Annual Event to Fuel Research Advancements and Strengthen the St. Louis Community with Vital Support Susan G. Komen®, the world’s leading breast cancer organization, today announced it will host a MORE THAN PINK Walk this spring. The 2025 Komen Greater St. Louis MORE THAN PINK Walk will take place on Saturday, June 7, 2025 uniting […]

Annual Event to Fuel Research Advancements and Strengthen the Chicago Community with Vital Support Susan G. Komen®, the world’s leading breast cancer organization, today announced it will host a Race for the Cure this spring. The 2025 Komen Chicago Race for the Cure will take place on Saturday, May 17, 2025 uniting survivors, families and […]

Annual Event to Fuel Research Advancements and Strengthen the Triangle Community Susan G. Komen®, the world’s leading breast cancer organization, today announced it will host a Race for the Cure this spring. The Race will take place on Saturday, May 3, uniting survivors, families and advocates in a powerful movement to fund research, provide patient […]

Susan G. Komen® Applauds Bill Introduction, Urges Quick Passage Susan G. Komen®, the world’s leading breast cancer organization commends Senators Linda Greenstein (D-Middlesex) and Britnee N. Timberlake (D-East Orange) and Assemblymembers Lisa Swain (D-Fair Lawn) and Margie Donlon, M.D., (D-Ocean Township) for working with Komen to ensure that everyone has equitable access to diagnostic and […]

Susan G. Komen® Applauds Bill Introductions, Urges Quick Passage Susan G. Komen®, the world’s leading breast cancer organization, commends Senators Tan Parker (R-Flower Mound) and Carol Alvarado (D-Houston) for introducing legislation that would eliminate financial barriers to clinically appropriate genetic testing and supplemental breast imaging. In Texas, more than 23,880 people will be diagnosed with […]

Legislation to Ensure Access to Life Saving Breast Cancer Care Susan G. Komen®, the world’s leading breast cancer organization, today commended members of the U.S. House and Senate for reintroducing the Screening for Communities to Receive Early and Equitable Needed Services (SCREENS) for Cancer Act. The legislation is led by Representatives Joe Morelle (D-NY-25) and Brian […]

Susan G. Komen®, the world’s leading breast cancer organization, today issued the following statement on the passage of critical breast imaging legislation in Virginia, SB 1436. Diagnostic and supplemental imaging is a critical form of breast cancer screening for some high-risk individuals and an important step in determining the need for a biopsy to rule […]

Susan G. Komen convenes new Alliance for Breast Cancer Policy Susan G. Komen, the world’s leading breast cancer organization, today launched the Alliance for Breast Cancer Policy, a bold initiative that unites stakeholders to improve access, affordability and outcomes for the breast cancer community. “Too many people in the breast cancer community face unnecessary hurdles when […]

Susan G. Komen® Applauds Bill Introduction; Urges Quick Passage Susan G. Komen®, the world’s leading breast cancer organization, commends Representative Patty Acomb (D-Minnetonka) and Senator Alice Mann (D-Edina) for introducing legislation that would eliminate financial barriers to clinically appropriate genetic testing, as well as the recommended screenings based on the results of that testing. Germline […]

Susan G. Komen® Applauds Bill Introductions; Urges Quick Passage CHARLESTON – Susan G. Komen®, the world’s leading breast cancer organization, commends Senator Laura Chapman (R-Wheeling) for introducing legislation that would eliminate financial barriers to clinically appropriate genetic testing and diagnostic and supplemental imaging. In West Virginia, more than 1,620 people will be diagnosed with breast […]

Case Threatens Insurance Coverage of Mammograms, Genetic Testing, Care to Lower Breast Cancer Risk   WASHINGTON, DC – Susan G. Komen®, the world’s leading breast cancer organization, today urged the United States Supreme Court to overturn a lower court’s decision to end insurance coverage of annual mammograms and vital care needed to detect and lower […]

Black Women Are More Likely Than White Women to Die of Breast Cancer DALLAS – Susan G. Komen®, the world’s leading breast cancer organization, today raised concerns over new data showing that Black women in the U.S. continue to die at disproportionately higher rates from breast cancer, underscoring the urgent need for change. Among Black […]