UF Researchers Find Cancer-fighting Properties in Papaya Tea

The humble papaya is gaining credibility in Western medicine for anticancer powers that folk cultures have recognized for generations.
University of Florida researcher Nam Dang, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues in Japan have documented papaya’s dramatic anticancer effect against a broad range of lab-grown tumors, including cancers of the cervix, [...]

from their “our mission” page
The mission of The Breast Cancer Research Foundation is to achieve prevention and a cure for breast cancer in our lifetime by providing critical funding for innovative clinical and translational research at leading medical centers worldwide, and increasing public awareness about good breast health. A minimum of 85 cents of every [...]

From the Page: About the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF)
NBCF is committed to spreading knowledge and fostering hope in the fight against breast cancer. By funding free mammograms for women who could otherwise not afford them and supporting research programs in leading facilities across the country, NBCF helps inspire the courage needed to win this [...]

Trials Offer Hope to People with Breast and Ovarian Cancer
Scientists in Birmingham are running one of the first UK trials of a new drug offering hope to people suffering hereditary forms of both breast and ovarian cancer.
The Cancer Research UK clinical trial is open to patients who have already developed an advanced form of breast [...]

JAX, FL – The Taylor Morrison team recently took to the streets to fight breast cancer during the American Cancer Society’s 11th Annual Making Strides against Breast Cancer 5K walk in San Marco. The team, known as “Linda’s Golden Souls,” walked to honor Linda Bisset, a Taylor Morrison new home sales associate who is currently [...]

Frogs for the Cure finds new ways to promote Breast Cancer Awareness
University celebrates 5th Annual Frogs for the Cure
Fort Worth, TX
Monday, November 09, 2009
TCU will celebrate its 5th Annnual Frogs for the Cure event Saturday, Nov. 14 at the TCU vs. Utah football game. Through the annual event, a portion of t-shirt sales and ticket [...]

Tampa, FL — In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Habitat for Humanity teamed up to build two Tampa homes.
Crews were out early this morning working on the 2nd annual Suzie Q. Blitz Build, which includes the first women build house, a project constructed solely with female volunteers and supervisors. It will take about seven [...]

A National Awareness Campaign to Combat Breast Cancer has been inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to coincide with international Breast Cancer Awareness month. The campaign is led by Princess Hessah bint Trad Al-Shaalan, the Honorary President of the Zahra Breast Cancer Association and wife of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin [...]

RocknBauble likes to keep things global, so here is some information about a great Breast Cancer Support Group that spans 41 countries in Europe – Europa Donna
Every 2 minutes a woman in the European Union is diagnosed with breast cancer and every 6 minutes a woman in the European Union dies from breast cancer.
Europa Donna [...]

Major breast cancer breakthrough announced at BC Cancer Agency
BC scientists first in world to decode genetic evolution of a breast cancer tumour
Vancouver, B.C., Canada – For the first time in history, BC Cancer Agency scientists in British Columbia, Canada have decoded all of the three billion letters in the DNA sequence of a metastatic lobular [...]