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Did you know that cancer will soon be the leading killer of women and men worldwide? Already, cancer kills more people annually than malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDs combined.

Last year, 7.6 million people died from cancer. By 2020 that number will double, and by 2030 cancer will account for over 17 million deaths - mostly in poor and developing countries.

Remarks by Ambassador Nancy G. Brinker

I have known so many who survived cancer, and so many who did not. I think often these days of one friend in particular who is in the struggle now, and recently wrote to me. He has his grandfather's name, Winston Churchill. And in this different kind of war, to overcome cancer, he carries the same spirit of defiance and strength.

Winston wrote: "To those who, like myself, fall victim to this sinister, unseen disease that seeks to invade our bodies, I would merely say that all the resources of mind and body must be mobilized to defeat the enemy and never give in!" And Winston, we know you will never give in.

So in the global fight against cancer, too, let us be ambitious, and fearless, and united.

Governments around the world must truly understand the scope and scale of the cancer threat...and the life-saving potential of screening, early detection, treatment, and research.

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Labels: cancer, hope, susan g komen

You may or may not know that I support the Susan G. Komen Foundation as often as I can. Whether it is my writing to government officials, donating money or keeping my friends up-to-date in their news and research.

So today in reading through my e-mail there is a wonderful message which stems from a team of researchers who had been partially funded by the Susan G. Komen for the Cure(R) research grant.

Scientists used innovative approaches that combine sophisticated new tests and traditional experimental techniques to detect the gene called MTDH, which appears to be involved in more than a third of all breast cancers. Not only did these researchers identify the gene, they were able to show how this gene helps tumors spread. Now they believe drugs could be developed that block the gene -- keeping local tumors from metastasizing or spreading.

"Not only is this an important step toward understanding how certain breast cancer metastasizes, but it's a wonderful example of the impact of Komen's research funding," said Diana Rowden, Komen's vice president of Health Sciences.

"This gives us a real shot at developing a drug that will inhibit metastasis," said Michael Reiss, M.D., of The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, who was part of the team that discovered the gene.

Abstract Source

Labels: breast cancer, susan g komen