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 […]

Susan G. Komen® Applauds Bill Introduction, Urges Quick Passage PROVIDENCE – Susan G. Komen®, the world’s leading breast cancer organization commends Senator Sam Zurier (D-Providence) and Representative Kathleen Fogarty (D-South Kingstown) for working with Komen to ensure that everyone has equitable access to diagnostic and supplemental breast imaging, by eliminating the financial barriers patients face […]

Susan G. Komen® Commends Bill Introduction; Urges Quick Passage ANNAPOLIS – Susan G. Komen®, the world’s leading breast cancer organization, applauds Senator Dawn Gile and Delegates Harry Bhandari and Jamila Jaye Woods for introducing legislation, HB 1087/ SB 921, that would expands the prohibition of step therapy protocols for metastatic cancer patients to further include […]

Susan G. Komen® Applauds Bill Introduction, Urges Quick Passage COLUMBIA – Susan G. Komen®, the world’s leading breast cancer organization commends Representative Sylleste Davis (R-Berkeley) for working with Komen to ensure that everyone has equitable access to diagnostic and supplemental breast imaging, by eliminating the financial barriers patients face in accessing needed breast cancer screening. […]

Susan G. Komen® Applauds Bill Introduction, Urges Quick Passage HARRISBURG – Susan G. Komen®, the world’s leading breast cancer organization commends Representative Gina Curry (D–Delaware) for working with Komen to ensure that everyone has equitable access to diagnostic and supplemental breast imaging, by eliminating the financial barriers patients face in accessing needed breast cancer screening. […]

Susan G. Komen® Applauds Bill Introduction; Urges Quick Passage ANNAPOLIS – Susan G. Komen®, the world’s leading breast cancer organization, commends Senator Pamela Beidle (D-Anne Arundel)and Delegate Dana Jones (D-Anne Arundel) 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. […]