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In 2003, Zero Breast Cancer collaborated with scientists from Kaiser Division of Research and UCSF to establish a Bay Area Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Program which was funded by the National Institute of Health Sciences and the National Cancer Institute.
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11th Annual San Francisco Avon Walk Raises More Than $4.2 Million
San Francisco, Calif., September 29, 2013 - The 11th annual Avon Walk for Breast Cancer season continued with the Avon Walk San Francisco this weekend, raising more than $4.2 million to advance access to care and funding breast cancer prevention and treatment research.
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Shoe Stories of Sausalito, a brand new luxury shoe and bag boutique in downtown Sausalito, is generously donating 10% of their proceeds through the end of October to the Roni Peskin Mentzer Memorial Fund of Zero Breast Cancer.
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Zero Breast Cancer (ZBC) mourns the death of Roni Peskin Mentzer, Emeritus member of our Board of Directors, who passed away on July 3, 2013, following a long and courageous battle with breast cancer. A founding member of ZBC, known then as Marin Breast Cancer Watch (MBCW), Roni’s personal experience fueled her determination to find out why women living in Marin County had such a high incidence of the disease.
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The statistics are staggering, everyone knows of a person that has been touched by breast cancer and with all the advancements in medicine hopefully they survived. Karl Huie of Pacific Heights Cleaners climbed Mt. Shasta to create awareness for breast cancer as well as raise funds to support Zero Breast Cancer.
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Janice Barlow, executive director of the San Rafael nonprofit Zero Breast Cancer, said what Jolie did is not unusual for women who learn they carry the BRCA1 gene. "People who carry the gene have a significantly increased risk of both ovarian and breast cancer," Barlow said. "It's not uncommon for women given that information to have a double mastectomy and have their ovaries removed."
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- Doctors to Notify of Risk of Cancer
- Teri Hollowell: A Zest for Life, a Zeal for Giving
- ZBC Is a Proud Member of the California Breast Cancer Mapping Project
- IBCERCC Report Breast Cancer and the Environment: Prioritizing Prevention
- Pedaling for Prevention: Alex Leason Bikes 3,767 Miles for ZBC
