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December 23, 2010 – Bosom Buddies of Arizona today announced plans to open a new chapter to service the north central area of Phoenix. Each month, Bosom Buddies and subject matter experts serving as guest speakers, will present on different topics related to breast cancer including nutrition, oncology, alternative therapies, exercise, plastic surgery, radiology, and more. The first meeting will be held at 1:00 PM on Saturday, January 15, 2011 in the Cinema Room at Chris Ridge Village, 6250 N. 19^th Avenue, north of Bethany Home Road.

Purina Mills maker of many pet and equine food products, is kicking their first ever Pink 50 Campaign. This campaign is an effort to unite animal lovers everywhere and raise awareness and support for breast cancer organizations and breast cancer research. In October and November more than 50 fundraising events will be held throughout the US. “The purpose of the Pink 50 Campaign is to reach out to women in rural America-raising awareness about breast cancer, educating and sharing information and supporting one another” said Christy Goodwin, Marketing Manager, Land O’Lakes Purina. “As Bosom Buddies of Arizona provides a variety of community services for survivors and families dealing with a diagnosis of breast cancer, this fundraiser is a perfect fit for us” states Becky Chase, President .

Date: November 13, 2010

Location :WestWorld Trailhead @N 98th St and E. McDowell Mountain Ranch Rd. Scottsdale AZ. Walking trail and horseback trail are easy to moderate. Cost $35.00 per person (includes T-shirt and lunch), with proceeds being donated to Bosom Buddies of Arizona. Lunch will be provided at noon as well as tons of great raffle prizes.

Registration: To register, please go to www.purinamills.com/Pink50 and click on the event locator link, select Arizona and proceed to the Making A Difference Trail Ride/Walk at Rawhide. Registration is due the day of the event. (cash/check only)

For a more information or for a flyer regarding this event please contact

Gina Fresquez cell 602-999-5502 email:gmfresquezAlandolakes.com

This is an interesting study looking at quality of life issues for those living with metastatic breast cancer.  For those involved with breast cancer support there is alot we can do to improve our outreach.  This  poll  involved 13 countries worldwide and the lead author is Musa  Mayer, one of the most enlightened breast cancer advocates in the US.  KL

Since Bosom Buddies was formed in 1982, we have helped over a thousand women navigate their breast cancer journeys. In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a number of our support group members have been interviewed by members of the media. Featured in this article the Glendale Star newspaper is Della Rossko, a member of our West Valley Chapter.

A UCSF breast surgeon and a UT/San Antonio urological oncologist comment on an article about the danger of overdiagnosis in most cancers and the need for better screening and diagnostic methods.  This is an intelligent discussion on why “breast cancer awareness” is actually harmful.  This is from the Journal of the National Cancer Institute: http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/djq119v1 KL

Breast cancer advocates from across the country are questioning the “taste” of Komen’s new partnership campaign with KFC.  This NPR piece is an excellent review of the controversy. Cluck, that is, click on this link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2010/04/breast_cancer_awareness_in_a_b.html KL

A breast cancer vaccine currently in clinical trials has been haulted due to a serious side effect announced  on Tuesday by Merck Serono, a division of Merck KGaA of Darmstadt, Germany, and its U.S. affiliate, EMD Serono, Inc..

“The suspension affects the Phase 3 clinical program for Stimuvax, including the START and INSPIRE trials in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and the STRIDE trial in breast cancer. Further recruitment of patients into all trials actively recruiting patients and ongoing treatment with Stimuvax in these trials are suspended.”

Read more: http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?NewsEntityId=174661 KL

On February 21st and 22nd  Dave Graybill and his “Pink Heals” fire truck will join the softball players and Bosom Buddies volunteers at the 5^th Annual Invitational Women’s Softball Tournament on Feb 20 & 21. The event will be at Liberty Field, Kuentz Recreation Center on R.H. Johnson Blvd., Sun City West from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The Bosom Buddies Senior Women’s Softball Tournament will raise unds to support all the Bosom Buddies programs.

Ken Skinner, the softball players and Kathy Zeitz interviewed on the Channel 3 promotion.

Dave Graybill and the pink fire truck will be at the tournament.

Join the players and have fun at the tournament!

If anyone needs more information than is available on our site, we highly recommend the following site.

www.knowbreastcancer.org

Urgent Alert!    Urgent Alert!    Urgent Alert!    Urgent Alert!    Urgent Alert!    Urgent Alert!

We need your immediate activism! The DOD BCRP is in serious jeopardy!

As most of you know, statutory language has been included in the House passed FY 2010 Defense Appropriations bill to interfere with the way the program operates. The language would severely limit the ability of the DOD Peer-reviewed Breast Cancer Research Program to include the most qualified members from the scientific, clinician and consumer communities on the Integration Panel.

Our goal is to have Chairman Murtha hear from all of us that this is unacceptable! The language must be deleted and we need you and your networks to contact Defense Appropriations Chairman John Murtha with the following message:

“Chairman Murtha, don’t destroy the DOD Breast Cancer Research Program that
you helped to build. Take out the language!”

CALL (202.225.2065) AND FAX (202.225.5709) TODAY AND TOMORROW. Do both and get at least 10 others to do the same.

It has never been more important for you to make your voices heard loud and clear. Please act immediately to save the DOD BCRP!

Thank you.  Fran Visco