California Breast Cancer Research Program –
Featured
Beneficiary of SF Chronicle ‘Cause To Run’ 5k
Marathon
Oakland, CA—June 19, 2003—Did you know that nearly 22,050 women in California this year will be diagnosed with breast cancer, and more than 4,200 California women will die from the disease? Bay Area residents have the opportunity to support urgent research by participating in the San Francisco Chronicle's Cause To Run 5k Marathon on July 27 in San Francisco, which designates the California Breast Cancer Research Program (CBCRP) as a featured beneficiary.
Funds from the Cause To Run will support research facilities in the San Francisco Bay Area to study breast cancer prevention, detection, and treatment. The CBCRP funds exploration, creative research, and innovative projects by leading researchers in the state of California.
Some startling facts about breast cancer include:
- On average a woman dies of Breast Cancer every two hours
- Nearly 200,000 California women are living with this disease
- Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in California, regardless of race and ethnicity
- Some 80 percent of women who develop Breast Cancer have no family history
"The Cause To Run is a great opportunity for Bay Area residents to support meaningful research in breast cancer," said Marion H.E. Kavanaugh-Lynch, M.D., M.P.H., and Director of the CBCRP. "Every pledge will have an impact on further investigation of this complex disease."
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The CBCRP
Created by the State Legislature in 1993, the CBCRP is the largest state-funded breast cancer research program in the nation and is administered by the University of California, Office of the President. To date, the CBCRP has awarded 538 grants to 62 scientific institutions and community entities, totaling more than $130 million for research in California to prevent, treat, and cure breast cancer. Grants from the CBCRP fill gaps not traditionally funded by other research programs to jump-start new areas of investigation that push the boundaries of research and foster new collaborations. The CBCRP is funded through the voluntary tax check-off program on personal income tax form 540, the State tobacco tax, and individual contributions. For more information call 1.888.313.BCRP, or visit www.cbcrp.org.
