Nationally ... For more than 20 years, the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation has been a global leader in the fight against breast cancer through its support of innovative research and community-based outreach programs. Working through a network of U.S. and international affiliates and events like the Komen Race for the Cure®, the Komen Foundation is fighting to eradicate breast cancer as a life-threatening disease by funding research grants and supporting education, screening and treatment projects in communities around the world. [ more ]

In Denver ... Breast cancer. It's the single most common life-threating cancer diagnosed in Colorado women and the second leading cause of cancer deaths among women in the state. During the 1990s, approximately 1.8 million women and 12,000 men were diagnosed with breast cancer, the majority of whom had no known risk factors. In the Denver metropolitan area, an estimated 2,000 women will be diagnosed and 500 women will die from breast cancer this year. The strongest and most unavoidable of all risk factors are being female and growing older. [ more ]