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A Terminal Diagnosis. A Reason to Live with Intention.
Editor's Note: It is with great sadness that we share the news that Larissa Podermanski passed away from metastatic breast cancer on May 10, 2018. Larissa was a passionate advocate for research and...
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The Power of Partnerships: Employees of The Estée Lauder Companies Making a...
Over the last 25 years, The Estée Lauder Companies Breast Cancer Campaign (The Campaign) has raised $56 million dollars for breast cancer research. Evelyn Lauder founded The Campaign and co-created the...
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Deborah Krulewitch: A Career Of Leadership And Impact
*/ For Deborah Krulewitch, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation’s Secretary of the Board of Directors, helping people has always held much value in her life and leadership. From the start of her...
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One Mom’s Journey. A Family’s Dedication To Research.
It was two days before Christmas. For Michelle Stec, a 38-year-old mother of two, this was typically the time she would be making last minute purchases for her young children before Santa’s big...
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A New Diagnosis. An Unexpected Love Story.
Four years ago, Josie Antoine was preparing for a first date in Central Park. She was nervous. The thought of a romantic stroll was daunting – but not for the reasons anyone would expect.“I was worried...
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Breast Cancer Thriver Roberta Model Amon Honors Unsung Hero at BCRF New York...
When BCRF Advisory Board member Roberta Model Amon was diagnosed with breast cancer, she shared the news with a select few. Besides her family, she told her best friend, Denise LeFrak. Their...
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A Tragic Loss. A Daughter’s Commitment to Changing the Story.
When Margaret Flowers learned her mother was facing metastatic breast cancer, she made the decision to be with her. She loaded up her van and drove across the country from Arizona to her mother’s home...
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Young Breast Cancer Thriver Nominates Best Friend to Receive Unsung Hero Award
Robin Browne had just celebrated her 28th birthday when she began experiencing pain on her right side. A self-professed hypochondriac, she underwent several tests, including an ultrasound of her...
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A Mom on a Mission to Change her Family’s Future
When Pheodora Shin was diagnosed with breast cancer, she was shocked. While the disease was not foreign to her—both her mother and aunt had been diagnosed—as a physician, she was not ready to assume...
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Crossfit Gym Gets Physical For Breast Cancer Research
When Joanna Sawyer’s mother was diagnosed with breast cancer nearly six years ago, her family was relieved the disease was caught in its early stages. Her mother, Rose Ann who had just celebrated her...
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A tremendous loss. A new breast cancer breakthrough in her memory.
When Joshua LaBaer learned his mother had breast cancer, it was with a phone call. As a medical oncologist he was familiar with being on the other end of the line, telling a patient his or her...
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Research is the Reason I saw my 30th Birthday
A few weeks after Robin Browne celebrated her twenty-eighth birthday, she began experiencing pain on her right side. She underwent several tests, including an ultrasound of her gallbladder – all of...
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Research Is the Reason I Wake Up Every Morning
Sofia Merajver was shoe shopping with her daughter when her phone rang. Her doctor had her biopsy results.“In the short time between choosing what shoes to buy and paying for them, I learned I had...
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Research is the Reason I Have More Years with my Family
Michael Caruso was on the phone with his daughter, who was away at college, when he felt a slight tug under his right nipple.“Hey, check this out,” he said to his wife, Xiomara. “This doesn’t feel...
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Research is the Reason I Get to Travel the World
It started off as a normal night at home; Marenda Taylor, then 39, was relaxing with her husband when he discovered a lump in her breast. After a few weeks passed, the lump persisted, and she decided...
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Diagnosed With Metastatic Breast Cancer While Pregnant, Caroline Moore Shares...
Caroline Moore remembers the moment clearly. It was a Saturday evening last October – what would have been a date night for her and her husband – when she was told devastating news.“I was 33 years old...
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Research is the Reason I Have My Miracle Baby
When Kelley Tuthill learned she was pregnant with her third child, the news came to her as a two-fold surprise.“Life takes you on a lot of unexpected twists and turns. Breast cancer was definitely one...
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Research is the Reason I Have More Time with My Granddaughter
Nearly two decades ago, Constance Boll found a malignant lump on her breast. At the time, she was raising her granddaughter, Sarah, and she didn’t want the diagnosis to get in the way.“I met the news...
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BCRF Supporter Turns New Year’s Eve Celebration into Meaningful Fundraiser
Holden Rosen Grupp has always enjoyed being a host. From sleepovers to team meals and holiday dinners – he grew up as an amateur event planner. So, when his favorite holiday, New Year’s Eve, was...
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Longtime BCRF Volunteer Shares Her Connection to the Cause
When Cathy Kerrigan woke up from her mastectomy surgery, her older sister Peg was the first person she saw.“You look beautiful. You don’t even look like you had surgery,” Peg said.Seven years later,...
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Breast Cancer Survivor Sonia Kashuk To Be Honored with Unsung Hero Award
Sonia Kashuk was in a London hotel room when her phone buzzed. It was a text message from Jenny Fine at WWD. As a maven of the makeup industry, Sonia had developed a professional relationship with...
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BCRF Welcomes Dorraya El-Ashry as New Chief Scientific Officer
Dorraya El-Ashry knew since grade school she wanted to be a cancer scientist. By the time she was in college, she found her calling. After the mothers of two of her best friends died from metastatic...
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Research Is the Reason I Can Cherish Every Moment
When Emily walked into her doctor’s office for a routine exam, her physician felt a lump on her breast. As a 34-year-old mother and attorney, she was shocked to learn she had breast cancer. Further...
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Research Is the Reason My Mom Is Still Here
Carly and her mom are inseparable. Despite their cross-country distance – Maryland to California – they speak every day. So when Carly learned her mother was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form...
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Research Is the Reason I'm Determined to Find the Next Breakthrough
Priscilla Brastianos grew up hearing stories about her grandmother – a medical student who was diagnosed with breast cancer in her early twenties. Even with metastatic breast cancer she continued to...
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Research Is the Reason I Have Confidence
When Natalie Rivera was 19 years old, she learned she carried the BRCA1 genetic mutation. The news wasn’t a complete shock: both her grandmother and mother had breast cancer. Natalie was initially...
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Research Is the Reason I Can Be Their Role Model
When Valorie Kondos Field learned she had breast cancer, one of her first thoughts was her students. As the former head coach of the UCLA Gymnastics Team, she wanted to use her experience to educate...
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Research Is the Reason My Cancer Was Caught Early
Tracy McNeal remembers the morning clearly. The mother of three woke up and felt a pea-sized lump on her breast. She decided to have it checked out immediately.“While my doctor assured me it was...
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Research Is the Reason I Can Help Others
Every year Ouidad—a renowned hair stylist who created a company that bears her name—gets a mammogram around the time of her birthday. It’s a routine rooted in loss. Her mother died of metastatic breast...
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Research Is the Reason I Have Something to Sing About
A cancer scare six years ago led Len to be vigilant about his health. So, when he felt a sharp pain in his chest, he immediately went to his doctor. A biopsy revealed it was stage II breast cancer.“I...
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Research is the Reason Targeted Therapy Was There for Me
Valencia is no stranger to breast cancer. For more than a decade she has worked as a medical assistant at an oncology office supporting people as they undergo treatment.So when she woke up with a rash...
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Research Is the Reason I Have Today. But I Want Tomorrow.
At just 32 years old—six weeks after giving birth to her daughter, Poppy—Melissa Thompson was diagnosed with stage III breast cancer. After multiple surgeries, months of chemo, and several in-patient...
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Research Is the Reason I Could Stay Positive
A month before her 40th birthday, Alicia Therien went in for her yearly gynecologic exam, thinking she’d start getting an annual mammogram. She’d had one two years prior after feeling several lumps in...
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Research is the reason I saw my daughter start kindergarten
About a month after Sarah Reinold turned 28, she noticed her left breast was swollen and a little tender. Thinking she was experiencing a hormonal change, she decided to keep an eye on it. Two weeks...
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Research Is the Reason I Can Better Treat My Patients
As a teenager and an athlete, Dr. Neil Iyengar was fascinated by nutrition and exercise, developing his own personalized regimens. Later, as an undergrad and a medical student, Dr. Iyengar particularly...
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Research Is the Reason My Aggressive Cancer was Treatable
About two years ago, Uma and her husband, Mukund, temporarily relocated from Chicago to New York City to be close to “the babies,” as she affectionately calls her grandchildren. Her son Dr. Neil...
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Research Is the Reason I Can Go the Distance
After Yen Lam, 44, was sent for a biopsy on her left breast following a suspicious mammogram and ultrasound, she didn’t have much time to worry about it. She was busy traveling for work in the days...
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Research Is the Reason I Can Advocate for Others
When Erika Stallings’ mom, Samanthia, was diagnosed with breast cancer for the first time at 28, Erika was only a few years old—but she knew something was wrong.“I was very young when I saw my mom go...
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Research Is the Reason I’ll See My Wedding Day
A month into dating, Mackenzie Dougherty, 35, decided to tell her new boyfriend, David, that she carried the BRCA1 gene mutation.“But I didn’t expect we would have to fight breast cancer together...
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Research Is the Reason I Can Still Make People Smile
When Suzette Simon found out she had breast cancer in her right breast after a routine mammogram, her first thought was: I’m sorry, mom.“I knew my mom had had breast cancer, so I was always diligent...
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Research Is the Reason I Can See My Daughters Grow Up
In December 2018, Jade Tan was just starting to tell family and friends the exciting news that she and her husband, Inigo, were expecting their second child. Her daughter, Clara, would be becoming a...
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Research Is the Reason My Mom Is Still Here
Emma Myles was only two years old when her mom, Eileen, was first diagnosed with breast cancer after finding a lump in her breast.“I don't have many memories of that time, but when I see pictures from...
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Research Is the Reason I Survived Breast Cancer Twice
In 1985, when Eileen Bigsby was diagnosed with breast cancer for the first time at the age of 32, “people didn’t really talk about breast cancer” and the care was “less high-tech” than it is now. She...
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Research Is the Reason My Family Can Know Our Risk
When David Reid, 67, learned he was a BRCA2 gene mutation carrier, the news filled in a lot of blanks for him.David’s youngest sister had passed away from metastatic breast cancer at the age of 46—just...
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Celebrities Come Together to Support BCRF’s Lifesaving Mission
As part of BCRF’s star-studded Virtual Hot Pink Evening, 10 notable supporters share a poignant message highlighting the critical importance of breast cancer research: Jordana Brewster, Edie Falco,...
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Research Is the Reason I Can Live in the Moment
With the heady newborn bubble behind them, Samantha Griffith Shoobs and her husband were coming into their own as parents and delighting in watching their one-year-old son, Benjamin, change before...
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How One BCRF Supporter Is Giving Back to Research Through Her Will
Like many people, Rachelle Fong has had a few versions of a will at different points in her life. But as relationships changed and busy years passed by, they became outdated. She knew she needed to...
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Research Is the Reason I Have New Purpose
When Angeles Almuna first got the news that she had breast cancer, she thought, “Wow, I’m going to die.”The Chile-born, Miami-based stylist, artist, photographer, dancer was diagnosed with stage 3...
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Research Is the Reason I Can Change the Stigma
Around Valentine’s Day in 2016, Aubrey Glencamp, then 33, was lying in bed when his wife, Stephanie, noticed a lump on his left-hand side. A few months later, he got a call from his doctor that he had...
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Research Is the Reason I Can Write My Next Chapter
Anne Thompson learned she had breast cancer by voicemail. As she sat at her desk in the newsroom and heard that the suspicious mass in her breast was malignant, she had one thought: I’m going to die.“I...
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