. We believe everyone must have access to quality care. We believe trained, educated advocates must have a voice everywhere breast cancer decisions are made.