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Our Board
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Board of Directors
President: Betty Tonne
Treasurer: Lisa Starkey
Secretary: Dayle Baxter
NBCC Board rep: Kathy Ball
Advocacy: Linda Croucher
Membership: Paulette Cunningham
Newsletter: Jo Ann Hake
BCA Founder: Linda Heines
Community Outreach: Ann Hernick
Admin. Asst: Gwen Pietzuch
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Greetings!
"We hope this finds you well and staying
warm! We are all looking forward to spring with longer days and warmer
temperatures.
The members of the BCA Board have been working on several upcoming events that
are listed below. We hope to see you at the Educational Forum planned for March
28. There are some changes to the event this year: a poster session and a panel
discussion have been added.
Our annual Survivorship Celebration will be held on April 18. This is such a
special event for the BCA and so unique in our community. It gives us a chance
to see old friends, celebrate life and applaud those in our community who are
working in the field of breast cancer.
As with all events and programs, we could not do it without your help.
Please consider volunteering for one of our committees such as Advocacy,
Fundraising, Membership, Community Outreach and Events. Contact us at info @bcacincy.org to learn more.
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NBCCF $5,000 Grant
BREAST
CANCER ALLIANCE OF GREATER CINCINNATI RECEIVES ADVOCACY IN ACTION GRANT
(NBCCF) has awarded an Advocacy in Action grant totaling $5,000 to the
Breast Cancer Alliance of Greater Cincinnati (BCA). The BCA was one of 20
groups recognized from across the nation.
"These grants offer our member organizations support as they work to
advance our goal of eradicating breast cancer," said Fran Visco, president
of NBCCF. "The public policy work we do is intense, complex, and vital to
our mission. "These organizations will use the grants to expand advocacy in their
communities and move beyond awareness to work for systemic change. " (more)
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NBCCF May 2 - 5th Conference
It's never too soon to start planning for the most important breast
cancer advocacy conference of the year! The National Breast Cancer Coalition
Fund will hold its 2009 Annual Advocacy Training Conference May 2 - May 5, at
the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC.
Each year, hundreds of breast cancer advocates come together to
network with one another, hone advocacy skills and hear the latest news in
breast cancer science, research and policy. For more
information on the conference, or to look at last year's schedule and blog, CLICK HERE.
The Breast Cancer Alliance of Greater Cincinnati has been
sending advocates to the conference for the last 13 years. Why not join us this
year? Members of the BCA are eligible for partial scholarships to cover
registration and lodging. For scholarship guidelines and an application send a
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March 28 BCERC Educational Forum
Looking Upstream for
Environmental Links to Breast Cancer
Saturday,
March 28 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the University of Cincinnati's (UC) Genome Research
Institute, 2180 E. Galbraith Rd.
People who want to
understand how diet and environmental exposures may affect pubertal development
in young girls are invited to attend the fifth annual public forum on the
environment and cancer offered by the Cincinnati Breast Cancer and the
Environment Research Center (BCERC).
The event-"Looking
Upstream for Environmental Links to Breast Cancer"-is a resource for anyone who
wants to understand how environmental exposures early in life may impact
development and risk of breast cancer later in life. (More)
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BCA Survivorship Celebration
Article Subtitle
 Please join us on April 18,2009 for the BCA's 14th Annual Survivorship Celebration honoring breast cancer survivors, friends and those who care.
The event begins at 10:00am with a social hour followed by brunch and our program. Dr. Susan Pinney will be a featured speaker addressing the topic: From the Registry to Research: Finding the causes of breast cancer will improve diagnosis and treatment.
This year the Linda K. Heines Award of Hope and Inspiration will be given to Katie Brown and Heidi Base Smith. We will conclude the program at 1:00pm with the traditional rose ceremony honoring each breast cancer survivor in attendance. For a copy of the event invitation "click here". Back to Top |
Susan Love Army of Women
Have You Joined the Movement to Go Beyond a Cure
Yet?
The Army of Women Movement is just over one-fourth of the way to
their goal of recruiting one million women to partner with breast cancer
researchers to find the causes of breast cancer. The Dr. Susan Love Research
Foundation and the Avon Foundation are recruiting women of all ages, whether
they have had breast cancer or not, to participate in studies aimed at
understanding the causes of breast cancer and how to prevent it. Once you join,
you will receive emails about new studies you may qualify for, and you can
choose whether to participate. For more information or to join the Army of Women
Click Here.
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Hot Topics
Study says pregnancy doesn't
worsen breast cancer
Pregnant women who develop
breast cancer do not have worse odds of death or of cancer returning than other
young breast cancer patients, a new study has found. The study is one of the
largest to look at whether breast cancer hits pregnant and recently pregnant
women harder than other women. It contradicts some smaller, earlier studies
that suggested maternity made things worse. "If we can get them early, we
can treat them aggressively and have good and promising outcomes for both woman
and child," said the study's lead author, Dr. Beth Beadle of the
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
To read the complete article
click on this link http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090209/ap_on_he_me/med_breast_cancer_pregnancy
Zometa Reduces Risk of
Breast Cancer Recurrence in Premenopausal Women, Study in The New England Journal of Medicine Reports
A newly published study in The New England
Journal of Medicine shows that in Premenopausal women with early breast cancer
administering ZometaŽ (zoledronic acid) along with post-surgery hormone therapy
provided a reduction in risk of recurrence or death that was 36% beyond that
achieved with hormone therapy alone!
To read more about this
study click here: http://www.drugs.com/clinical_trials/zometa-reduces-risk-breast-cancer-recurrence-premenopausal-women-study-new-england-journal-medicine-6731.html
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Editor: Conrad Neumann
email: bcacincy@yahoo.com
web site: www.bcacincy.org
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