What They're Saying About the CBCRP

Science for Humanity

“My sister died of breast cancer at age 47. It shook me to the core. I asked myself, what is my science doing for humanity? I had been doing pure basic science for many years and I decided that I want to expand my research program into breast cancer research. To get started in a new research area is not that easy. You have to re-gear your tools, and you have to start establishing a track record. I am very grateful to the CBCRP for helping me to explore a new research direction. Now I can apply my skills against this ferocious disease that is killing young women.”

Amy Lee, Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Keck School of Medicine
Associate Director for Basic Research, Norris Cancer Center
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Groundbreaking

“Whenever I am involved in discussion about medical research programs, someone brings up as a model the California Breast Cancer Research Program. When I spoke at the CBCRP symposium, I, too, was overwhelmed by the breadth of this groundbreaking state-funded program.”

Gwen Darien
Editor in Chief, MAMM Magazine
New York, NY

National and International Impact

“Clearly, the statewide California Breast Cancer Research Program has national and international impact.”

H. Kim Lyerly, M.D., FACS Professor of Surgery, Duke University Comprehensive Cancer Center Durham, NC

Wonderful

“The CBCRP's New Investigator Award is wonderful. It allowed me to pursue research when I had a new idea but very limited data, just some computer modeling analysis to support my theory. I was too new to the field to get a grant from the larger research funding agencies, but the CBCRP's New Investigator Award gave me a start in breast cancer research. Now the compound I created with CBCRP funding—a modification of a cancer-preventing molecule found in broccoli—may become a drug to prevent and treat cancer.”

Ling Jong, Ph.D.
Senior Organic Chemist, SRI International
Menlo Park, CA

Numerous Critical Projects

“The CBCRP has supported numerous critical projects that have made major contributions to our understanding of cancer initiation and progression and has also helped fund projects that have led to significant changes in our treatment and diagnostic approaches. The community collaborations in particular are a unique feature of the program and should be preserved.”

Laura Jean Esserman, M.D., M.B.A.
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery and Radiology
Director, Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center
University of California, San Francisco/Mount Zion
San Francisco, CA

Gratitude

“CBCRP funding for the research I conducted allowed 451 women to voice their concerns about breast cancer. Many of these women have expressed gratitude for the study and for the CBCRP.”

Deborah J. MacDonald, R.N., M.S., A.P.N.G.
Assistant Director
Cancer Screening & Prevention Program
Department of Clinical Cancer Genetics
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
Duarte, CA

The Best Science

“The CBCRP makes a difference in making sure the best science moves forward quickly to be translated into innovative treatments for breast cancer patients.”

Nora Disis, M.D.
Associate Professor, University of Washington
Seattle, WA

California is Fortunate

“The CBCRP is an outstanding program at several levels. I have had the privilege of serving as a reviewer. The quality of the proposals and the innovation are always striking. California is fortunate to have such a fine cadre of researchers attacking the breast cancer problem. Californians are also lucky to have a funding mechanism that supports the research that will benefit women with breast cancer both today and in the future.”

Danny R. Welch, Ph.D.
Leonard H. Robinson Professor of Pathology
Senior Member - Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL