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Registration is now open for the 2021 TBBCF Walk for a Cure. Supporters of the Terri Brodeur Foundation can sign up here and start raising money to participate in the full, half or quarter marathon, or a 5K. The route is expected to be the same as in previous years, starting at Saybrook Point in […]
Please join the Terri Brodeur Foundation in celebrating its 15th anniversary at our annual meeting, which will be a virtual affair at 5:30 p.m. on July 13. Nick Saccomano, a founding member of the foundation and chair of the Scientific Advisory Board, is the keynote speaker. Saccomano has more than 35 years’ experience in pharmaceutical […]
As we prepare for our 16th annual walk in October this year, we pause to take a look at our 2020 top fundraisers. These are individuals and groups who went above and beyond and gave more than 100 percent in fundraising efforts. They host events, run promotions, walk as individuals and recruit walk teams. Congratulations […]
If it’s Mother’s Day, then Buttonwood Farm in Griswold is always thinking of mothers and the Terri Brodeur Foundation. This year, as they have for the past several years, the folks at Buttonwood hosted a Mother’s Day Sundae Fundraiser at their ice cream stand and made a $3,000 donation to the foundation to help fund […]
As we celebrate our 15th anniversary as a small nonprofit in Southeastern CT, we thought it was time for a refresh with a new logo and an updated website. But the new Terri Brodeur Foundation is still committed to giving 100 percent of fundraising dollars to breast cancer research. New us. Same Promise. We are […]
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 […]
