Our region has one of the HIGHEST incidence and mortality from breast cancer in the nation. Women in our area also have one of the highest rates of late stage breast cancer.

Tools exist today that improve the diagnostics and treatment of breast cancer, but most women either aren’t offered these options or don’t have access to places they are provided. In our experience, roughly 80% of even affluent, educated women in our area NEVER hear about important options that are provinng useful in treating breast cancer.

You can imagine how poor this number is for the underinsured. There are women in our community at risk for breast cancer that are not being properly screened. There are women in our community with breast lumps that are afraid to go to the doctor because they can’t afford a simple test that will answer their concerns.

We work with regional community partners like Nueva Vida to fund screening exams, mammograms, ultrasounds, and biopsies for their community members.