Ambassador Nancy G. Brinker to Call for Focusing on the Practical and the Possible in Global Breast Cancer Fight
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BOSTON - (Business Wire) In a morning address to a global breast cancer conference meeting this week at Harvard University, Ambassador Nancy G. Brinker, founder of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® and the leader of the global breast cancer movement, will call on researchers, advocates and policy makers to focus on making an immediate impact on saving lives in the developing world through cancer control. Having just returned from a 12 day, 6 nation health diplomacy tour, Brinker will recount the progress that we’ve made domestically and internationally in science and awareness, and will outline an approach to confronting the growing global cancer crisis by sharing what we know and employing established resources for education and screening. | WHO: | | Ambassador Nancy G. Brinker, Founder, Susan G. Komen for the Cure | | | | WHAT: | | Morning Keynote Address | | | International Symposium | | | Breast Cancer in Developing Countries: Meeting the Unforeseen Challenge to Women, Health and Equity | | | | WHEN: | | November 5, 2009 | | | 9:00 a.m. ET | | | | WHERE: | | Dana Farber Cancer Institute | | | Jimmy Fund Auditorium | | | 44 Binney St. | | | Boston, MA 02115 | Ambassador Brinker will be available for media immediately following her remarks. She will be introduced by Dr. Eric Winer, chief scientific advisory for Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Dr. Winer is also the Chief of the Women’s Cancers Division and the Thompson Senior Investigator in Breast Cancer Research at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. About Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever. In 1982, that promise became Susan G. Komen for the Cure® and launched the global breast cancer movement. Today, Komen for the Cure is the world’s largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists fighting to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find the cures. Thanks to events like the Komen Race for the Cure, we have invested nearly $1.5 billion to fulfill our promise, becoming the largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to the fight against breast cancer in the world. For more information about Susan G. Komen for the Cure, breast health or breast cancer, visit www.komen.org or call 1-877 GO KOMEN.
Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Pam Stevens, 202-654-6517
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