Ordinary People Engaged In An Extraordinary Pursuit By ELLYN SANTIAGO Celebrating the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation’s 20th year Over the next several months leading up to the annual Walk For A Cure, readers will find the TBBCF newsletter’s Timeline Celebrating the Foundation’s 20th Anniversary. Each month, we’ll look at milestones on the two-decade timeline […]
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Survivor Amber Steady: I fought that monster and survived By ELLYN SANTIAGO Mommy & Me photoshoot BEFORE treatment began Amber Steady had no idea that while nursing her newborn, she had breast cancer. And when she did find out, the cancer diagnosis arrived not through a compassionate phone call, but through MyChart. She was just
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One woman’s vision inspired a movement that became TBBCF 20 years ago By ELLYN SANTIAGO Celebrating the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation’s 20th year, over the next six months leading up to the annual Walk For A Cure, readers will find the TBBCF newsletter’s Timeline Celebrating the Foundation’s 20th Anniversary. Each month, we’ll look at
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Her Bucket List Has Several Unchecked Items, So She’s Sticking Around By ELLYN SANTIAGO For Laura Westner, the “thought of my cancer coming back does rent some space in my head.” But as a breast cancer survivor, she’s “trying not to let it consume me.” Rachel, Laura and adult kids Molly and Owen. One of
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Dr. Valerie Malyvanh Jansen Joins TBBCF Scientific Advisory Board By ELLYN SANTIAGO For Dr. Valerie Malyvanh Jansen, it’s all about the passion and the purpose to help. It’s what physician-scientists focus on. “What we do is hard. Most drugs don’t make it, but we keep on trying.” Jansen has been named to serve on the
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‘There’s no way!’ Erin answered the call from her OBGYN, and her heart sank By ELLYN SANTIAGO Erin Spurgas could not fathom it. “In my mind, there was no way that three of us who graduated together from Montville High School in 1994 — lifelong friends — could all be diagnosed with pre-menopausal breast cancer,”
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TBBCF Announces 2025 Research Grant Recipients The Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation (TBBCF) is honored to award $500,000 in research grants to four outstanding scientists dedicated to advancing breast cancer treatment and finding a cure. Congratulations to the following grant recipients: We are grateful to be a grassroots Foundation committed to supporting early career scientists
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In 2024 TBBCF shined a spotlight on its breast cancer research mission By ELLYN SANTIAGO The Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation shared a behind-the-scenes look at the Foundation’s breast cancer research program in a monthly series featuring stories about our researchers, scientific board members, and administrators. We also reported on the breast cancer research scientist
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Devoted volunteer, breast cancer survivor Shelley Gregory, named to TBBCF board by ELLYN SANTIAGO Shelley and family: “The loves of my life.” Shelley Gregory will go to any lengths for the people, causes, and work she loves. She’ll scale mountains for her children and family. She’ll dive into the ocean’s depths for her work (literally).
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Every Step and Every Dollar Counts! As we reach the end of another year, we hope you will support the mission of the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation to find a cure for breast cancer through the funding of research. We were excited to host our 19th Annual Walk for a Cure on October 5th, 2024. We
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