As we do the hard work of challenging the status quo of breast cancer, spending time together as a community becomes so valuable. We’re really looking forward to spending an evening with you and others in the Breast Cancer Action network next week at our Acting Out - For the Health of It event at Read More
Even after ALS had silenced her vocal chords, Barbara Brenner’s powerful voice continued to send tremors into the medical establishment. With the assistance of a text-to-speech computer program, Brenner, the former executive director of Breast Cancer Action, sent stinging missives to the head of the ALS clinical trials program and Food and Drug Administration officials, Read More
Do headlines like these ever stop you in your tracks? “Cancer Breakthrough!” “New treatment Discovered!” “New Breast Cancer discovery!” “Cure!” As media consumers, how can we separate the media hype from the real progress? How can we understand the relevance and importance of a news story, as well as determine whether a particular article is Read More
Breast Cancer Action and UCSF Campus Life Services Arts and Events are excited to announce a FREE screening of Pink Ribbons, Inc., a documentary directed by veteran documentary filmmaker Léa Pool for the National Film Board of Canada. The Toronto International Film Festival called Pink Ribbons, Inc. “powerful and incendiary.” We call it game changing! Read More
Can anyone own the sun or the air? The very idea is absurd; yet, this question is the crux of our case coming before the U.S. Supreme Court on April 15th. Currently, Myriad Genetics owns a patent on the human BRCA 1&2 genes – more commonly known as the “breast cancer” genes. Breast Cancer Action Read More
By Karuna Jaggar, Executive Director Breast Cancer Action’s case against the BRCA gene patent is going to the Supreme Court! Please join me in Washington, DC on Wednesday, January 30th to learn more about our upcoming case against Myriad Genetics, the company that holds a patent on the BRCA1&2 genes (the so-called “breast cancer” genes.) Read More
By Runi Limary, breast cancer survivor and co-plaintiff on Myriad Genetics lawsuit Seven years ago, when I was just 28, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Four years ago, I joined the lawsuit challenging Myriad Genetics’ right to own the “breast cancer genes,” BRCA 1 and 2, which we all have in our bodies. I believe Read More
By Britta Reida, BCAction member The first time I donated to Breast Cancer Action, I was struggling financially. My initial reaction to their request for financial support was: “I wish I could, but I can’t afford it. Once I can meet my own needs, then I can help others.” I feared toxic chemicals in my Read More
By Karuna Jaggar, Executive Director I get too many gut-wrenching calls from friends and acquaintances telling me they’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer. Each time, I live with the terrible truth that despite the popular promise that “early detection saves lives,” I know no matter how early breast cancer is found, there are no guarantees Read More
Thank you, thank you, and thank you again. We can’t say it enough. Thank you! Thank you for being part of Breast Cancer Action’s community of fierce, passionate, committed activists and for all the big and small ways you work to address and end this breast cancer epidemic. Your individual actions—writing letters, passing out toolkits, Read More
Eli Lilly is now the sole manufacturer of rBGH — the artificial growth hormone that’s linked to breast cancer. They also make breast cancer drugs. Learn More >
