Breast Cancer Survivors and Advocates Call on Congress to Maintain Commitment to Breast Health Care Access, Ensure Treatment Parity
Breast Cancer Survivor and Journalist Joan Lunden Joined Susan G. Komen Affiliates to Meet with Members of
Lunden, who was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer last summer, met with Members of her home state of
Komen advocates from its community Affiliate Network visited 360 offices in both the
“Everything we do is aimed at ending this disease, and helping the millions of people who need us, every single day,” saidJudith A. Salerno, M.D., M.S., Komen’s President and CEO, noting that Komen is also encouraging increases for biomedical research funding. “The fact is that biomedical research funding has dropped by 25 percent in real dollar terms over the past 10 years and we run the risk that medical research will stall. We urge the federal government to increase this important funding.”
The Summit kicked off with a dinner that featured remarks from Lunden, who discussed how her diagnosis has inspired her to educate other women. She was joined by
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