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LET’S END BREAST CANCER

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“Breast cancer touches nearly everyone’s life, including my own. � at is why I am so proud to support Komen Puget Sound’s Race for the Cure as the 2012 Grand Marshall. Join me and Team Sark on Race Day. Breast cancer is one tough opponent, and we are in it to win it! ”

Start a team! There’s strength in numbers and more fun!A Race team is a great way to build morale, support a friend, remember a loved one and maximize your impact in the � ght against breast cancer. Teams can be any type or size:

• Corporate Teams • Healthcare Teams • Friends and Family • Community Organization• School Groups • And more!

� ere is no additional cost to form or join a Race team.Team members do not have to participate in the same event. Become a team captain. Learn how easy it is at www.komenpugetsound.org.

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Donate. Support a Race Participant.Even if you can’t walk or run, you can lend your support. Make a general donation or give to a participant or team. Simply go online to www.komenpugetsound.org to make a donation.

Why it’s important: Reasons to race

Thanks to people like you, last year, the Komen Puget Sound A� liate was able to fund $2 million to local organizations and agencies in Western Washington for breast cancer education, screening, treatment support and research this year. We need to do more. And we need your help!

This past year, funds raised at the Komen Puget Sound Race for the Cure:

■ Reached 42,000 community members with breast cancer outreach and education programs

■ Provided 13,300 women with lifesaving breast cancer screenings and detected over 200 breast cancers

■ Ensured 825 patients undergoing breast cancer treatment could also pay for their food, shelter and utilities

■ Partnered 256 individuals with patient navigators to guide them through the complex medical system, ensuring access to quality care

Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among Hispanic/Latina women. In addition, the � ve year overall survival rate is lower for Hispanic women than other women.To address the growing breast health needs of Latina women in our community, Komen Puget Sound has launched an outreach and education program titled “La Mujer Hispana”. � is outreach and education e� ort is one of only six in the United States funded by the Yoplait Save Lids to Save Lives® program. It brings key Hispanic stakeholders together to raise awareness of breast health and the need for early detection of breast cancer among Hispanic women.

Join me and the La Mujer Hispana Race for the Cure team! For more information, email Silvia Kennedy at [email protected].

Servando CurrascoSeattle Sounder Team Captain, Por La Mujer Hispana

Fundraise for the cure. Getting started is easy!Today, due to a lack of funding, roughly 1,000 low-income women in our community are on a waitlist for a lifesaving mammogram. Your Race for the Cure fundraising will help move these women o� the list and on to a cure.

Once you sign up for the Race, you’ll get a customizable fundraising webpage to collect donations online. You will also have access to email templates to help you solicit donations. We will provide you with lots of fundraising tips and you can even “Fundraise on Facebook.”

Make your fundraising e� orts go even further. Ask your donors if their companies have an employee matching gifts program. It doubles the amount you raise. Check our website for details and matching gift guidelines.

Win prizes and rewards!Start earning prizes when you raise just $250. The more you raise, the greater the reward.

Raise $500 to be a Gold Club Member. Receive special recognition online and at the event.

Be a Top 100 Fundraiser! VIP status includes a t-shirt, bib number that re� ects your rank plus other Race Day perks.

All donations received by July 3, 2012, count towards reward redemption.

Por La Mujer Hispana

Raising $150 could fund a lifesaving mammogram through our community grants program.


Everyone deserves a lifetime - and you deserve the experience of a lifetime!

� e Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure is a 60-mile walk for women and men who want to make a personal di� erence in the � ght to end breast cancer. Participants walk 60 miles in three days and help raise millions of dollars for breast cancer research and patient support programs. Each night of the event, walkers experience an incredible mobile city that’s more than just sleeping tents and warm showers, where they can eat, relax and renew their spirit with their fellow walkers.

We believe that everyone deserves a lifetime. No one should have to live without their mother, daughter, sister, husband or friend. � at’s why we commit to walking 60 miles in three days. � e 3-Day is the boldest breast cancer event of its kind.Register at www.the3day.org.

September 14-16, 2012Greater Seattle Area

Power of a Promise® Luncheon� is year marks the 10th anniversary of � e Power of a Promise Luncheon, now located in downtown Seattle. In� uential community leaders will join together to raise funds to provide lifesaving breast cancer health education, screening, and treatment support for underserved women living in Western Washington.

Be a part of the 10th Anniversary Power of a Promise luncheon. Help ensure all women have access to lifesaving breast cancer screening and if diagnosed, will receive the most e� ective treatment for survival.

Learn more at www.komenpugetsound.org.

October 24, 2012 The Sheraton Hotel, Seattle

Lunch for the Cure® October 4, 2012 | Tacoma Convention Center

� e Lunch for the Cure has become one of Pierce County’s most important fundraising events. Eight hundred community leaders join together in the promise to end breast cancer, by furthering breast cancer education and awareness, and energizing science in the discovery of the cure.

In 2012, the Lunch for the Cure will be in its 11th year of bringing together community members to make a powerful statement against breast cancer, honoring those who have lost their battle and celebrating survivors.

Learn more at www.komenpugetsound.org.

Eight hundred Washington women lost their lives to breast cancer last year. With early detection, odds are 98% for survival for � ve years. However, if breast cancer is detected late, with the danger of the cancer spreading, odds for survival drop to just 23%. Now is the time to take charge of your breast health.

Early Detection of Breast Cancer Saves Lives

We want to inspire you to take an active role in your own breast health. Remember:• Know your breast cancer risk • Know what is normal for you• Get screened • Make healthy lifestyle choices

Take Care of Yourself. Monitor your Breast Health.

Annual Survivor Celebration

September 9, 2012Aboard a Holland America Line Ship at Pier 91

Puget Sound breast cancer survivors and co-survivors celebrate their journey with an exceptional experience onboard a luxurious Holland America Line ship.

Guests are treated to an exquisite dining experience, vistas of the Puget Sound, plus an inspirational program and entertainment.

Learn more at www.komenpugetsound.orgwww.komenpugetsound.org

Visit komenpugetsound.org or call 206.633.0303 for more information.


The 63-year-old beat stage 2 breast cancer when a lump showed up in her left breast around 1999. This year, Midgett was told the cancer was back, this time in her right breast.

“I started to cry and think, ‘not again please,’ ” Midgett said. “But you can’t pity yourself for long, you have to pick yourself up and think positive thoughts. You have to surround yourself with people who will build you up and keep you grounded.”

Midgett remembers being in shock when she heard the news.

“I went for mammogram checkups for 12 years and nothing had ever popped up, so you think you are done and that it is never coming back,” she said. “I was so surprised when I heard it, but mostly I was worried about my daughter. She was pregnant and in the waiting room, and I knew she was starting to worry about why it was tak-ing me so long.”

The worst part for Midgett, her hus-band and her children was waiting for a complete diagnosis.

“We were forced to wait an entire month before I was told what stage of cancer I had,” she said. “I kept think-ing, ‘I’ve done this and can do it again. Bring it on so I can start fi ghting.’”

Doctors told Midgett she had stage 0 cancer, which means the breast cancer was noninvasive. In stage 0, there is no evidence of cancer cells or non-cancer-ous abnormal cells breaking out of the part of the breast in which they started or getting through to or invading neigh-

boring normal tissue.“I was glad to learn it was stage 0

because that meant I only needed to have radiation this time,” Midgett said. “If I had to have it again, this is how to do it.”

Midgett underwent eight chemo-therapy treatments, three weeks apart, during her fi rst fi ght with breast cancer. The fourth treatment made her sick and doctors put her on adriamya-

cin and cytoxin.“The good part was after that fourth

treatment, the drugs changed and so did the side effects,” Midgett said. “The fi fth through eighth treatments were taxol; they made me ache all over, but were a welcome change to the nausea.”

Midgett’s hair started to fall out just before her second treatment.

“I wanted to be in control of some-thing so I asked my husband if he would shave my head, and he said he would,” Midgett recalled. “I sat in the chair and started to cry.”

Midgett bought a few synthetic wigs and decided to return to her job as man-

ager at Boeing so she could to keep her life as normal as possible.

“Most everyone at work knew what was going on with me, so I would switch up my hair to match my out-fi ts, I tried to have some fun with it,” she said.

After completing eight treatments of chemotherapy, Midgett started radiation.

“... You have to pick yourself up and think positive thoughts.”

Lori Midgett isn’t alone. Her husband of 30 years also battles cancer, having been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma four years ago.

Des Moines resident Lori Midgett believes a positive attitude can save her life.

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“It burned so badly that I cracked and bled,” Midgett said. “But I was glad to do anything to get rid of the cancer.”

Midgett draws from her past experience to help her through this time.

“What helped me most last time was believing I could get well, having my faith, talking to others going through treat-ment also and trying to stay as normal as possible,” she said. “So I have been doing the same things.”

The biggest difference for Midgett during this fi ght is that her husband of 30 years, Bill, is also battling cancer. He was diag-nosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma about four years ago.

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma is cancer originating in the lym-phatic system, the disease-fi ghting network spread through-out the body. In non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, tumors develop from lymphocytes, which are a type of white blood cell.

“Now my husband and I have been on both sides,” Midgett said. “I was sick and he was taking care of me, he was sick and I was taking care of him and now we are both sick.”

Midgett says it is much harder to be the healthy one.“You sit there watching the one you love suffer and there’s

nothing you can do about it,” she said. “It’s terrible. But when you’re the sick one, you fi gure out what you need to do to get better and you just go through the motions.”

Midgett said the fi rst time she ever saw her husband cry was during her fi rst diagnosis.

“I came back from the doctor’s offi ce and I couldn’t fi nd him anywhere in the house,” she said. “I fi nally saw him sit-ting on our bed, reading a health book we had with tears in his eyes.”

The two have rooted each other on during each illness and try to stay active.

“We do fun things together and are cook ing healthy, getting exercise,” Midgett said. “These experiences together have really made us a lot closer.”Midgett’s children have been a great

support system, she said.“They stay optimistic for us and al-

ways come in the visit, have dinner and just hang out,” Midgett said.

Midgett has made new friends though sup-port groups she attends for cancer patients.

“It’s nice to meet people that truly understand what you’re going through and have similar stories,” she said. “I even meet people when I am getting my blood drawn.”

There are hardships to these new friendships.“Sometimes you get survivor guilt because you meet so

many people at these groups and then they pass away,” she said. “Some that even had the same cancer as you and under-went the same treatment don’t make it and you wonder, ‘why am I still here and they’re not?’ The fi rst time I experienced this was when I kept calling a friend from a group and she wasn’t returning my calls. After weeks went by it hit me; she’s gone.”

Midgett has to go to the doctor every 366 days for a yearly checkup. The doctors told her they are confi dent she won’t get breast cancer again once this is beaten because she al-ready had cancer in each breast.

“Having cancer twice has changed my life in the sense that I appreciate everything more. I see things a little clearer and I have compassion for everyone I meet,” she said. “Will I ever forget? No, I don’t think so, but I can help others and show and tell them it is not a death sentence. There are cures and happy endings.”

– Writer: Sarah Kehoe, Kent [email protected]

“Having cancer twice has changed my life in the sense that I appreciate everything more. I see things a little clearer and I have compassion for everyone I meet.”

Want to make a di� erence? Join “Team RE/MAX” Race for the Cure 5K team (June 3rd, 2012) or

“Valley Girls & Guys!” Seattle 3-Day team for Susan G. Komen for the Cure(September 14th-16th, 2012)!

Call team captain Tina McDonough 206-793-3175 or email @ [email protected]

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Screening with mammography saves lives.For appointments call 253-735-1991

In keeping with our tradition of excellence and innovation, Breast Diagnostic Center is pleased to be the first to introduce 3D Mammography to this region.

This new modality, also known as tomosynthesis, allows the breast imaging specialist to discover breast cancers that might be undetectable using convention-al digital mammography. This is especially useful in women with dense breast tissue, but is of benefit in all women.

Breast tomosynthesis uses high-powered computing to convert digital breast images into a stack of very thin layers or “slices”—building what is essentially a

“3-D Window into breast tissue.”Now the breast imaging specialist can see breast tissue detail in a way never be-

fore possible. Instead of viewing all the complexities of your breast tissue in a flat image, the doctor can examine the tissue a few millimeters at a time. Fine details are more clearly visible, no longer hidden by the tissue above and below.’’

Breast Diagnostic Center offers this advanced technique to all women, not just select cases.

Jamie Newbold began her journey in 2004 with the local Susan G. Ko-men foundation when she heard an ad on the radio for a three-day walk. After participating, she soon began volunteering and became a part of the staff three years ago.

Today, Newbold is manager of the annual Race for the Cure for the Puget Sound Affi liate.

“It’s a year-round preparation so my whole world revolves around the race,” Newbold said. “As soon as I fi nish one, I close the books and start the next one.”

The Puget Sound is home to one of 122 affi liate offi ces throughout the U.S. that organizes a 5k run/walk each year to raise money. This year’s event is June 3. Seventy-fi ve percent of the funds are used locally for screenings, education and

treatment support, while

the other 25 percent com-bines with all

other race funds across the country

for global research. “We would really

love to make this the biggest and best race ever,” Newbold said.

Last year’s race raised $1.6 million with 13,000 runners and walkers. Once held at Husky Stadium and Qwest Field, the race has outgrown these venues and takes place at the Seattle Center, where it has been for the past two years.

“What we have here in the North-west is a group of volunteers … (who) are doing everything there is to support the organization behind it, and then we have great media partners,” Newbold said. “I think we can’t go very far with-out talking to someone whose life has been affected by breast cancer.”

This is true for this year’s grand marshal, University of Washington head football coach Steve Sarkisian. His sister-in-law is battling breast cancer. Sarkisian is also a “Pink Tie Guy,” meaning he is part of a program created to lend a male voice in the fi ght against breast cancer and raise aware-ness in the Puget Sound area through their status in the community.

“So many people think it’s only a women’s disease, but the reality is that everyone in your family is fi ght-ing it, and sometimes men get breast cancer, too,” Newbold said.

Newbold receives letters of thanks

from people in the community that she said she never expects, but it keeps her going.

“You walk in and put on an event with 13,000 people, but at the same time you get a thank you from some-body who is going through treatment right now and is making a very diffi -cult decision of ‘Do I pay to put my-self through treatment, or do I keep food on the table for my family?’ ” she said. “You just don’t realize how much a couple hundred dollars can impact people’s lives when they are going through a disease that is really

putting them in a bad place.”And there is no better place than

Seattle to keep fi ghting.“Seattle is very philanthropic and

they are very big on being outdoorsy and being out in the community,” Newbold said. “So when you com-bine the two together with something that has touched so many people, we’ve been able to have such a suc-cessful race year after year.”

– Writer: Erica Thompson is a student in the University of Washington Department of Communication

News Laboratory.


With more than 40 years of ex-perience, including a stint as his fashion-designer aunt’s photog-rapher when he was 12 years old, Keith Morgan is now combining his passion for photography with his commitment to end-ing breast cancer.

After being a donor for years, Morgan, a Microsoft employee, began volunteer-ing his time and photography skills to the Puget Sound Affi liate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure this year.

“(It’s) my favorite charity,” he said. “I do all I can for them.”

According to the organization’s web-site, Susan G. Komen for the Cure Puget Sound has invested $23 million to fund local efforts since it was founded in 1992. From fi nancing breast-health education, outreach and research to providing access to mammogram screening, the foundation fosters a community with a “shared a vi-sion of ending breast cancer forever,” the website states.

Morgan is passionate about the foun-dation’s vision; he has family members, friends and co-workers who have been af-fected by breast cancer. In addition, while in college Morgan worked as a part-time orderly in the radiology department at the San Antonio Community Hospital in Upland, Calif.

“Watching so many women go through the diagnosis and treatment, fi rsthand, has made me a strong advocate of early detec-tion,” he wrote in an email. “One way we can all help is by donating our time and resources to organizations such as Ko-men, which are not only helping people to receive diagnosis and treatment, but also working toward a cure.”

Morgan devotes 20 to 40 hours to the foundation per month. While initially he started volunteering as a photographer, he now also helps operate events.

“Producing such large events requires large teams of volunteers to set up (and)

operate, then tear down (and) clean up after the event,” he wrote. “Since I am already attending the events, fi nding ways to help before and after the

events is easy as the Ko-men staff is really fl exible and accommodating to their

volunteer’s needs!”

Jennifer Teeler, volunteer coordinator at Susan G. Komen for the Cure Puget Sound, said Morgan is truly committed to the foundation.

“From the time he fi lled out the volun-teer application, he has jumped in with both feet,” she said. “He takes gorgeous portraits and event shots and is so gener-ous. … He is wonderful to work with.”

While growing up, Morgan wrote, his parents motivated him to volunteer. Today, his employer, Microsoft, also encourages him. Microsoft donates $17 for each hour an employee volunteers to a charity of his or her choice.

“My parents taught me the importance of giving back to a world that has pro-vided so much,” Morgan wrote. “Micro-soft also encourages employees to give back by matching employee contributions, donating cash for hours worked, providing gifts in kind, such as software and cash donations, for which I am also grateful.”

Jim Clune, communications manager for the Puget Sound Affi liate of Susan G. Ko-men for the Cure, said he appreciates the time Morgan donates to the foundation.

“Keith’s talent in photography is matched only by his dedication to the Ko-men mission,” Clune wrote.

Currently, Morgan is fi nishing a series of photographs for the foundation’s annual report and working on the production of a fashion show that will introduce members of “Team Microsoft,” who will participate in the June 3 Komen One Day Race.

“Komen has become a very important charity to me,” Morgan wrote. “I grew up at a time in which one would never openly speak about breast cancer. But today, through the efforts of groups such as Komen, we can more openly address these types of cancer and the work and resources needed to fi nd a cure. Until that cure is found, I am committed to helping raise funds and awareness for this cause.”

For more information, visit www.KomenPugetSound.org.

– Writer: Daron Anderson is a studentin the University of Washington Department

of Communication News Laboratory.

Sta� and supporters of Susan G. Komen for the Cure stand together during Komen Puget Sound Advocacy Day in the State Capitol Rotunda at Olympia.KEITH MORGAN


From the moment a person’s breast cancer diagnosis is con� rmed, she or he is considered a survivor. � oughtful gestures big and small mean so much to survivors, whether they’ve just been diagnosed or completed treatment many years ago. Race Day is an opportunity for us to recognize our survivors for their bravery, and to show them how much they are loved, cherished, and respected.

Special survivor recognition includes a complimentary pink cap and t-shirt

provided by Zeta Tau Alpha. Survivors are also invited to visit the Survivor Celebration Tent located on the Fisher Pavilion roo� op for sparkling cider, pastries, goodie bags, travel prizes, a photo-op and an excellent view of the Race Day festivities! Race Day concludes on an emotional high note with a motivating and inspiring Survivor Parade.

Celebrating Survivors at Race Day

a complimentary pink cap and t-shirt

Dear Fellow Survivor,

Almost two years ago, I was diagnosed

with breast cancer. I was fortunate

that early detection saved my life…

but mine was not the only life

that concerned me. � e life of my

daughter, my mother, my friends and

the women in my community are

equally important. So, I committed

to doing everything in my power to

ensure that every woman, regardless of

her ability to pay, would have access to

the screening, treatment and � nancial

support that saved my life. I also made

the commitment to support research

to � nd a cure, so that nobody would lose their life

to this disease.

I ful� ll my commitment, not only through my

daily work, but also by participating with fellow

survivors in the Komen Puget Sound Race for the

Cure. Last year, 800 breast cancer

survivors joined me to celebrate one

another and to raise critical funds to

ensure there are future generations

of survivors.

Due to a lack of funding, 1,000

underserved women in our

community are on a waitlist for a

needed mammogram, and nearly

800 Washington women will lose

their lives to breast cancer this

year. I have my life, and I want them

to have theirs too.

I encourage you to join me at the 2012 Race

for the Cure. You can look forward to meeting

fellow survivors in the Survivor Celebration Tent,

participating in the Survivor Parade, and wearing

your complimentary pink t-shirt and cap. For me,

the Race is an important opportunity to ful� ll my

commitment to support the women in my life

and to embrace Sister Survivors. As described by

Komen Puget Sound founder the late CJ Taylor-

Day, “the Race is a Celebration of Life”…your life.

Sincerely,

Cheryl ShawKomen Puget Sound Executive Director

CJ Taylor Day at the Race

ensure that every woman, regardless of

her ability to pay, would have access to

support that saved my life. I also made

Cure. Last year, 800 breast cancer

survivors joined me to celebrate one

another and to raise critical funds to

ensure there are future generations

of survivors.

Due to a lack of funding, 1,000

underserved women in our

community are on a waitlist for a

Top Ratings for Financial Stewardship – Five Years RunningKomen Puget Sound Awards $2.1 Million in

Grants to Fight Breast Cancer Locally


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As a breast cancer survivor I know how important early detection is. With about 1,000 women in Washington on a waitlist for needed mammograms, this $1.3 million grant from Komen Puget Sound will help make an immediate and important di� erence for low-income and underserved women in our community. – Washington State Governor Chris Gregoire

“When I started to get pain in my armpit and right breast, I did a self-examination in the shower and found a lump. I was frozen with terror. What was even more frightening to me was the fact that we had no health insurance. A friend’s mom worked for county health and told me about a state program for breast cancer patients without insurance. I called the

Washington Breast and Cervical Health Program and they approved my support right away. � e sense of relief was so incredibly great. I still don’t have the words to say how grateful I am for the help I received and am still receiving. I know that it saved my life. � ank you for the support and keeping these programs going.”

– Michelle Huseby Supported by a grant from Komen Puget Sound

Michelle with husband Garth

Education and Early Detection:Washington State Department of HealthKomen Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnostic Program� is year, Komen Puget Sound is investing $1.3 million dollars to the Washington State Breast, Cervical, and Colon Health Program (BCCHP) to provide breast cancer screenings for low-income women. � e funding will provide lifesaving mammograms to 14,000 low income women living in our region.

Franciscan FoundationBreast Cancer Navigator Program � is funding will improve education and access to screening, diagnosis and treatment for Asian, Paci� c Islander, African American, Hispanic, Native American and sexual minority women in Tacoma/Pierce County.

International Community Health ServicesBreast Health Outreach, Prevention and Education Program � is funding will provide breast health outreach, education and screening to low-income, limited English-speaking Chinese, Filipina, Korean, Mien, Samoan and other Paci� c Islander and Vietnamese women in Seattle/King County.

Lutheran Community Services Northwest – Familias UnidasNuestra Salud � is program promotes breast cancer awareness and screening in the Hispanic/Latino community of Snohomish and Skagit Counties.

Senior Services of Seattle-King CountyBreast Health Education and Screening Program� is funding will provide breast health community outreach and education for seniors, especially women of color.

South Puget Intertribal Planning AgencyNative Women’s Wellness Program� is program provides breast health outreach, education, screening and support to women in rural tribal communities in southwest Washington who rarely or never have been screened for breast cancer.

YWCA of Seattle/King County & Snohomish CountyOpening Doors � is funding will provide education and mobile screenings for medically underserved and low-income African-American, Latina, sexual minority and homeless women.

Patient NavigationCenter for MultiCultural HealthSistah Connection: Patient Navigation for African American Women� is program provides assistance to African American women in King County to increase timely access to diagnostic and treatment services to ensure successful completion of treatment for breast cancer.

Citrine HealthCitrine Health’s Patient NavigatorNavigators will provide assistance to uninsured, low-income and/or rural breast cancer patients in Snohomish, Skagit, Whatcom, Island and San Juan Counties to increase access to and completion of prescribed treatment.

Mason General HospitalBreast Cancer Patient Navigation and Outreach� is funding will assist breast cancer patients during treatment and provide survivor support, awareness and screening for low-income women, Latinas, and women living in remote rural areas of Mason County.

UW Medicine | School of MedicinePartnering with Patients to Improve Breast Cancer CareFunding to Harborview Medical Center and University of Washington Breast Health Cancer Program at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance will provide patient navigation services to low-income breast cancer patients.

Patient Assistance & Treatment SupportCancer LifelineKomen Patient Assistance FundCancer Lifeline administers Komen Puget Sound funds to provide assistance and support for low-income patients while they are in treatment for breast cancer.


Investing in Research to Find a Cure – Worldwide and Right Here at Home

Komen Puget Sound is funding groundbreaking research to � nd a cure for breast cancer. Twenty � ve percent of all the money raised locally is pooled and distributed through

Komen National Breast Cancer Research and Training Grants, with some funds returning to medical research facilities within the Puget Sound area.

In 2011, Susan G. Komen spent $66 million in global research for the cure. Komen has invested over $500 million in research since 1982. Komen is the largest non-government funder of breast cancer research in the world.

Every one of the greatest advances in Breast Cancer Research in the last generation have been supported by Komen-funded grants. Komen-supported medical research into targeted therapies developed for hormone-dependent and HER2-positive breast cancers has helped cut breast cancer recurrences by 50%.

Komen National Grant Funds Early Detection Research in Seattle

In March 2012, Susan G. Komen for the Cure awarded a $600,000 grant to Dr. Samir Hanash, a researcher with Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Dr. Hanash hopes to develop a blood test that would be a companion test to mammograms, but more accurate in detecting breast cancer at an early stage when it is most curable.

“Komen’s funding enables us to move the discovery process forward, and demonstrate and validate � ndings much more quickly,”

says Dr. Hanash. “� is research is expensive and rigorous, but the result would be a tremendous breakthrough and bring us closer to 100 percent accuracy in detecting breast cancer through a simple blood test that could be done at any clinic or doctor’s o� ce.”

– Dr. Samir Hanash, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Dr. Samir Hanash

3. Know what is normal for you 9 See your health care provider if you notice any of these

breast changes: • Lump, hard knot or thickening inside the breast • Swelling, warmth, redness or darkening of the breast • Change in the size or shape of the breast • Dimpling or puckering of the skin • Itchy, scaly sore or rash on the nipple • Pulling in of your nipple or other parts of the breast • Nipple discharge that starts suddenly • New pain in one spot that does not go away

4. Make healthy lifestyle choices 9 Maintain a healthy weight 9 Add exercise into your routine 9 Limit alcohol intake 9 Limit postmenopausal hormone use 9 Breastfeed, if you can

1. Know your risk 9 Talk to your family to learn about your family

health history

9 Talk to your doctor about your personal risk of breast cancer

2. Get screened 9 Ask your doctor which screening tests are right for

you if you are at a higher risk

9 Have a mammogram every year starting at age 40 if you are at average risk

9 Have a clinical breast exam at least every 3 years starting at age 20, and every year starting at age 40

Breast Self-Awareness

For more information visit our website or call our breast care helpline.

www.komen.org 1-877 GO KOMEN (1-877-465-6636)


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Join QFC and the Komen Puget Sound Race for the Cure as we raise funds and awareness for the fight against breast cancer. Ensuring that all women have access to breast cancer early detection and quality treatment support is the ultimate goal, and QFC is committed to seeing this happen.

Understanding the facts about the disease and knowing the warning signs can help protect you and your loved ones. Here are some useful tips:• Talk to your family and learn about your family health history• Complete monthly breast self-exams• Be alert to any changes in your body• Notify your doctor immediately if you notice any changes or have any concerns• Have yearly check-ups and mammograms, as recommended• Spread the word by talking and sharing with mothers, sisters, family and friends. Love and knowledge are powerful weapons in this battle.

QFC is proud to be the Local Presenting Sponsor of this year’s Komen Puget Sound Race for the Cure. We will see you at Seattle Center on June 3rd!

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