Par Excellence Demo

A promise between two sisters that now benefits millions nationwide elebrating its 20th anniversary as a global catalyst in the fight against breast cancer is the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas and powered by a highly diverse network of over 75,000 volunteers in 118 affiliate groups across the United States and in Germany, Italy and Puerto Rico, the Komen Foundation has a mission to eradicate breast cancer as a life-threatening disease through advances in research, education, screening and treatment. It began with a promise between two young women in Peoria, Illinois – two devoted sisters – whose time together was C by Jean Maza, Associate Manager of Communications, The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation cut short when one of them developed breast cancer. Komen founder Nancy Brinker promised her sister, Susan G. Komen, that she would do everything in her power to improve the existing picture for breast cancer patients. Susan ‘Suzy’ Komen died aged 36 of breast cancer at a time when polite people didn’t talk about the disease, when most women received their diagnoses in secrecy and shame and when patients had little choice but to undergo rigorous and often disfiguring treatment. The term ‘early detection’ didn’t exist, nor did widespread access to screening mammography, which is considered to be the ‘gold standard’ in finding and diagnosing breast cancer in its earliest, most treatable stages. When grief over losing her sister gave way to gritty determination, Nancy Brinker set out to raise public awareness of breast health and breast cancer issues and to push breast cancer higher on the agenda of the general public, researchers, physicians and legislators. She went door to door, office to office, enlisting the support of people at first reluctant to discuss the issue of breast cancer. In 1982 the foundation bearing her late sister’s name was established and breast cancer made its way into the public dialogue. Nancy Brinker addressed the need for accessible, affordable screening mammography, for more research into a possible cure, on dignified treatment of breast cancer patients and improved access to more and better options for treatment. As the foundation grew through the addition of affiliate groups across the country, Komen’s reputation for solid, reliable breast cancer information took hold. The foundation’s three-step approach to breast health for women over 40 has helped women and their physicians find, diagnose and treat breast cancer in its early stages. This simple approach has empowered women to get to know their bodies in order to note suspicious changes as soon as they occur. Becoming familiar with changes in breast shape, texture or A determined young woman’s promise to her dying sister led to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, which now helps millions of women in the United States and elsewhere to detect and overcome the disease

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