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Breast Cancer Action

Bad Girls of Breast Cancer

About Me

www.bcaction.org
Breast Cancer Action carries the voices of people affected by breast cancer to inspire and compel the changes necessary to end the breast cancer epidemic.
BCA:
- Provides information to anyone who needs it via newsletters, web sites, and a toll-free number.
-Organizes people to do something besides worry.
-Advocates for policy changes directed at achieving true prevention through understanding and eliminating the causes of breast cancer; working toward a true cure with treatments that don't nearly kill people or cause other diseases; and assuring universal access to quality health care.
We're the Bad Girls of Breast Cancer, and we'll be here as long as it takes.
Get informed, read the BCA Source online .
Want to stay updated? Subscribe to BCA's e-alert list .
Information for women who are newly diagnosed with breast cancer .
What do to when someone you love has been diagnosed with this disease .
Learn about the Think Before You Pink campaign
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My Interests

health, women's health, the precautionary principle, activism, breast cancer, health care, universal access to care, environmental justice, safe cosmetics, think before you pink

I'd like to meet:

Advocates, activists, feminists, environmentalists and anyone else interested in ending the breast cancer epidemic.

BCA assumes responsibility only for the content the organization has written and posted on its own page.Breast Cancer Action (BCA) is not responsible for any content that appears on any of its Friend's pages.

Heroes:

Audre Lorde, June Jordan, Rose Kushner

My Blog

April 3, 2008: Writers Voices for Breast Cancer Action

Writers' Voices for Breast Cancer Action Thursday, April 3, 20086 - 7:30 pmWar Memorial and Performing Arts Center, Green Room 401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA Join BCA and Pulitzer Prize w...
Posted by Breast Cancer Action on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:47:00 PST

February 2008 Breast Cancer Action E-Alert

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Posted by Breast Cancer Action on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:16:00 PST

November E-Alert

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Posted by Breast Cancer Action on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:30:00 PST

Victory on Avastin

If you're having trouble viewing this email, you may see it online. ..> ..> ..> ..> ..> ..> Victory on Avastin Breast Cancer Action (BCA) applauds yesterday's recommendation by...
Posted by Breast Cancer Action on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:30:00 PST

Please Donate Today!

If you're having trouble viewing this email, you may see it online. ..> ..> ..> ..> "I consider BCA the last word on all medical issues related to breast cancer."- Barbara S. Brya...
Posted by Breast Cancer Action on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:25:00 PST

Please Vote For BCA!

http://www.medtrackalert.com/CharityVote.asp Support breast cancer patients and survivors Vote for one of the groups below. MedTrackAlert will make a donation to the winner to honor Breast Cancer Awa...
Posted by Breast Cancer Action on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:22:00 PST

Tell the car companies you want to see clean cars, not pinkwashed products

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Posted by Breast Cancer Action on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:15:00 PST

Pharmaceutical Industry Sponsored Studies Report More Positive Results

Clinical trials of breast cancer treatments that are sponsored by the pharmaceutical industry report more positive results (benefits of taking a drug) than trials not sponsored by industry, according ...
Posted by Breast Cancer Action on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 10:58:00 PST

Study Shows Pharmaceutical Advertisements Are Misleading

A study published in the January/February 2007 issue of the Annals of Family Medicine reveals that nearly all television pharmaceutical ads are based on emotional appeals and rarely provide important ...
Posted by Breast Cancer Action on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:47:00 PST

Barbara Brenner of BCA receives a Jefferson Award for Public Service

Read an article about her in the San Francisco Chronicle or watch an online news segment from CBS 5 here in the Bay Area....
Posted by Breast Cancer Action on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:37:00 PST