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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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Numbers of breast cancer cases high for Marin County in data pre-2013.
For decades, Marin County has been a spike on the graph that plots the incidence of breast cancer in women in California, and that trend has shown no signs of changing, according to recent data collected by researchers.
Find out more about breast cancer in Marin and how Zero Breast Cancer is making an impact.
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Starting April 1st, doctors are required by a new state law to notify women with dense breast tissue that they could be at increased risk for breast cancer. Zero Breast Cancer's Executive Director Janice Barlow and other Marin experts weigh in on why they hope the law won't cause unnecessary stress for women.
Find out more, visit: marinij.com
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In 2001, Teri Hollowell, friend and supporter of ZBC, combined her passion for world travel and corporate event planning expertise, to create One World Partners, a company that stages international corporate events. "The corporations were often local, but wanted to create international events all over the world," explains Teri.
