2024 Honorary Walk Chair medical oncologist Adrienne G. Waks, MD By ELLYN SANTIAGO With a focus on the critical scientific research dedicated to finding a cure for breast cancer, the very bedrock of TBBCF’s mission, naming medical oncologist Adrienne G. Waks, MD, as Honorary TBBCF 2024 Walk Chair was a natural fit. The 2024 Walk […]

For survivor Fawn Kleemann, it was the love and support that carried her through. By ELLYN SANTIAGO Breast cancer runs in Fawn Kleemann’s family. On her maternal side, it was her aunts. On her paternal side, her father’s mother, her grandmother, also had breast cancer. “With an extensive family history of breast cancer, I started […]

Eleanor Mariani 2024 TBBCF Walk for a Cure Chair By ELLYN SANTIAGO The Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation is pleased to announce that Eleanor Mariani has been chosen as the 2024 TBBCF Walk for a Cure Chair. Without exaggeration, hundreds of thousands have attended OpSail, the Connecticut Maritime Heritage Festival in New London. So, as […]

By the time her story is published, Mandy-Lyn Crispim will have undergone her sixth surgery. By ELLYN SANTIAGO “I didn’t know much about breast cancer before my mom died on October 1st of 2010,” Mandy shared. But after losing her mother, she’d learn. “My brother had her diary. She knew. She wasn’t diagnosed, she just […]

Why you walk: Powerful outcomes from TBBCF-funded breast cancer research Research is key to finding a cure for breast cancer. Our mission is to help fund that scientific study with fellowship grants for researchers. Much of that work over the years has been published in some of the world’s most prestigious oncology journals. Here, a […]

Dear Supporters of the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation (TBBCF) TBBCF is committed to providing critical funding to researchers in search of a cure for breast cancer. To date we have awarded $6.5 million in grants to 65 researchers, resulting in 55 publications in some of the world’s most prestigious medical journals. In addition, our […]

“How do you tell your son his party is canceled, and Mommy is going into the hospital? You don’t!” By ELLYN SANTIAGO Not wanting her to check testing results before they had a chance to speak with her first, the radiologist phoned Amy Blewitt. A registered dietitian, board certified in Oncology Nutrition, Amy was at […]

TBBCF Scientific Advisory Board Names 2024 Awards Since 2006 the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation has raised millions of dollars and funded aspiring young investigators poised to dedicate their careers to an ultimate goal of finding effective treatment options to eradicate all forms of breast cancer. In that time, and including this year’s awards, the Foundation […]