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The Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation has awarded $400,000 in grants to four researchers who are looking for a cure for breast cancer and better ways to treat the disease in those already diagnosed. The foundation’s scientific advisory board chaired by founding member Nicholas Saccomano, PhD, reviewed almost 30 applications and conducted telephone interviews with […]
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute – Harvard Medical School Metastatic breast cancer (MBC) – breast cancer that has spread to other organs – unfortunately remains incurable. In spite of the increasing number of treatments available that can benefit patients with MBC, the disease eventually develops resistance to each therapy. As such, there is a critical need to […]
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center A growing problem facing cancer patients today is metastatic disease, especially metastases to the central nervous system (CNS). As things stand today, we have large knowledge gaps in understanding why some breast cancer becomes metastatic to the CNS and how we can effectively identify CNS disease earlier. CNS disease is […]
Massachusetts General Hospital – Harvard Medical School Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are cells that are derived from a tumor, but are isolated from the blood of cancer patients. Only recently has technological advances permitted the isolation and characterization of these rare cells. CTCs offer a snapshot of the invasive cancer cells that give rise to […]
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute – Harvard Medical School Currently one in eight women in the US are predicted to develop breast cancer in their lifetime, but what is unknown is how many of these cancers can be prevented through advances in precision medicine. At this time, prevention strategies focus on radiographic screening for patients above a […]
Generous TBBCF donor gets special recognition By KATHLEEN EDGECOMB Chuck Bowe and his crew of workers and corporate sponsors at Grand Wine and Spirits have been donating to the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation for 10 years, raising thousands of dollars for the New London foundation that gives 100 percent of fundraising money to breast […]
The success of the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation (TBBC) is based on sponsor generosity. It is what makes that 100% promise possible. The foundation uses many ways to acknowledge company and individual sponsors publicly, including coverage at events, press releases, in our newsletters and social media and in our annual newspaper “Thank You” ad. […]
Breast cancer researcher thanks Brodeur Foundation for support By KATHLEEN EDGECOMB Adrienne Waks, MD was a junior researcher in 2018 at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston when she received a $100,000 grant from the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation to support a trial that aimed to reduce the amount of chemotherapy necessary to treat certain […]
Dear Supporters, There’s still time to share the gift of HOPE! During this extraordinary year we were able to “come together” in a virtual walk (in 2020’s unique way) and share HOPE for a cure to breast cancer. We had 303 people, including myself, who registered and participated in our annual fundraiser in their own […]
By KATHLEEN EDGECOMB While Covid-19 shut down or slowed down many aspects of our lives, those with breast cancer continued to fight the disease, and scientists and doctors continued their clinical trials and research. And with more than 300 walkers participating in the first ever virtual walkathon, the foundation raised enough money in 2020 to […]
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