President's Corner
Pat Halpin-Murphy
President and Founder

STUDIES SHOW BENEFITS OF TAMOXIFEN

Last month, the National Cancer Institute reported that data from two cancer prevention trials in the United Kingdom confirm that women at high risk for breast cancer continue to receive a risk-reduction benefit from tamoxifen years after they have stopped taking it.  These studies support the results of the Breast Cancer Prevention Trial in the United States.

Primary care physicians have been reluctant to prescribe tamoxifen as a preventive agent for women at risk for breast cancer.  Dr. D. Lawrence Wickerham, Associate Chairman of the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP) suggests that these results may help to change that.

The PBCC was pleased to present the 2006 Potamkin Breast Cancer Research Award to Dr. Wickerham at our October conference.

Click to read the full article in the NCI Cancer Bulletin for February 27, 2007. 

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Fundraiser of the Month
Penn State

The Penn State Lady Lions basketball team held a Think Pink day on February 4th.   The team looked fantastic in their special pink uniforms and even the mascot wore pink!  A special halftime program began with a video honoring breast cancer survivors, and ended with survivors taking to the court in the shape of a huge ribbon!  The day was a huge success and thousands of dollars were raised for the PBCC.  Thank you, Lady Lions!


Please visit the PBCC's Grassroots Partners web page for photos of other recent events!

Thanks to the PBCC, Pennsylvanians can earmark their state income tax refund to breast cancer research!  Since 1997, the Income Tax Check-Off program has raised nearly $2 million, with an average donation of $8 per person.  One hundred percent of those funds goes directly to researchers.  Join tens of thousands of Pennsylvanians who donate their state tax refunds...check line 35 on your PA40 form.

Grace Bekaert, Treasurer of the Pennsylvania State Education Association, announced that the PSEA will include information about the Income Tax Check-Off in employees' pay envelopes.  Thank you, Grace and the PSEA, for helping to spread the word.

EMPLOYERS:  Follow PSEA's lead!  Download the Income Tax Check-Off payroll stuffers from our website.

EMPLOYEES:  Ask your employer to include information about the Check-Off in employees' pay envelopes.  Download the Income Tax Check-Off payroll stuffers here.

YOU'RE INVITED to celebrate the PBCC's Income Tax Check-Off program at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia on March 22nd at 10:30 am!  The event will be held in the Bluemle Life Sciences Building, 233 South 10th Street (between  Walnut and Locust Streets).  Please join us!  For more details, visit our events calendar.

Music lovers will not want to miss this concert to benefit the PBCC!  Barry Mason's songs have been performed by Elvis Presley, Tom Jones, Barbra Streisand, Rod Stewart and more!

General admission tickets are $30.  Preferred seats, including a reception with Barry Mason, are $75.  All proceeds benefit the PBCC.  Tickets are available through the Fulton Theater at 717-397-7425 or on the Fulton's website.  (Scroll down to bottom of page - "Other Events Now On Sale".) 

All tickets purchased via telephone and internet are subject to a $2.50 per ticket handling fee.

Anyone who has seen the movie "Slap Shot" remembers the Hanson brothers!  Steve, Jeff and Dave Hanson will play two teams of local hockey talent as they "Paint the Rink Pink".  The event is organized by Play It Again For Charity, founded in 2000 by Rob Ziemba.  In 2004, the Philadelphia Flyers awarded Rob its team's "NHL's 7th Man Award" for his dedication to charity and the Flyers.

Contact Play It Again For Charity at piaforcharity@comcast.net or visit their website  for more information or to purchase tickets.  A portion of the proceeds from the event benefits the PBCC.