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Paula Schneider, President and CEO of Susan G. Komen smiling and sitting on a neutral-colored couch wearing a black outfit with a pink Breast Cancer ribbon on the lapel.

2025 Super Bowl Ad Highlights Breast Screening Importance

This year, during the Super Bowl, something amazing will happen in the breast cancer community – a call to action nationwide. Watch Paula Schneider, president and chief operating officer at Susan G. Komen, discuss this momentous occasion.   With the help of Hailee Steinfeld and Wanda Sykes, Novartis launched their Your Attention, Please campaign, which inspires […]

Four women on an indoor tennis court pose at the net with rackets and pickleball paddles at a pickleball fundraiser. Two wear black shirts with pink ribbons, and the others wear athletic skirts and tops. The court has a blue surface with white boundary lines.

Serving Up Support for Breast Cancer with Pickleball for the Cure

When Beth Fitzgerald and Dan Morneau decided to host a breast cancer fundraiser, they turned to pickleball – a sport known for its accessibility and fun. Through Komen’s Pickleball for the Cure fundraising platform, they united their community for an unforgettable event that raised more than $18,000 to support breast cancer research and awareness.

Dr. Kristen Brantley is Improving Breast Cancer Outcomes for Young Women 

Kristen Brantley, Ph.D., a new Susan G. Komen® research investigator at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, is hoping to reveal some of the underlying biological factors that lead to worse breast cancer outcomes and survival for young women.   Breast cancer among young women is an increasing concern in the U.S., with the most recent report from the […]

Brandi’s Story: Sharing Her Breast Cancer Story to Help Others

Brandi’s family is all too familiar with the despair a cancer diagnosis can bring. Her father was 54 when he passed away from colon cancer, and her mother passed away from lung cancer several years ago. In between Brandi’s parents’ diagnoses, she learned she had a rare type of breast cancer – and that her cancer was not due to an inherited gene mutation.